Green Lightning* Strikes (Not Once But Twice…)

* a meteorological phenomenon during severe storms!

The Health Services Journal (HSJ) has reported and WUTH Chief Executive David Allison has confirmed what the Wirral Leaks mystics foretold and that Sue Green has left Wirral University Teaching Hospital.HSJ reports : a human resources director who had been suspended has lost her job despite a disciplinary investigation finding she had no case to answer
The official statement from WUTH Chief Executive David Allison reads as follows:

As part of the Trust’s Corporate Services review I confirm that the Trust has made the decision to review/streamline the Executive structure. Following this review the position of Executive Director of HR  has been made redundant.The Trust would like to take the opportunity to thank Mrs Green for her service, hard work and achievements. We wish her well in challenges ahead.

As we have previously observed the parallels between Dave Green leaving Wirral Council and Sue Green leaving Wirral University Teaching Hospital are strikingly familiar – from the suspension, investigation, right down to the “no case to answer”  conclusion and what some may view as a frankly suspect  “redundancy” ( The Trust apparently just so happened to review/streamline the executive structure during Mrs.Green’s suspension/absence …..which coincidentally was exactly what Wirral Council claimed happened to Mr.Green! )

Of course we don’t know ,as yet,what the scale of the “redundancy” payment is. Nor do we know how on earth do you make a HR director post redundant in the NHS.

Nevertheless we can’t help re-phrasing and adding to a well known literary quote : ” To lose one job may seem unfortunate but to lose two seems like either carelessness or calculation ….”

Carelessness or calculation on whose part will no doubt never be known in both cases as enquiries are always stonewalled with statements such as  : “As per our previously issued statement, it’s our practice not to comment on the individual circumstances of any employee….”

The point that is seemingly missed is that such employees were employed by public bodies and it is in the public interest to know the actual circumstances surrounding their departure.

Meanwhile as a public relations distraction WUTH announce today (without a hint of irony ) their “green makeover”  http://bit.ly/1bztMiL