Norfolk and Suffolk Foundation Trust has appointed an interim chief executive after its previous candidate was forced to withdraw his application in March after an inquiry about his qualifications.
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Everyone at King s Lynn Town Football Club sends their condolences to the family and friends of Lee.
In front of the King s Lynn Town Hall, candles were lit in memory of Lee Calton. Picture: Ian Burt
- Credit: Ian Burt
In front of the King s Lynn Town Hall, candles were lit in memory of Lee Calton. Picture: Ian Burt
- Credit: Ian Burt
Family friend Shannon Bloy, who was among those organising the event, described Lee as a lovely guy, who lit up the room with his smile.
She shared links to Samaritans and MIND to help spread awareness of mental health issues.
Published:
12:01 PM April 20, 2021
Updated:
1:19 PM April 20, 2021
Lee Calton, pictured running the London Marathon for the Motor Neurone Disease Association
- Credit: Picture supplied by the Calton family
Let s light up Lynn for Lee. That s the call from friends of a 37-year-old financial advisor who was found dead at his home in the town.
Lee Calton was a popular figure in King s Lynn and a staunch Linnets supporter. King s Lynn Town paid tribute to Mr Calton, who had followed them for more than 25 years.
We are saddened to learn of the passing of our friend, Lee Calton.
Everyone at King’s Lynn Town Football Club sends their condolences to the family and friends of Lee.
I am on stakeholder meetings with NHS Eating Disorder Services and the feeling is across the country eating disorder services will be as busy for at least another 12 months.
In March, the Norfolk and Suffolk Foundation Trust reported 76.2pc of people under 19 in Norfolk and Waveney who were in need of urgent care were seen in a week - against a target of 84pc. This is in comparison to 25pc of young people in Suffolk.
Just under two-thirds of those classed as routine cases were seen within the four-week period set out by the trust - against a target of 95pc.
In January, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital (NNUH) chief executive Sam Higginson warned the backlog would not start to clear before March.
To help fix the backlog, the government has pledged to bust bureaucracy in the NHS with plans that would see England s major hospital trusts and clinical commissioning groups split into 42 boards to control all local health services with one budget for each area.
Speaking to the Independent last month NHS England medical director, professor Stephen Powis, denied that the NHS was a Covid-only service . For every Covid patient in hospital, the NHS is treating three people for other conditions - and it is obviously a disservice to the work done by our staff who have kept services going throughout the pandemic to suggest otherwise, he added.