Boss of England's largest NHS trust to retire from Manchester's major hospitals

One of the most influential and long-serving chief executives in the NHS has announced his retirement. Sir Michael Deegan has spent more than 20 years at the helm of what has now become the country's largest NHS trust.

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"I have always taken great inspiration from the talents, efforts and achievements of our staff, governors and volunteers and this has been particularly so during the last two and a half years of the pandemic. Your efforts have been truly outstanding and I would wish to take this opportunity to say thank you to you all.

Sir Michael holds a first degree in Law and a Masters degree in Industrial Relations from the University of Warwick. He was previously Chief Executive at Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust having also held the post of Chief Executive at Warrington Hospital and then North Cheshire Hospitals NHS Trust.

You can bet that he'll still get nice big fat pension package and revolving door into directorships despite ambulances queueing up outside A&E, 40-minute 999 response times to life & death emergencies and cancelled elective surgeries.

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