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North West DWP UpdateProfessor Chris Bentley is a Non-Executive Director at Wirral Community Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust and is also the Chair of the Quality and Safety committee. He is a p...
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Health & Social Care Funding ReformAction Planning is a charity consultancy that has just celebrated 30 years of operation. Over the period it has changed style of operation and currently operates in a federated...
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Surviving or acquiring – strategies for business success.