Libby McManus has issued the apology after taking over from former hospital chief executive, Julie Lowe
The new boss of a scandal-hit hospital where there were 287 unexplained deaths has apologised for the harm and suffering patients endured. Libby McManus was drafted in to run the North Middlesex Hospital in North London after a damning Care Quality Commission investigation uncovered a series of damning failures.
Julie Lowe, the former chief executive of the North Middlesex has been moved on and been secretly found a new NHS job. In a meeting with The Sunday People Libby McManus said: “I want to apologise to all those relatives and patients who have suffered in the past. “We are starting to do things differently now and we are confident that in time we can turn things round.”
Mrs McManus also promised to look at some of the mortality data for the hospital highlighted by Professor Brian Jarman whose work exposed the scandal at Stafford Hospital where there were up to 1200 avoidable deaths. He said the failings at the North Middlesex had all the hallmarks of the harm and suffering experienced by patients at the Midlands Hospital.
An investigation by the People has found the Edmonton based hospital in breach of nearly a dozen laws designed protect the public following the Stafford Hospital scandal.
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Libby McManus has taken over the Chief Executive role in the wake of the damning report
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