A senior NHS surgeon in Greater Manchester has been struck off for claiming the Covid pandemic was a 'worldwide conspiracy' and publicly criticising lockdowns and vaccines.
22.09.2023 - 17:35 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Oldham’s chief executive is to remain at the authority until 2026 after announcing plans to postpone his imminent retirement.
It comes as council leader Arooj Shah says potential candidates for his replacement lacked the experience to match their ‘aspirations and ambitions’ for the borough.
Harry Catherall, who took over from predecessor Carolyn Wilkins initially on an interim basis more than two years ago, was previously the chief executive of Blackburn with Darwen and St Helens councils.
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Oldham council’s cross-party appointment committee had been recruiting and interviewing for the £164,000 a year job as Mr Catherall had planned to retire from Oldham council in December.
But members today (September 22) agreed he will continue in the job for another two years, starting from January 2024.
During that time work will take place to ‘identify, train and develop a successor from within the council’, the authority said.
Coun Shah said: “I am absolutely delighted that Harry will continue to lead the organisation, seeing through the delivery of the exciting plans and projects he has put in place since joining us in 2021.”
She said that in recent months they had been recruiting for a new chief executive for Oldham. “While we did have a good field of candidates, we felt the level of experience didn’t meet the level of our aspirations and ambitions,” Coun Shah added.
“As a result appointment committee have this morning decided to halt the recruitment process at this stage and seek an alternative approach – a creative approach that we feel is
A senior NHS surgeon in Greater Manchester has been struck off for claiming the Covid pandemic was a 'worldwide conspiracy' and publicly criticising lockdowns and vaccines.
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