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| AMs to quiz Betsi Cadwaladr Health Board chief over failings | |
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| The former chair of Wales' largest NHS organisation will give evidence to AMs later as part of an inquiry into its mismanagement. | |
| Merfyn Jones and chief executive Mary Burrows resigned from Betsi Cadwaladr Health Board (BCUHB), which runs hospitals across six counties. | |
| A damning report found a breakdown in the relationship at the top contributed to "significant management failings". | A damning report found a breakdown in the relationship at the top contributed to "significant management failings". |
| The public accounts committee will grill Mr Jones about what went wrong. | |
| Ms Burrows is expected to provide written evidence to the AMs. | |
| Other senior NHS managers will help run the health board while the search goes on for a new chair and chief executive. | Other senior NHS managers will help run the health board while the search goes on for a new chair and chief executive. |
| BCUHB runs general hospitals stretching from Bangor to Wrexham and has a budget of around £1.2bn. | BCUHB runs general hospitals stretching from Bangor to Wrexham and has a budget of around £1.2bn. |
| Three weeks ago one of the most critical reports ever produced about a Welsh health organisation identified a catalogue of serious problems in the way the NHS in north Wales had been run. | Three weeks ago one of the most critical reports ever produced about a Welsh health organisation identified a catalogue of serious problems in the way the NHS in north Wales had been run. |
| The investigation by the Wales Audit Office and Health Inspectorate Wales found that the relationship between the two individuals at the top of the health board had deteriorated to such a degree that it compromised the leadership of the whole organisation. | The investigation by the Wales Audit Office and Health Inspectorate Wales found that the relationship between the two individuals at the top of the health board had deteriorated to such a degree that it compromised the leadership of the whole organisation. |
| The issues included: | The issues included: |
| Health Minster Mark Drakeford told AMs on Tuesday that the report made "sobering reading" but meant that Wales' NHS inspection and supervision procedures were able to pick up the problems. | Health Minster Mark Drakeford told AMs on Tuesday that the report made "sobering reading" but meant that Wales' NHS inspection and supervision procedures were able to pick up the problems. |
| He said an advert for a replacement for Prof Jones has already been placed while another for the vice chairman - Dr Lyndon Miles who also stood down a few days after Prof Jones and Mary Burrows - will be placed "very shortly". | He said an advert for a replacement for Prof Jones has already been placed while another for the vice chairman - Dr Lyndon Miles who also stood down a few days after Prof Jones and Mary Burrows - will be placed "very shortly". |
| He said the health board had brought in an expert in infection prevention to advise on its procedures on preventing infections, in particular c.dificile, as well as specialist nurse. | He said the health board had brought in an expert in infection prevention to advise on its procedures on preventing infections, in particular c.dificile, as well as specialist nurse. |
| Also Public Health Wales was keeping eye on the health board's monthly progress. | Also Public Health Wales was keeping eye on the health board's monthly progress. |
| Mr Drakeford said he would update AMs on the health board's progress in September. | Mr Drakeford said he would update AMs on the health board's progress in September. |