Sir Jim Mackey is moving on from Northumbria Healthcare FT after 18 years and taking the top job at Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals FT. This week we discuss what this means for the NHS in the North East and also for NHSE, where he will be leaving his chief operating office role.
In other people moves, we also cover David Loughton’s retirement from Royal Wolverhampton Trust and Walsall Healthcare.
With Matt Discombe, Dave West and Annabelle Collins.
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