Tag Archives: Department of Health

GPs ditch anti-smoking service due to “unachievable” targets

Posted on June 13, 2013 by insidecroydon

Cuts in health spending have prompted one South Croydon NHS doctors’ surgery to withdraw two key services, issuing an angrily worded leaflet decrying “unachievable” targets and saying that the government-imposed changes could be “detrimental to patient care”. The Parkside Group … Continue reading →

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Why did Croydon CEO Jon Rouse take a £100k pay cut?

Posted on January 17, 2013 by insidecroydon

Amid all the hoopla of the £1 billion “Hammerfield” announcement this morning at Fairfield Halls, with the usual dollop of Boris buffoonery as the London Mayor proclaimed the marriage of the two property developers, there stood a figure who went … Continue reading →

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£248,000 CEO Rouse quits Croydon for Health Dept job

Posted on January 16, 2013 by insidecroydon

Just after 5pm today, proof positive came through that Croydon Council’s press office routinely dissembles, misleads and lies. Because that is when a press release was issued to confirm that Jon Rouse, Croydon Council’s £248,000 chief executive, had quit his … Continue reading →

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