Simon Harris in his ministerial car as he travels to meetings Picture: Bryan Meade PIc: Bryan Meade
Over two months, Health Editor Susan Mitchell gained exclusive access to Minister for Health Simon Harris
When a minister for health arrives to visit a hospital, local management usually roll out the red carpet. Senior managers and board members gather to give the controller of the health service’s purse-strings a warm welcome, and “friendly” patients are lined up to smile for photographs and provide a glowing report of the care they have received.
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