Hospital Boss Quits Over 'Culture Of Failure'

The chief executive of a scandal-hit hospital has resigned amid accusations she presided over a "prevailing culture of failure".

Tameside Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, in Greater Manchester, announced today that Christine Green had "tended her resignation".

The decision was agreed with the Trust's board last week but the decision was announced today - the day that three local MPs renewed their calls for her to step down following revelations about poor patient care.

Medical director Tariq Mahmood has also stepped down but his resignation was agreed in April.

The news comes as the Care Quality Commission's (CQC's) new chiefs admit they should have named the women allegedly involved in suppressing a critical report into its inspections at Furness General Hospital.

The review said the body failed to properly investigate University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Trust, which runs the hospital where a number of mothers and babies died.

Three senior executives - former chief executive Cynthia Bower, her deputy Jill Finney and media manager Anna Jefferson - have been accused of agreeing the report should be deleted, which they have strenuously denied.

Former CQC chiefs Cynthia Bower and Jill Finney

But when the independent report into the alleged cover-up was first published, the names of the trio were redacted - after egal advice suggested publishing them could breach data protection laws.

Appearing before the Health Select Committee, CQC chairman David Prior said: "I got that call completely wrong. I accept that criticism ... I really bitterly regret that mistake."

Ms Bower and Ms Jefferson are alleged to have "verbally agreed" to cover up the internal report under the instruction of Ms Finney because it was "potentially damaging to the CQC's reputation".

Emails uncovered by James Titcombe, whose son Joshua died at the unit in 2008, showed officials saying the unit should still be monitored.

They said: "We must be vigilant. Firstly, because we want the maternity unit to operate safely and secondly because it is likely to continue to attract some media attention if Mr Titcombe is to continue to update the media."

Correspondence dated 2010 also showed how officials deleted a reference to "systemic issues" and replaced it with "widespread issues".

Concerns have also been raised of a new care crisis at Tameside general hospital.

The Guardian claims it has seen unpublished reports suggesting some patients admitted on a Friday were not seen by a consultant until the following Tuesday.

The reports, which were commissioned by the hospital in March and April 2013, also suggest some patients are being left in pain in corridors because the A&E unit is full.

A shortage of doctors and nurses in key areas highlighted, as well as problems ensuring there are enough staff to cover overnight shifts, as well as a lack of consultants to conduct ward rounds.

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