Movers and Shakers news roundup

Our latest Movers and Shakers roundup features the appointment of a joint chief executive of Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

Andy Wood OBE has been appointed as interim chair of the board of directors for The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King’s Lynn NHS Foundation Trust.

Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust has announced Dr Anita Donley OBE as its new chair, following the retirement of long-standing trust chair Richard Shaw, who left his role on 1 December 2024 after more than 12 years at the trust.

Graham Urwin, chief executive at NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board (ICB), has revealed he will retire in June 2025 following 42 years in public service.

Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust has named Grant Macdonald, previously executive managing director for mental health, learning disabilities and autism, as its new chief executive.

Lesley Watts has been appointed as the joint chief executive of Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and will take up the joint post on 13 January 2025.

Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland ICB has confirmed former hospital trust chief executive Paula Clark as its latest interim chair.

Salman Desai has been confirmed as the chief executive of North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust, having been acting chief executive since October 2024.

He has a long career history within the ambulance service, joining as a student paramedic in 1997.

Sarah Webb joined the Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust as chief nursing information officer (CNIO) in December 2024 from Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust, where she also served as CNIO.

Jenni Douglas-Todd will leave her role as chair of Dorset ICB in March 2025 to take over as chair of Portsmouth Hospitals University Foundation Trust and Isle of Wight Trust.

In addition to chairing Dorset ICB, Douglas-Todd is chair of University Hospital Southampton Foundation Trust, meaning she will now chair three of the four acute trusts in the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Integrated Care System.

Stuart Gee joined Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust as chief transformation officer in December 2024.

Ciaron Hoye, former chief information officer (CIO) for 10 years at Birmingham and Solihull Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG), has joined healthtech supplier Blinx Healthcare as chief digital officer.

More appointments and departures can be found on Digital Health Intelligence.