Helen Carr’s retirement as MiP’s head of operations at the end of September marks the end of a long and distinguished career in the trade union movement and public service, writes Jon Restell.

MiP has welcomed the government’s decision to limit its barring scheme to the most senior NHS managers, but says the proposal is “a small piece of the jigsaw”.

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