Plans to remove maternity services at North Wales hospitals to be scrapped
The chief executive of trouble health board Betsi Cadwaladr has stepped down from his role.
The chief executive of trouble health board Betsi Cadwaladr has stepped down from his role.
The chief executive of trouble health board Betsi Cadwaladr has stepped down from his role.
Professor Trevor Purt was suspended in June after the health board was put into special measures.
Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board can confirm that Professor Trevor Purt has stepped down from his role as Chief Executive.
He will return to work in England where he will contribute to a number of NHS projects including the wider integration both across partner organisations and within the NHS more generally. He will build on the experience he has gained over six years in the Welsh NHS system.
Health chiefs are now considering the process for the recruitment of a successor to Professor Purt.
Controversial plans to remove doctor-led maternity care at some hospitals in north Wales have been abandoned.
The health board will stay in special measures and the future of its suspended chief executive is also expected to be announced.
Yesterday it was put into special measures; today its chief executive Trevor Purt has been suspended with immediate effect.