14/12/2012
NI Health Trust Chairman Sacked
The chairman of the Northern Ireland Health Trust has been sacked.
This is the first time a senior health manager has been sacked from a Northern Ireland trust.
The removal of Trust chairman Jim Stewart follows a failure to meet targets in accident and emergency provision.
Health Minister Edwin Poots said Mr Stewart had fallen short of the high standards expected of someone in his position.
The move came as a result of poor performance at Antrim Area Hospital's accident and emergency department. The hospital has experienced excessive trolley waits as well as a failure to meet four and 12-hour targets.
But on Monday, Mr Stewart accused Mr poots of victimising him over his refusal to sack Sean Donaghy, the chief executive of the Northern Health Trust.
The Health Minister said: "Against a background of very serious and unresolved issues with the performance of the Northern Health and Social Care Trust on emergency care, I need to be sure that the leadership team are all working together to resolve the problem.
"Whatever may or may not have been said before Monday 10 December, it was wholly inappropriate for Mr Stewart to speak publicly as he did on Monday."
He said the remarks "confirmed that Mr Stewart does not share my view that much better performance against the 12-hour standard for A&E Departments is both possible and essential in the short term".
He said people in positions of responsibility "must demonstrate the highest standards of corporate and personal conduct based on recognition that patients and clients always come first".
(IT)
This is the first time a senior health manager has been sacked from a Northern Ireland trust.
The removal of Trust chairman Jim Stewart follows a failure to meet targets in accident and emergency provision.
Health Minister Edwin Poots said Mr Stewart had fallen short of the high standards expected of someone in his position.
The move came as a result of poor performance at Antrim Area Hospital's accident and emergency department. The hospital has experienced excessive trolley waits as well as a failure to meet four and 12-hour targets.
But on Monday, Mr Stewart accused Mr poots of victimising him over his refusal to sack Sean Donaghy, the chief executive of the Northern Health Trust.
The Health Minister said: "Against a background of very serious and unresolved issues with the performance of the Northern Health and Social Care Trust on emergency care, I need to be sure that the leadership team are all working together to resolve the problem.
"Whatever may or may not have been said before Monday 10 December, it was wholly inappropriate for Mr Stewart to speak publicly as he did on Monday."
He said the remarks "confirmed that Mr Stewart does not share my view that much better performance against the 12-hour standard for A&E Departments is both possible and essential in the short term".
He said people in positions of responsibility "must demonstrate the highest standards of corporate and personal conduct based on recognition that patients and clients always come first".
(IT)
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