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| Betsi Cadwaladr health board's 'bullying culture' criticised | Betsi Cadwaladr health board's 'bullying culture' criticised |
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| More details have emerged of the crisis at Betsi Cadwaladr health board, which was put in special measures on Monday. | More details have emerged of the crisis at Betsi Cadwaladr health board, which was put in special measures on Monday. |
| A newly published report says the board's chair described it as having a "bureaucratic and bullying culture". | A newly published report says the board's chair described it as having a "bureaucratic and bullying culture". |
| The document, by former head of the Welsh NHS Ann Lloyd, was completed in March as part of Welsh ministers' efforts to improve performance. | The document, by former head of the Welsh NHS Ann Lloyd, was completed in March as part of Welsh ministers' efforts to improve performance. |
| The report also raises financial concerns and warns a "mammoth effort" was needed to make the changes needed. | The report also raises financial concerns and warns a "mammoth effort" was needed to make the changes needed. |
| Health Minister Mark Drakeford said the report had been "pivotal" in the decision to put the health board under more direct Welsh government control. | |
| In the document, summing up the view of the board's chair Peter Higson, Ms Lloyd says: "He is very concerned about the lack of creativity within the organisation and considers that the organisation has a rigid, overly bureaucratic and bullying culture." | In the document, summing up the view of the board's chair Peter Higson, Ms Lloyd says: "He is very concerned about the lack of creativity within the organisation and considers that the organisation has a rigid, overly bureaucratic and bullying culture." |
| Describing a series of clinical, organisational, managerial and financial problems, she observes: "It will take a mammoth effort on behalf of the whole of the executive team to enable the organisation to improve." | Describing a series of clinical, organisational, managerial and financial problems, she observes: "It will take a mammoth effort on behalf of the whole of the executive team to enable the organisation to improve." |
| The decision to place the health board in special measures came shortly after a separate report, published last month, found "institutional abuse" at the Tawel Fan mental health ward in Glan Clwyd Hospital, Denbighshire. | The decision to place the health board in special measures came shortly after a separate report, published last month, found "institutional abuse" at the Tawel Fan mental health ward in Glan Clwyd Hospital, Denbighshire. |
| In her report, Ann Lloyd says "there is a great deal of work needed to bring the (mental health) services up to the standard required". | In her report, Ann Lloyd says "there is a great deal of work needed to bring the (mental health) services up to the standard required". |
| She also highlights the findings of a review by the Good Governance Institute last year. | |
| It concluded members of the Local Health Board were "not seen as adding value to the organisation", there was "no clear direction/strategy or corporate objectives" and departments were "setting their own objectives and timescales". | |
| On Tuesday, Mr Drakeford announced the deputy chief executive of the Welsh NHS Simon Dean was to take charge of the board after its chief executive was suspended. | On Tuesday, Mr Drakeford announced the deputy chief executive of the Welsh NHS Simon Dean was to take charge of the board after its chief executive was suspended. |