Who wants the job of top dog at Broadmoor?

If people detained in Broadmoor Hospital die at the hands of another person who's also detained in the hospital, it's a situation where the only answer is to put each of the people into solitary. That'd solve it. How else d'you prevent a detainee from killing another detainee especially when those in question have demonstrated their willingness to take another's life?

I'm writing this after reading the report in the Times about the Chief Executive of Broadmoor Hospital, Mr Simon Crawford, who has jumped ship prior to a report expected to criticise the hospital management following "serious untoward incidents" where detainees have been murdered or have committed suicide. Mr Crawford has reportedly taken up a new position in NHS London.

It said of Mr Crawford’s move: “Discussions have taken place between Simon Crawford and the trust and they both agreed that the time was right for Simon to move on ...” The right time to moveon? I don't think so. How about sticking around and facing up to the failures like a good manager? I guess that's not what managers do these days. Now they leave with their big pensions.

When the report is finally made public, I anticipate the result will be: the hospital can "learn valuable lessons" from the report, and it will be resolute in "implementing the recommendations" and it will say sorry to the family of the deceased. Then it will attempt to carry on in the hope it can attract more employees who haven't read the papers, who haven't listened to the radio or haven't watched the telly. How about doing something different as what's been going on there obviously hasn't worked.