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BBC News
5 days ago
- Health
- BBC News
Belfast Trust: Mike Nesbitt to set out plan after bullying allegations
Health Minister Mike Nesbitt is expected to set out his department's next steps in tackling behavioural and cultural issues within the Belfast Trust later on week, a leaked review laid bare bullying allegations within the regional cardiac surgery unit, with reports of some surgeons throwing instruments at staff during is understood the plans could see the unit placed on the highest level of the intervention framework - level five - commonly known as special unions have since expressed concerns that the issues are not isolated to one unit within the trust. A hospital trust or facility is placed in special measures when it is rated as being "inadequate", when questions are raised over leadership or when it is unable to make sufficient improvements in a reasonable including the DUP assembly member Diane Dodds, have been calling for this to happen, saying it followed a series of controversies within the trust. The chair of the Belfast Trust, Ciaran Mulgrew, has insisted that the organisation is working to resolve the met the health minister last Friday, with Nesbitt saying afterwards that his department was finalising a series of interventions to help "rebuild staff and public confidence".It is understood that Nesbitt also met health unions and stakeholders earlier this week to brief them on his upcoming is expected to publish the details in a written statement to the assembly on Thursday. What did the leaked report say? The report said an "apparent power battle" had been unfolding between some senior doctors in the cardiac surgical department of the Royal Victoria Hospital in 70 staff spoke anonymously and the report stated there were "clear tensions" between different groups of report also detailed the throwing of instruments during surgery as well as "verbal abuse".The report added that while there was one consultant "particularly prone" to throwing instruments in theatre, the behaviour was not unique and nursing staff were bearing the "brunt of the bullying". Accountability In a statement, the Department of Health said the health minister has made clear that the behaviours detailed in the report on the cardiac surgical unit at Belfast Trust are "appalling and he is holding the trust's senior management accountable for its response"."The minister has held detailed meetings with the trust chair and with health service trades unions and representative bodies. "He will inform the NI Assembly by way of a written ministerial statement about a planned series of departmental interventions."These will include accountability measures as well as the provision of external support to help the trust rebuild staff and public confidence."
BBC News
30-05-2025
- Health
- BBC News
Royal Victoria Hospital: Trust will not shy away from cardiac unit problems
The Belfast Health Trust is "not shying away" from trying to improve relations among staff within its regional cardiac surgery unit, its chairman has Mulgrew was speaking for the first time since a leaked review laid bare bullying allegations and reports of surgeons throwing instruments during became chairman of the trust, which has been beset by a series of problems, in Mulgrew told BBC News NI he wanted the trust to be judged on "how it solved the problems, not on where we are". 'Frank and robust' He was speaking after a meeting with Health Minister Mike Nesbitt on Mulgrew described the discussion as "frank and robust" and that the minister was "quite clear about his disappointment" with the situation."The reality is that we have a difficulty," he said,"We're not shying away from that difficulty."We're not trying to hide it, and we will address that."He said Nesbitt was "quite clear that we have to get our house in order"."This is by no means something which is in any way being hidden or pushed underneath the carpet. If it were, then we wouldn't have dealt with things in the way that we did," said Mr to respond to concerns that the behavioural problems could be widespread across the trust, the chairman said he did not believe the difficulties in the cardiac surgery unit were reflective of the trust as a whole."I think in any organisation with 23,000 people, you're going to have difficulties within relationships," he said."The worst thing that you can do is ignore those things or walk past them. We're not prepared to do that." What did the leaked report say? The report said an "apparent power battle" had been unfolding between some senior doctors in the cardiac surgical department of the Royal Victoria Hospital in 70 staff spoke anonymously and the report stated there were "clear tensions" between different groups of report also detailed the throwing of instruments during surgery as well as "verbal abuse".The report added that while there was one consultant "particularly prone" to throwing instruments in theatre, the behaviour was not unique and nursing staff were bearing the "brunt of the bullying".
