External review of LHSC shows hospital challenged by ‘self imposed’ problems [Video]

London’s largest employer will need to make tough decisions as it continues to grapple with the fallout of years of instability, bloated management and growing need for medical care, a review of the organizational structure of the London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC) has found. 

The review, done by an outside healthcare consultant at the request of provincially-appointed supervisor David Musyj, paints a bleak picture of the region’s largest hospital — an organization that lags behind similar centres in its use of technology, faces a $150 million operating deficit, and has been embroiled in scandal and “massive” leadership turnover in the last decade. 

“LHSC is currently in a very difficult financial position and faces significant operating challenges every day. While all hospitals in Ontario are facing similar challenges, LHSC’s circumstances are particularly complex,” the consultant, BIG Healthcare, wrote in its report, which was released to staff earlier this week and includes …