Leaders face ‘unrealistic expectations’ at failing trusts, says CEO

By Matt Discombe2026-04-09T04:00:00

The chief executive of the NHS’s biggest hospital group has warned that the speed national leaders expect improvement from failing organisations – and how they go about it – is often unrealistic.

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