CORNWALL AIR AMBULANCE
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EIGHTEEN months after the Charity Commission began inquiries into the governance of an air ambulance charity following an employment scandal, it has still not reached a conclusion. This is partly, it says, because it is investigating “potentially concerning” new issues.
As the Eye went to press, officials at the commission were meeting Stephen Murdoch, the former interim chief executive of Cornwall Air Ambulance Trust (CAAT), to update him on why its regulatory compliance review has taken so long. A commission spokesperson told the Eye: “Recently, new matters of potential concern have been identified, requiring us to re-engage with trustees at the charity in order to gather further information.” The spokesperson would not disclose the concerns, nor say how much longer the inquiry was likely to take.