Nurses at a world-leading children’s
hospital have been so stressed and exhausted that patient safety was at
risk, a shocking report reveals.
An
internal inquiry at Alder Hey Hospital in Liverpool found staff had
fainted in operating theatres or been ‘physically and mentally’ unable
to perform procedures because of long hours and a ‘culture of fear and
bullying’ by management.
The
report, leaked to The Mail on Sunday after the hospital was forced to
release it under Freedom of Information laws, found that some nurses had
contemplated suicide and many were distressed after being forced to
cover high levels of sickness absence.
Nurses at Alder Hey Hospital in Liverpool have
fainted in theatre after being overwhelmed by a 'culture of fear and
bullying', according to a shocking new report
The nurses complained that the number of staff on sick leave was higher than those available to work.
The Trust deals with seriously ill children who are often in need of complicated, specialist care.
Hospital managers admitted the document is ‘disturbing’ and insisted changes have been made since it was written in 2010.
But
Dr Peter Carter, head of the Royal College of Nursing, said: ‘We are
calling for the Trust board to urgently clarify what is going on and
it’s not enough to say that things have changed.’
Peter Carter, the head of the Royal College of Nursing, has ordered an urgent probe into the revelations
DAILYMAIL
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