The Department of Health is to launch an independent review into allegations of bullying and harassment against East Midlands strategic health authority.
The allegations were made following a row over targets that led to the departure of a hospital trust chair.
United Lincolnshire Hospitals trust chair David Bowles was suspended last week, he says, having told NHS East Midlands and the Appointments Commission he intended to resign.
Trust chief executive Gary Walker is on sick leave with stress and did not attend Tuesday’s trust annual meeting.
In separate letters, Mr Bowles and Mr Walker both asked NHS chief executive David Nicholson to step in.
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