On social media, Barclay said: “The managing director of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in King’s Lynn, Michelle Arrowsmith, responsible for many of the services at the North Cambs community hospital site in Wisbech, has announced she is leaving suddenly next week despite only starting her role in January this year.
“I will be accepting the Group Chief Executive’s offer of a meeting, to continue to make the case for more local services at the Wisbech site, rather than the current centralisation in acute hospital settings, which requires patients to face the cost and unnecessary journeys for treatments that should be delivered at the North Cambs site.”
The North Cambridgeshire Hospital in Wisbech provides services including minor injury care, physiotherapy, phlebotomy, palliative care and specialist outpatient appointments.
Confirming Arrowsmith’s departure, Dwyer said: “I recognise that changes in leadership can raise understandable questions for patients, staff and the local community.
“My focus is on supporting staff and ensuring that patients continue to receive safe, high-quality care while we continue the recovery work already under way at The QEH.”
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