Have Any Of The Bean Counters Who Ran The Staffordshire Hospital Trust Done The Decent Thing And Resigned?

[sandyRoe]

Despite all the coverage of the report on the failings of that trust I can't find any mention of resignations.

[factor-fiction]

There should be resignations but I'm not sure what you mean by 'bean counters', sandy- it seems there were failings in the whole system.

[emmie]

unlikely, or if they have will move on to another hospital trust and make the same balls ups they did at Stafford. Seems that is how it works, make a mess, never mind, here's another post for you somewhere else.

[sunny-dave]

It's facile (if appealing) to want to heap all the blame on 'bean counters' - but, as factor30 says, the failings were as much amongst the clinical and nursing staff as amongst the managers - and when did you last see a Consultant resign?

But one person who should be "considering his position" is Sir David Nicholson (aka The Big Beast of the NHS).

He was ultimately in charge at Mid-Staffs and is now (effectively) the head of the whole NHS - not a good thought to have if you are considering being ill ...

[boxtops]

David Nicholson's said he's not resigning - and I agree with factor, what happened to clinical standards?

[humbersloop]

it wasn't just a failing of the trust though sandy - appalling though it was by any clinical or management standards - it was a complete, frightening system breakdown wherever you look.

At a senior level, Cynthia Bowers, who ran nhs west midlands and presided over the winterbourne view scandal, then moved to run the care quality commission which signally failed to act on mid-staffs, was forced to resign early last year. So far,I think that's it

[slaney]

This has been going on since 2008, Sandy, and yes the Chief Exec. and Chairman resigned way back in 2009 when it first came to light.
As others have said, it was total system failure from David Nicholson all the way down.