Nursing Times leaders list: Regional NHS integrated care boards

We have created the list in recognition that knowing ‘who is who’ is a valuable resource for nursing and midwifery staff around the country.

The list covers nurse leaders at 42 ICBs, which oversee the same number of integrated care systems. ICBs replaced clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) in the NHS in England from 1 July 2022.

To the best of our knowledge, this list is correct as of September 2024.

 

East of England

NHS Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes ICB

Chief nursing director: Sarah Stanley

Profile: Sarah Stanley was appointed chief nursing director for NHS Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes (BLMK) ICB in August 2022 and took on the role in September, following the board’s creation in July that year. She previously worked at Barnet Hospital, which is run by Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, from September 2001 to August 2022. At her time of departure, she was both divisional director for medicine and urgent care and as a consultant nurse. She was also interim nursing director at Barnet Hospital during a period that included October 2018. She trained as a nurse during the early 1990s at the Royal Free Hospital in London.

Preceded by Anne Murray (interim)

 

NHS Cambridgeshire and Peterborough ICB

Chief nursing officer: Carol Anderson

Profile: Carol Anderson was announced as the chief nursing officer designate for NHS Cambridgeshire and Peterborough ICB in May 2022, taking on the role in July that year when the board became operational. She was previously chief nurse for Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Clinical Commissioning Group, which was superseded by the ICB. Prior to that she held roles including chief nurse for the Mid and South Essex Sustainability and Transformation Plan (STP) Joint Committee, from October 2017, and director of nursing and interim managing director of Mid-Essex CCG.

Preceded by no one

 

NHS Hertfordshire and West Essex ICB

Director of nursing and quality: Professor Natalie Hammond

Profile: Professor Natalie Hammond took on the role of director of nursing and quality at NHS Hertfordshire and West Essex ICB in July 2023, having been appointed in May. She was previously executive nurse at Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust, a post she held from April 2017 until joining the ICB. Prior to that, she was director of nursing and quality at North Essex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, from March 2015 to April 2017. Before that she was deputy director of nursing and quality at Barnet Enfield and Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust, from July 2014 to March 2015. She began her nursing career as a cadet nurse at the age of 16.

Preceded by Jane Kinniburgh (retired)

 

NHS Mid and South Essex ICB

Executive chief nurse: Dr Giles Thorpe

Profile: Dr Giles Thorpe joined NHS Mid and South Essex in August 2023 as executive chief nursing officer, having been appointed in May that year. Prior to this he was chief nurse and director of infection prevention and control at East Suffolk and North East Essex NHS Foundation Trust, from November 2020 until August 2023, and deputy chief nurse and director of clinical quality at Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, from May 2017 until November 2020. He has also been deputy director of nursing at Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust, between August 2015 and April 2017, and deputy director of clinical governance at Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust between May 2014 and February 2016. Before that he was patient safety and quality governance manager at The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust, from October 2012 until September 2013. He qualified as a nurse in 2003, after training at London South Bank University.

Preceded by Frances Bolger (interim)

 

NHS Norfolk and Waveney ICB

Director of nursing: Tricia D’Orsi

Profile: Tricia D’Orsi became director of nursing designate for NHS Norfolk and Waveney Integrated Care Board in June 2022, prior to it taking over from NHS Norfolk & Waveney Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) in July that year. She was previously alliance director for South East Essex, as part of the fledgling Mid and South Essex Integrated Care System. Before that she was chief nurse at Castle Point and Rochford CCG from 2012 and, since 2018, held the role jointly with Southend CCG. She has over 30 years of nursing experience and did her nursing training at St Thomas’ Hospital during the early 1980s.

Preceded by no one

 

NHS Suffolk and North East Essex ICB

Director of nursing: Lisa Nobes

Profile: Lisa Nobes has been in post as director of nursing NHS Suffolk and North East Essex ICB since July 2022, when it took over from three clinical commissioning groups – Ipswich and East Suffolk CCG, North East Essex CCG and West Suffolk CCG. She was previously director of nursing for both Ipswich and East Suffolk CCG and West Suffolk CCG. Prior to that she was director of nursing and quality at The Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust, now part of East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust, from July 2015 until March 2018, when she joined Ipswich and East Suffolk CCG.

