Children's Hospital pledges no patients were harmed in issues raised by report
Children’s Hospital bosses said an action plan was already addressing a catalogue of problems raised in the report.
But Medical Director Dr Charles Ralston said he wanted to reassure families that no harm had come to any child over the issues in the investigation.
Dr Ralston said management was already working on adding around 25 more beds and introducing suggestions by consultancy firm KPMG to “streamline processes, introduce new ways of working and effectively redesign services” to free up a further 45 beds.
He said the hospital, which gained independent Foundation status in February, 2007, and has 2,600 staff including 150 consultants and 220 beds, was still held in high regard by Birmingham people judging by letters of support he had received.
“We accept that some concerns were raised,” said Dr Ralston.
“I am not going to speculate on why Mr O’Connor left the trust. Improvements have been made and UHB and the Children’s Hospital are working together well.”
Sarah-Jane Marsh, Interim chief executive of the Children’s Hospital, said: “The quality of care for our young patients is our top priority. In some ways, we have been victims of our own success. As our services have grown ever more popular we have been faced with the challenge of meeting that demand and have been carrying out a great deal of work to make sure we do.”
“Whilst we acknowledge that the issues raised were significant, the clinicians involved at the time managed all situations expertly. I sincerely regret any distress
