Poor management blighting Great Ormond Street

Mon, 10 Jan 2011

Poor management blighting Great Ormond Street

Tuesday 15 June 2010
A new report suggests that poor management may be behind problems at London’s Great Ormond Street Hospital.

The famous hospital is at the forefront of children’s health care in the UK and is the largest centre of research into childhood illness outside the US. However, there have been reports that 42 consultants working for the hospital have signed letters of complaint about management.

The discontent has now spread to meetings with the British Medical Foundation, which is now responding to allegations from consultants of bullying and intimidation from management. The head of the Medical Staff Committee is also planning to meet with the consultants to discuss the issues they have raised.

The hospital has also seen its quality rating, issued by the Care Quality Commission, downgraded from ‘excellent’ to ‘good’ to ‘fair’.

Another scandal, which suggested that some management training is desperately in need at the hospital, were the complaints from a consultant at Great Ormond Street about poor management and inadequate staffing. Unfortunately the complaints preceded the tragic Baby Peter case that sparked claims that staff at the hospital should have spotted that the child’s injuries were due to abuse. The whistle-blower has been on gardening leave since November 2007

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