Westnead. External review of hospital

External consultants have been brought in to redraw management reporting lines at crisis-torn Westmead Hospital, amid doctors’ complaints their clinical expertise was being overridden by bureaucrats, according to The Sydney Morning Herald. This follows a no-confidence vote by Westmead doctors against Professor Steven Boyages, CEO, of the Sydney West Area Health Service. Dr Andrew Pesce, chairman, of Westmead’s medical staff, said doctors were happy with the appointment of consultants