Bullying stopped staff reporting heart surgery deaths, says CQC Care Quality Commission inspectors find serious problems at heart unit of NHS Queen Elizabeth hospital in Birmingham
One of the NHS’s best hospitals ignored repeated warnings and evidence that too many heart patients were dying as a result of surgery intended to save their lives, the NHS care watchdog has revealed.
A new Care Quality Commission report into cardiac surgery at Queen Elizabeth medical centre in Birmingham is scathing about a litany of mistakes made by both surgeons there and the leadership of the NHS trust which runs the unit. Continue reading... The Guardian
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One of the NHS’s best hospitals ignored repeated warnings and evidence that too many heart patients were dying as a result of surgery intended to save their lives, the NHS care watchdog has revealed.
A new Care Quality Commission report into cardiac surgery at Queen Elizabeth medical centre in Birmingham is scathing about a litany of mistakes made by both surgeons there and the leadership of the NHS trust which runs the unit. Continue reading... The Guardian
See also:
- Bullying stopped staff speaking out BBC News
- Bullying and blame culture at leading hospital 'stopped staff speaking out over heart unit deaths', damning report reveals The Daily Mail
- Leading hospital under CQC scrutiny over high heart surgery death rate The Guardian
- The Guardian view on heart surgery failings in Birmingham: disdain for the data | Editorial The Guardian
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