PUBLIC SECTOR: First PR manager for City health authority

The East London and the City Health Authority is to gain its first dedicated PR manager. Assistant corporate affairs director Andrew Brent created the position from the old post of corporate secretary, which combined communications with executive support. The health authority spans 16 NHS trusts and a number of primary care groups, community health authorities and local councils. Brent said the new communications manager would work closely with him to formulate and implement a communications strategy for its stakeholder groups.