Martin Wakeley was the senior manager at the then-Winchester and Eastleigh Healthcare NHS Trust between 2007-2009. It was the trust that ran the Royal Hampshire County Hospital before it merged with Basingstoke to form the Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. It was a time of chronic financial difficulties. He moved into the private sector but returned to be interim managing director of the Isle of Wight Clinical Commissioning Group in 2018-19. More recently he was working for the NHS in The Wirral as well as on the Isle of Wight. Mr Wakeley, who was in his early 50s, is believed to have died of cancer.
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THE trust which runs Basingstoke hospital has reduced the risk of infection control after implementing improved measures to prevent the spread of Covid-19. A report to Hampshire Hospitals Foundation Trust (HHFT) in March about its risks included the nosocomial spread of Covid-19, which is when the virus is spread inside a hospital. It stated that if Covid spreads inside hospital “there is a risk of harm to patients and staff and the potential for regulatory action”. However, the risk of this has been reduced from 16 to 12 because of “improved controls”. This includes the use of air scrubbers, air quality testing and guidance for staff on ventilating areas regularly.
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