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Exclusive: NHSE director resigns, claiming politcians wanted ‘change at the top’

By 2025-09-11T17:37:00

Claire Murdoch

Claire Murdoch, NHS England’s national mental health director for the last nine years, has today resigned “with immediate effect”.

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