Chairman of hospital trust resigns from role

However, spokesman for the trust, Joe Wise, said that no details were being released about why Mr Maclean made his surprise departure.
The news comes two months after the trust's Council of Governors launched an inquiry into the absence of chief executive, Ed Donald, for three weeks in December.
The trust said that Mr Donald was simply on annual leave.
In an official statement released by the trust, Mr Maclean said: "I am very proud of the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust and its achievements under my Chairmanship.
“I have seen it move from a challenged organisation to a foundation trust in five years and on to become the most successful acute trust in the South Central Strategic Health Authority (SHA), achieving the role of ‘third centre’ in hyper acute cardiac and stroke care, and in the development of the Cancer Centre to become one of the only three in the SHA area.
“The Trust has been an initiator of new treatments and techniques, and has a reputation for winning national prizes and accolades for the way in which it adds value to healthcare and for the quality of service and safety it provides for its patients.
“Its clinicians are early adopters of new technology, showing the way to many others.”
He added: “It does all of this because of the quality and commitment of its people – all of them. “The ‘can do’ spirit attracts clinicians and others to the trust, where they benefit from its leading position in teaching and developing young clinicians and nurses.
“It’s been a privilege to have worked with such people and I wish them all well in the future.”