The University Hospitals Birmingham trust has been described as 'mafia-like' by staff.
University Hospitals Birmingham employs about 20,000 staff and treats more than 2.2 million patients a yearAn NHS England investigation into claims of a toxic culture at a hospital trust has been described as lacking transparency and undermining trust.
The inquiries, commissioned by the Birmingham and Solihull Integrated Care Board and the local NHS, were begun in response to an investigation by BBC Newsnight and BBC West Midlands which heard from current and former clinicians from the trust, who accused it of being "mafia-like".NHS England in the region is overseeing the reports into culture, leadership and patient safety issues at UHB.
In letters seen by Newsnight, the ombudsman Rob Behrens has written to the trust and NHS England, criticising both. that confidence the trust had a "willingness to accept accountability or learn from failings" had been erodedSpeaking to Newsnight, Mr Behrens said his organisation had investigated two avoidable deaths at the trust.
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