Minister criticises ‘very disturbing’ behaviour in Belfast cardiac surgery unit

Royal Victoria Belfast: Heart surgeons threw instruments and bullied nurses

BBC News NI has seen a leaked report into the culture at the Royal Victoria Hospital's cardiac surgery unit.

Minister criticises ‘very disturbing’ behaviour in Belfast cardiac surgery unit

Minister Mike Nesbitt said he expects to see meaningful improvements in the unit, while describing the findings of the report as “appalling” and “very disturbing”

Patients’ lives ‘were put at risk’ by ‘toxic culture’ in Royal Victoria Hospital cardiac unit: ‘Issues will shock everyone’

Patients were harmed and put at risk as a result of cultural tensions, bullying and “poor behaviour” in the only cardiac surgery unit in Northern Ireland, an MLA has said.