13.02.13
Francis report
Source: Simon Ellis
Stafford was the result of a bullying culture with a management focused on targets and money. This bullying culture comes down the chain from the Department of Health down to the executives in the hospital and the directorate mangers who in turn bully and harass the ward managers and give them too few staff.
This uncaring attitude eventually and inevitably communicates itself to the healthcare worker who is actually making sure Mrs Jones has a drink and is lying in clean sheets. Francis has got it wrong if he thinks prosecuting healthcare workers is going to help. What is needed is less fear and more compassion.
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