Tag Archives: Croydon NHS Trust

Croydon NHS Trust names Kershaw as its new Chief Exec

Posted on September 10, 2018 by

Could there be more cuts ahead for local health services? And already 18 months late, will cost over-runs on Mayday’s new A&E department hit other services? Those are just two of the issues waiting in the in-tray for the local … Continue reading →

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Croydon NHS Trust chief exec announces his retirement

Posted on April 19, 2018 by

John Goulston is to retire in September from his job as chief executive of Croydon Health Services NHS Trust, it was announced this morning. Goulston has his 60th birthday this year, and has worked in the NHS for 32 years. … Continue reading →

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Mayday’s CEO forced to apologise over blue badge signs

Posted on April 6, 2018 by

NHS Trust backs down over parking charges for blue badge-holders, but still imposes new fees system, as KEN LEE reports The chief executive of the NHS Trust which manages Croydon’s Mayday Hospital has been forced to issue an apology to … Continue reading →

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Thornton Heath-based nurse is named Midwife of the Year

Posted on February 18, 2018 by

A midwife working in Croydon has been named as “Midwife Of The Year” at the annual British Journal Of Midwifery Practice Awards. Memuna Sowe is lead midwife for vulnerable and marginalised women at Croydon Health Services NHS Trust’s Rainbow Health … Continue reading →

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Union leader: ‘Our social services are on their knees’

Posted on September 24, 2017 by

There is a crisis in the nation’s social care system after “years of chronic underfunding” which has “left many parts of the service on its knees”, according to the head of one of the country’s largest public service workers’ unions. … Continue reading →

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Mayday Hospital whistleblower vindicated by Appeal Court

Posted on May 24, 2017 by

A senior cardiologist who was sacked from his job at Mayday Hospital after he complained that decisions over staffing had led to the death on the operating table of one of his patients has won his six-year battle against the … Continue reading →

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Mayday taken out of special measures, but more cuts to come

Posted on February 21, 2017 by

Croydon Health Services NHS Trust, the body responsible for Mayday and Purley Hospitals, has been taken out of financial special measures, it was announced yesterday. According to the press release issued last night by the Croydon NHS Trust, it has … Continue reading →

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