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Lucy Letby Hospital Trust CEO Tony Chambers

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Nellynoowhoareyou · 21/08/2023 21:54

Not only did he leave his post with a £1.5 million pension pot but it’s now been announced he’s started a new position at Queen Victoria Hospital in East Grinstead.

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/queen-victoria-hospital-nhs-foundation-trust_today-we-welcome-tony-chambers-as-our-interim-activity-7026499735142191104-X8Cb

Watching the BBC doc simultaneous to this discovery and just feeling incensed.

Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust on LinkedIn: Update: Tony Chambers was interim chief executive at QVH for four months… | 53 comments

Update: Tony Chambers was interim chief executive at QVH for four months and left the Trust at the beginning of June. The government has ordered an independent… | 53 comments on LinkedIn

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/queen-victoria-hospital-nhs-foundation-trust_today-we-welcome-tony-chambers-as-our-interim-activity-7026499735142191104-X8Cb

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Hawkins009 · 21/08/2023 21:57

I've not studied his duties, presumably he may have been the top person but usually it's the line managers I would presume that would be more accountable for the day to day management I presume ?

Hawkins009 · 21/08/2023 21:58

From google

Chambers has been interim chief executive of a number of NHS trusts since quitting his £160,000-a-year post at the Countess of Chester within weeks of Letby's arrest in July 2018. He stood down as interim chief executive of the Queen Victoria Hospital, in west Sussex, on 2 June this year.2 days ago

www.theguardian.com › aug
Hospital chief claims he acted 'promptly' to move Letby off ward - The Guardian

katienana · 21/08/2023 22:00

Hawkins009 · 21/08/2023 21:57

I've not studied his duties, presumably he may have been the top person but usually it's the line managers I would presume that would be more accountable for the day to day management I presume ?

He gets paid £100s of thousands because the buck stops with him!

porridgecake · 21/08/2023 22:05

It has always been the case that CEOs of NHS trusts move from one trust to another, regardless of what kind of job they did in the previous one.

GirlsWithGuitars · 21/08/2023 22:06

porridgecake · 21/08/2023 22:05

It has always been the case that CEOs of NHS trusts move from one trust to another, regardless of what kind of job they did in the previous one.

Same with CEOs in any line of work. Once you get there, you pretty much need to be jailed to be unemployable so it doesn’t surprise me he’s found a new job.

Hawkins009 · 21/08/2023 22:07

katienana · 21/08/2023 22:00

He gets paid £100s of thousands because the buck stops with him!

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I can understand and respect your perspectives, depending on the line managers etc surely there role is to manage rather than going to the head for each issue?

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Nellynoowhoareyou · 21/08/2023 22:07

Sorry I’ve totally messed up the chronology so I’m trying to get this taken down but not quite sure how to yet! Hopefully he is not working pending the inquiry.

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MsCactus · 21/08/2023 22:10

I read that he said to the doctors who raised concerns about the deaths "oh that excuse [Lucy being to blame for the deaths] is very convenient for you isn't it" implying that they were at fault.

Then when the doctors finally went to the police because the hospital wouldn't do anything he said it was the doctors fault for "not detecting the insulin poisoning".

I'm so shocked he's still working in healthcare. Last I read the doctors are trying to get him and others for corporate manslaughter though

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Nellynoowhoareyou · 21/08/2023 22:11

In terms of his culpability, the iPlayer doc I was watching states that concerns were raised and rebuffed by senior trust staff on many occasions - to the point that an attempted cover-up is alleged. Do PPs really think that he would not have had this brought to his table?! What exactly would he be making decisions on if not likely murder scenarios and whistles being urgently blown by seven consultant paediatricians for months at a time?

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Theborder · 21/08/2023 22:13

Dispicable human being has blood on his hands.

Hawkins009 · 21/08/2023 22:16

Nellynoowhoareyou · 21/08/2023 22:11

In terms of his culpability, the iPlayer doc I was watching states that concerns were raised and rebuffed by senior trust staff on many occasions - to the point that an attempted cover-up is alleged. Do PPs really think that he would not have had this brought to his table?! What exactly would he be making decisions on if not likely murder scenarios and whistles being urgently blown by seven consultant paediatricians for months at a time?

At a guess plausible deniability, then it will be senior managers rather than the main manager, that's just a guess.

cherrypied · 22/08/2023 08:07

Theborder · 21/08/2023 22:13

Dispicable human being has blood on his hands.

Agree. Scandalous.

CEOs do move from organisation to organisation, yes but not usual for them to have employed a serial killer, killing their service users.

He was told. He refuted it. He covered it up.

Viviennemary · 22/08/2023 08:10

I heard on one programme somebody saying the executives in charge of the decisions concerning Lucy Letby could be prosecuted for Corporate manslaughter. I certainly think they should face criminal action.

PuttingouthefirewithGasoline · 22/08/2023 08:15

Has this man been interviewed and investigated at all yet?
That's our money, that's the parents or those babies money funding him.

There was a great link on one of the threads about the various things that went wrong in the entire approach including cognitive bias, group think etc.

justasking111 · 22/08/2023 08:36

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Clymene · 22/08/2023 08:41

www.spiked-online.com/2023/08/21/the-natural-affinity-between-evil-and-bureaucracy/

This is a good article. If the Buck stops with Chambers, then there should be sanctions. He's a public servant

LizzieSiddal · 22/08/2023 08:42

Why the heck would any other trust want him working for them? The only conclusion I can come to is they want someone who’s good at covering stuff up.

WILTYjim · 22/08/2023 08:47

This was supposed to stop after the Francis report into the Mid Stafford scandal. No surprise to see it hasn’t.

justasking111 · 22/08/2023 08:53

I remember on radio Wales a theatre sister explaining how it works. A member of staff reported a consultant, admin went to consultant who denied everything, case closed. Except the member of staff had hell after that so left. I was shocked that there was no anonymity in Wales, no investigation.

BodegaSushi · 22/08/2023 08:57

Is this thread and link intended to encourage doxxing? As people can comment on his linked in page?

Clymene · 22/08/2023 09:14

BodegaSushi · 22/08/2023 08:57

Is this thread and link intended to encourage doxxing? As people can comment on his linked in page?

I don't think you know what the term doxxing means.

justasking111 · 22/08/2023 09:15

Clymene · 22/08/2023 09:14

I don't think you know what the term doxxing means.

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I was baffled too. Might be on the wrong thread.

PuttingouthefirewithGasoline · 22/08/2023 09:27

I've seen an internal investigation where I work.
It was extremely surprising that only a slim slither of the whole picture was looked at which of course means the whole context was lost.
I was very surprised.
Staff shortages and loosing experienced staff is what it came down too so the internal investigation was tweaked accordingly.