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Helen Stratton
Background to the appointment
228 Dr Joffe stated to the Inquiry that a year or two after the appointment of Mrs Vegoda:
`... it became clear that the overall service was insufficient for the demand with, I believe, the split site proving a barrier to full communication with the BRI. The Heart Circle, once more, gave financial assistance for a second cardiac counsellor post, based at the BRI, and Ms Helen Stratton was appointed and commenced service in January 1991. I was not involved in the development of this post.' [288]
229 Ms Wiltshire told the Inquiry:
`In 1990 the full-time chaplain [Michael Jarvie] was covering numerous hospitals. It was felt that we needed one full-time member of staff designated solely to the cardiac unit who had time to liaise with parents. I spent a considerable amount of time with Jean Pratten (South West Heart Circle) in setting up this post and was included in the interview panel. The post was partly funded by the Southwest Heart Circle and partly by the hospital. We employed Helen Stratton in October 1990.' [289]
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Footnotes
[288] WIT 0097 0316 Dr Joffe
[289] WIT 0330 0028 Ms Wiltshire