Alder Hey Chief Found Guilty of Misconduct

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THE SUSPENDED chief executive of Alder Hey hospital is likely to be dismissed after a disciplinary panel found her guilty of misconduct for her role in a scandal over the removal of children's organs.

The internal panel said yesterday that Hilary Rowland, 49, had brought the Royal Liverpool Children's NHS Trust and herself into disrepute. The hospital's public censure followed a three-day hearing by an independent chairwoman and two non-executive directors of the trust, who are expected to make further announcements later in the week.

In January, after a public inquiry, the Redfern report revealed that thousands of organs had been stripped from children's …