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Article: Tackling the root causes of ill health is a lesson we taught England; For the past eight years Ann Lloyd has been the chief executive of the NHS in Wales. Health Editor Madeleine Brindley spoke to the Welsh Assembly Government's chief adviser on healthcare before she left her job, and Wales, last week.
- Article from:
- Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales)
- Article date:
- April 6, 2009
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Byline: Madeleine Brindley
FOR almost a decade Ann Lloyd has cut a somewhat stern, headmistress-like figure behind the scenes of the Welsh NHS.
As one of Wales' most senior civil servants, she maintained her position at the head of the health service through some of the NHS' trickiest years as it grappled to respond to the twin problems of growing waiting times and chronic ill health in Wales.
While public attention may have been focused on the nation's three health ministers - Jane Hutt, Brian Gibbons and Edwina Hart - and their contribution to ...