{"id":164433,"date":"2025-09-27T19:47:18","date_gmt":"2025-09-27T19:47:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/164433\/"},"modified":"2025-09-27T19:47:18","modified_gmt":"2025-09-27T19:47:18","slug":"leadership-at-leeds-nhs-hospitals-must-improve-says-watchdog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/164433\/","title":{"rendered":"Leadership at Leeds NHS hospitals must improve, says watchdog"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">A spokesperson added: &#8220;We must focus on listening to our patients, our communities and our colleagues and be more curious about what we&#8217;re told.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The trust includes Leeds General Infirmary, St James&#8217;s University Hospital, Leeds Children&#8217;s Hospital, Chapel Allerton Hospital, Wharfedale Hospital, Seacroft Hospital and Leeds Dental Institute.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The inspection focussed on how well-led the organisation was.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Rob Assall, CQC director of operations in the north, said: &#8220;During our inspection we found leaders didn&#8217;t always listen to concerns and some staff had negative experiences when they voiced issues. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;We received several in-depth accounts from staff of bullying and harassment in the workplace which provided evidence of behaviours which didn&#8217;t align with the trust&#8217;s values.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The report also found the board failed to work &#8220;cohesively&#8221; and that &#8220;openness and culture&#8221; at board level were &#8220;mixed&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">However, the CQC praised the trust&#8217;s strong relationships with local and national partnerships and the leaders&#8217; diverse skills and experience. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A spokesperson added: &#8220;We must focus on listening to our patients, our communities and our colleagues and be&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":164434,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[102,2960,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-164433","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-healthcare","8":"tag-health","9":"tag-healthcare","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164433","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=164433"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164433\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/164434"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=164433"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=164433"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=164433"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}