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Monitor, the health sector regulator, has launched an investigation into how health services at Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust are run, after the Care Quality Commission (CQC) raised concerns in relation to staffing levels, particularly in Accident and Emergency.

The Trust provides a range of services to patients at the Bradford Royal Infirmary and St Luke's Hospital.

Monitor will look into whether the problems raised by CQC with staffing levels at the Bradford Royal Infirmary Accident and Emergency is symptomatic of wider issues with how the Trust is run.

Monitor will examine whether the Trust is operating in breach of its licence to provide health care services and will take action if it is needed, to put things right.

Robert Davidson, Regional Director for the North at Monitor, said:

"We have decided to open an investigation at the Trust to find out whether it is operating in breach of its licence.

"We will take a very close look at the issues highlighted by the CQC as well as the Trust’s performance and how it is being run. We will take regulatory action if required."

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