Shortly after resigning from state hospital, ex-CEO has new state position
MacLeod gets position at Glencliff Home after being asked to resign from hospital
MacLeod gets position at Glencliff Home after being asked to resign from hospital
MacLeod gets position at Glencliff Home after being asked to resign from hospital
Two weeks after the CEO of the state psychiatric hospital in Concord resigned at the governor's request, he has a new job at another state facility.
Gov. Chris Sununu took action earlier this month when staffing issues came to light at New Hampshire Hospital and obtained the resignation of the hospital's then-CEO Dr. Robert MacLeod.
MacLeod has since taken a new position at the Glencliff Home in the North Country, a state nursing home for the developmentally disabled.
"It does seem peculiar," said state Sen. Bob Giuda, R-Warren.
Giuda said he wonders what kind of message is being sent when an administrator who stepped down from one state job at the governor's request ends up with another one so quickly.
"I just think it's interesting that Glencliff has significant problems and that (the Department of Health and Human Services) would choose to move a person who had been in a position of significant responsibility out of that position and into a position in a different facility," Giuda said.
When MacLeod resigned, officials offered no comment on his management of the state hospital. He left after it was revealed that Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center was staffing the hospital with fewer psychiatrists than its contract required.
State officials said that MacLeod's new position is temporary and focused on helping residents transition to community settings, but Giuda said he still questions whether it's the best move.
"There are clearly management problems at that facility," he said. "Those need to be addressed, and I have confidence the commissioner will address them."
Giuda said he understands that the matter is the purview of the executive branch, but he intends to be fully involved when it comes to oversight.