From The Guardian.... "The health secretary, Andrew Lansley, has hired two NHS managers from regional quangos, which he said he would abolish, on salaries of £200,000, as part of his drive to modernise the health service. While former colleagues face an uncertain future, Ian Dalton, chief executive of the North East Strategic Health Authority, and Dame Barbara Hakin, head of the East...
Revelations will embarrass Andrew Lansley, who has called for tier of management to be stripped out of NHS The health secretary, Andrew Lansley, has hired two NHS managers from regional quangos, which he said he would abolish, on salaries of £200,000, as part of his drive to modernise the health service. While former colleagues face an uncertain future, Ian Dalton, chief executive of...
The government may be trying to cut out inflated salaries, especially those that are higher than the Prime Minister's, and it may be abolishing quangos where it can, including strategic health authorities (SHAs), but it has been revealed that two senior NHS managers from SHAs have been asked to work in the new NHS structure on salaries of £200,000. The appointments of Ian Dalton, chief executive...