Hospital 'placed children at risk'

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Patients experienced sub-standard care, delays in treatment and youngsters being redirected to other services, said the Healthcare Commission.

The investigation also found some complex neurosurgery had been carried out without the specialist theatre nurses.

The BCH NHS Foundation Trust was also criticised for its shortage of beds, equipment and access to operating theatres - and its "ineffective" partnership with the University Hospital Birmingham (UBH).

The commission's report was ordered by Health Secretary Alan Johnson after concerns raised by consultants appeared in the Observer newspaper last November.

Sarah-Jane Marsh, BCH interim chief executive, welcomed the report, but also paid tribute to staff.

She said: "The quality of care for our young patients is our top priority.

"In some ways, we have been victims of our own success - as our services have grown ever more popular we have been faced with the challenge of meeting that demand and have been carrying out a great deal of work to make sure we do."

It was the second report this week to criticise healthcare standards.

A review of Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust - where some patients drank water from vases because they were so thirsty - found deficiencies at "virtually every stage".