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Nova Scotia government names CEO to lead newly merged health board(Canadian Press DataFile Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) HALIFAX - The CEO of two health boards in southern Nova Scotia will lead a new amalgamated health authority that will run most hospitals in the province next year. Janet Knox of both Annapolis Valley Health and South Shore Health will advise the province at it continues consolidating its 10 boards and she will become the new health authority's CEO on April 1. Reducing the number of health authorities from 10 to two — one for the IWK Health Centre in Halifax and one for the rest of the province — was an election promise made last year by the Liberal party. It says the province will save $13 million a year through amalgamation. Glavine has said that while most of the savings would come from shared services and staffing reductions, the only positions to be cut would be from management. © 2014 The Canadian Press. All rights reserved. |