Mp Joins Call for Rapid Review of Trust Finance ; Pressure Is Mounting On Health Bosses in Cornwall to Speed Up an Investigation After It Emerged That a Hospital Chief Executive Left His Former Trust While It Was in Financial Turmoil.

Western Morning News, The › September 28, 2008

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Pressure is mounting on health bosses in Cornwall to speed up an investigation after it emerged that a hospital chief executive left his former trust while it was in financial turmoil.

The WMN yesterday reported that John Watkinson, chief executive at Royal Cornwall Hospital NHS Trust (RCHT), left Bromley Hospitals NHS Trust in Kent at a time when it had an accumulated debt of pounds87 million.

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Mp Joins Call for Rapid Review of Trust Finance ; Pressure Is Mounting On Health Bosses in Cornwall to Speed Up an Investigation After It Emerged That a Hospital Chief Executive Left His Former Trust While It Was in Financial Turmoil.

An investigation found the trust had a pounds23 million deficit - pounds10 million worse than reported, while under Mr Watkinson's tenure.

Mr Watkinson was chief executive at Bromley and accountable officer bet...

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