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| Shona Robison chairs NHS Grampian review | Shona Robison chairs NHS Grampian review |
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| The health secretary has chaired the annual review of NHS Grampian. | |
| It comes after a turbulent year for the health authority, whose chairman and chief executive both left in the wake of a series of critical reports. | It comes after a turbulent year for the health authority, whose chairman and chief executive both left in the wake of a series of critical reports. |
| Staff suspensions, recruitment difficulties and failure to meet some waiting time targets have also kept it in the headlines. | Staff suspensions, recruitment difficulties and failure to meet some waiting time targets have also kept it in the headlines. |
| NHS Grampian said the review meeting would "cover achievements in 2014/15 as well as the challenges ahead". | |
| The performance of the health board is reviewed in public every year. This year, it was chaired by Health Secretary Shona Robison. | |
| In advance of the meeting, which was being held at the Aberdeen Dental Education Centre from 14:15, the health board published its annual Self Assessment Report. | |
| It said members of the public were welcome to attend the meeting and to submit questions that may be answered by the health secretary or the health board's chairman. | It said members of the public were welcome to attend the meeting and to submit questions that may be answered by the health secretary or the health board's chairman. |
| Former Aberdeen City Council leader Barney Crockett, who sits on the board, has been critical in the past. | Former Aberdeen City Council leader Barney Crockett, who sits on the board, has been critical in the past. |
| But he told BBC Scotland that he believed NHS Grampian had now turned the corner. | But he told BBC Scotland that he believed NHS Grampian had now turned the corner. |
| Mr Crockett added: "I think the key note will be one of great progress, and particularly a massive improving of relationships within the health service. | Mr Crockett added: "I think the key note will be one of great progress, and particularly a massive improving of relationships within the health service. |
| "I think the board will take a lot of encouragement from that, and I hope the minister will too." | "I think the board will take a lot of encouragement from that, and I hope the minister will too." |