Monday 6 August 2018

Feuding surgeons put patients at risk at heart surgery unit, report finds

Feuding surgeons put patients at risk at heart surgery unit, report finds A "toxic" feud between two rival camps at a troubled heart-surgery unit left staff feeling a high death rate was inevitable, according to a leaked report.

St George's Hospital heart unit was consumed by a "dark force" and patients were put at risk by a dysfunctional team of surgeons, an investigation concluded last month.

The damning review was written by former NHS England deputy medical director Mike Bewick in response to higher mortality rates at the hospital. The Daily Telegraph

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