Wednesday 1 August 2012

New mental healthcare boss pledges transparency

THE new chairman of the NHS trust that runs mental health services in Wiltshire, Tony Gallagher has pledged that the organisation will be more transparent after it was criticised in a report earlier this year.

An independent review into the governance of the Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust (AWP) found that the trust was “centralist in style, with improvement required in clinical engagement and poor relationships with stakeholders". Following the report, which was commissioned by the Strategic Health Authority, there were changes in the board leadership with chairman Felicity Longshaw resigning in April and the retirement of chief executive Laura McMurtrie last month. In May NHS Wiltshire announced it was considering retendering mental health services due to concerns it had about AWP.

Full Article on Salisbury Journal

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