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The chief executive of a troubled NHS trust has quit over "media attention".
Katrina Percy said "the effect ongoing personal media attention has had on staff and patients" had made her position at Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust untenable.
Ms Percy had faced calls to quit after the trust was criticised over the way it investigated patient deaths.
An NHS England-commissioned probe found 272 of the 722 deaths over the last four years were dealt with properly.
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-37221250
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Ms Percy, who was chief executive for nine years, said she "firmly believed" it was her responsibility to stay on to "oversee improvements" and was taking on a new role providing "strategic advice to local GP leaders".
She said she understood why "many will say I should have stepped down sooner given the very public concerns which have been raised in the past months".
A spokeswoman for the trust said Ms Percy's salary - which is quoted in the trust's annual report as between £180,000 and £190,000 - will remain the same when she moves to the advisory role.
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Nice work if you can get it eh?
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Originally Posted by heero_yuy
Perhaps if generation snowflake weren't filling surgeries with their snotty nosed children all the time or running to the doctor every time they grazed a knee or had a slight cold there might be a bit more resource to deal with real problems.
People used to know how to deal with minor ailments and first aid. Now they just run to the doctors or A&E. No surprise that the NHS is buckling under the strain.
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There's also the issue of overcautiousness IMHO. Whenever ambulances have been called to Osem Jnr #2 it seems to be the default position of crews to want to take him to A&E regardless of anything else. I understand why they do this but on almost all occasions it has proved entirely unnecessary and involved hours of waiting in already overstretched A&E depts. They'll argue it's precautionary which of course it is but there's an element of back covering too I believe. Quite understandably nobody wants to be accused of and possibly sued for negligence so the easiest option, if there's any doubt, gradually becomes to pass the buck and refer people on for treatment. Quite what the answer is I have no idea.