As I reminded readers last Thursday, about a year ago I commented that one of the problems with the NHS was caused by a belief that it could answer all of the questions posed to it from within its own resources. I pointed out that the belief that the answer was ‘in the room’ was one strongly held in the NHS. The evidence suggests however that, whilst it may be true that a lot of the answer is in the room, some very important parts of any answer MUST come from outside.
Last Wednesday four new non-executive director appointments to the NCB were announced to join the existing Chair, the Chair of the Audit Commission and the excellent Ciarán Devane (CEO of Macmillans) who are already non-executive members.
