The chief executive of the trust which runs Nottingham hospitals says he is growing more confident that bullying is being addressed within the organisation. A recent report by Nottingham University Hospitals (NUH), which runs Queen's Medical Centre and City Hospital, said some staff still feel 'bullying and bad behaviour is tolerated'.
It comes two years after the Care Quality Commission (CQC) rated the trust's leadership as 'inadequate', identifying a culture of bullying and cases of racial discrimination. Following the report's publication, NUH has been engaging with staff through its Big Conversation initiative.
Anthony May, who took over as chief executive in September last year, admitted he was concerned about bullying when he first started, but was growing more confident. "Not having been here for more than a few months, it's quite difficult to know how these cultures develop," he told Nottinghamshire Live in an interview following the release of his 'People First' report.
