ANOTHER group of senior doctors at John Hunter Hospital have raised concerns middle and senior managers may be "scapegoated" should an independent compliance check find Hunter New England Health breached elective surgery policy directives.
It follows a recent poll of surgeons and proceduralists at the hospital that found 82 per cent of 169 respondents had been directed to reclassify the clinical urgency of patients to meet Ministry benchmarks, and 93 per cent had "no confidence" in Hunter New England Health's leadership and chief executive Michael DiRienzo.
