Michael Marchment will become the new interim chief executive of Bromley Hospitals' NHS Trust in June
BROMLEY Hospitals' NHS Trust has appointed another temporary chief executive - its third in just two years.
Michael Marchment will become the trust's new interim chief executive on June 14.
The 56-year-old has had a variety of different chief executive roles within the NHS, including the West Midlands South Strategic Health Authority.
He has initially become deputy to the current interim chief executive, Ian Wilson.
Mr Wilson has been interim chief executive since December last year.
Prior to then, Antony Sumara was interim chief executive from June to December last year.
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He left to become chief executive of a single executive board that oversees the Bromley trust, University Hospital Lewisham Trust, the Queen Elizabeth NHS Trust in Woolwich and Queen Mary's Sidcup NHS Trust.
Bromley Hospitals' Trust chairman Huw Alderman said: "We want to ensure that the major steps forward which Ian Wilson has led over recent months continue in the months and years ahead, and with them the aim of making Bromley Hospitals one of the best trusts in the country."
Orpington MP John Horam recently criticised the number of changes to the trust's management, when he debated the trust's financial problems in the House of Commons.
The trust has a £100m debt which Mr Wilson said could take between 50 and 100 years to repay.
Mr Horam says there needs to be a permanent chief executive otherwise it is bad for staff morale.
The Tory MP said: "This merry-go-round at the top can't go on.
"No organisation can thrive while it's got people at the top constantly changing.
"They need to appoint people full-time committed to serving at least five years, and the sooner we can get that the better.
"It's fundamental to have stability at the top.
"If there's to be this constant changing of personnel it's not good for the morale of the organisation."
Posted by: Puzzled, Bromley on 10:35pm Fri 9 May 08
Why can't we have a permanant Chief Exec?
Is it that the job is so thankless that no-one wants to commit long term.
Good job the bulk of the staff feel differently and continue to work even if the ones at the top don't!!!!
Why can't we have a permanant Chief Exec?
Is it that the job is so thankless that no-one wants to commit long term.
Good job the bulk of the staff feel differently and continue to work even if the ones at the top don't!!!!
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