FOLLOWING its poor CQC inspection last year, the Royal Bournemouth Hospital has taken significant steps forward. The Care Quality Commission notes RBH has substantially improved although work is still needed in several areas. Hospital bosses says leadership has been a key focus and herein lies one of the most galling aspects of this saga. Managers in the NHS are, by and large, paid substantially more than counterparts in the rest of the public sector. They need to earn those big salaries. and lead. When they don’t, people die. As we saw in Mid Staffordshire.