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A controversial health board is under fresh scrutiny after it emerged that the chief executive's wife secured a director's post following a shake-up of senior management.
Carrie Marr, the wife of NHS Tayside CEO Gerry Marr, was put in charge of a key directorate without the job being externally or internally advertised.
A spokeswoman for the board said the appointment was made in line with the body's policies.
NHS Tayside has already been at the centre of damaging allegations that staff manipulated waiting-time targets by marking patients as "unavailable" for treatment.
An audit last month confirmed the practice, with a spokesman for the board noting: "We very much regret that this has happened, apologise to patients and reassure them that we have put controls in place to ensure these practices have been eradicated."
The board, which delivers healthcare to around 400,000 people, also attracted criticism over plans to cut the level of emergency surgery provision at Perth Royal Infirmary.
http://www.heraldscotland.com/polit...t-bosss-wife-still-got-a-top-nhs-job.19889306
Carrie Marr, the wife of NHS Tayside CEO Gerry Marr, was put in charge of a key directorate without the job being externally or internally advertised.
A spokeswoman for the board said the appointment was made in line with the body's policies.
NHS Tayside has already been at the centre of damaging allegations that staff manipulated waiting-time targets by marking patients as "unavailable" for treatment.
An audit last month confirmed the practice, with a spokesman for the board noting: "We very much regret that this has happened, apologise to patients and reassure them that we have put controls in place to ensure these practices have been eradicated."
The board, which delivers healthcare to around 400,000 people, also attracted criticism over plans to cut the level of emergency surgery provision at Perth Royal Infirmary.
http://www.heraldscotland.com/polit...t-bosss-wife-still-got-a-top-nhs-job.19889306