It feels like the end of the line for Norfolk
Many of these bureaucrats are not elected, and so while they may “consult” with the “natives”, in reality it is a tick box exercise on an already-decided course of action.
The perpetrators of this deception try to convince us that bigger is better and that “local” does not matter anymore. They justify it by claiming that Norfolk is no longer big enough to “do different” and we should be happy to be part of a bigger “club”.
My concerns were aroused just before Christmas when I read that the chairman of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in King’s Lynn had been “forced” to resign his post by Patricia Hewitt, who is now the head of the NHS Norfolk and Waveney Care Board (ICB).
This remote organisation took over from the five local Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) that previously served Norfolk.
Why? Because he had broken ranks and dared to speak his mind about behind-the-scenes plans to merge the running of Norfolk’s three “blue light” hospitals under single leadership.
It has since been revealed that the upshot of the hush-hush proposals would be a collaborative arrangement between the three NHS hospitals, which could take a variety of forms from complete mergers to shared governance.
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© Norwich Evening News