Preceded by no one

 

London

NHS North Central London ICB

Chief nursing officer: Dr Chris Caldwell

Profile: Dr Chris Caldwell joined North Central London Integrated Care Board as chief nurse in May 2022, prior to its launch in July that year. She was previously at Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust where she was executive director of nursing and system workforce development, from November 2016 until joining the ICB. Before that she worked for Health Education England, from October 2013 until September 2020, initially as dean of healthcare professions and then as programme director of the CapitalNurse programme. She was also assistant chief nurse at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust between May 2010 and September 2013. She is a registered nurse in adults and children’s nursing, and a registered nurse teacher.

Preceded by no one

 

NHS North East London ICB

Chief nursing officer: Diane Jones

Profile: Diane Jones has been chief nursing officer of NHS North East London Integrated Care Board since its inception in July 2022. She was previously chief nurse at NHS North East London Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG), from July 2021 until joining the ICB. Before that she was chief nurse at NHS North West London Collaboration of CCGs, from July 2018 to Jun 2021, and director of quality and safety for NHS Brent, NHS Harrow, NHS Hillingdon CCGs between March 2017 and July 2018. From August 2015 until February 2017, she was director of integrated governance for NHS Greenwich CCG. Between April 2013 and August 2015, she was deputy nurse director for Barking and Dagenham, Havering and Redbridge CCGs.

Preceded by no one

 

NHS North West London ICB

Chief nursing officer: Jennifer Roye

Profile: Jennifer Roye has been in post since September 2023 as chief nurse at NHS North West London Integrated Care Board. She was previously deputy chief nurse at the ICB from September 2022. Prior to that she was director of nursing for NHS North West London Clinical Commissioning Group, from September 2021 to September 2022, and director of quality for the NHS North West London Collaboration of CCGs between June 2019 and September 2021. Before that she was deputy director of quality and patient safety for NHS Brent, Harrow & Hillingdon CCGs. She has also held senior nursing roles at Ealing Hospital NHS Trust prior to it becoming part of London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust. She trained as a nurse at Buckinghamshire New University between 1996 and 1998.

Preceded by Professor Charlie Sheldon (interim)

 

NHS South East London ICB

Acting chief nurse: Paul Larrisey

Profile: Paul Larrisey has been acting chief nurse of South East London ICB since November 2023 after his predecessor went on secondment. He joined the ICB in the same year as director of quality. He was previously divisional director of operations for medicine and community at Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust. He qualified as a nurse in 1989 and then as a district nurse in 1996.

Preceded by Angela Helleur

 

NHS South West London ICB

Chief Nursing Officer: Elaine Clancy

Profile: Elaine Clancy took on the role as chief nursing officer for NHS South West London in July 2023, having been appointed in May that year. In her previous role, she was joint chief nurse at both Croydon Health Services NHS Trust and NHS Croydon Clinical Commissioning Group. She was appointed to the post in April 2019. Before that she was director of quality and governance at the CCG. She trained both as a general and paediatric nurse specialising in emergency care.

Preceded by Dr Gloria Rowland

 

Midlands

NHS Birmingham and Solihull ICB

Interim chief nurse: Helen Kelly

Profile: Helen Kelly was appointed as interim chief nurse at NHS Birmingham and Solihull Integrated Care Board in 2024. She was previously the ICB’s director of nursing for quality improvement at the ICB, a role she took on in July 2022. Under the preceding commissioning structure, she became the director of Solihull Together for Solihull Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) in February 2014. Following the integration of three local CCGs to create Birmingham and Solihull CCG, she was appointed as associate director of integration. Prior to that she was head of public health commissioning for NHS England’s Birmingham, Solihull & Black Country Area Team, from January 2013 to February 2014. Before that she held commissioning roles for frail and elderly services, and maternity and children’s services in the Solihull area, reaching back to September 2006. She qualified as an adult nurse in 1996 at the University of Birmingham,

Preceded by Lisa Stalley-Green

NHS Black Country ICB

Chief nursing officer and deputy chief executive: Sally Roberts

Profile: Sally Roberts was appointed as chief nursing officer of the new Black Country Integrated Care Board in February 2022 and took on the role in July that year. She is also the lead board level nurse for the associated integrated care system. Previously, she was chief nursing officer for the Black Country and West Birmingham Clinical Commissioning Group and formerly at Wolverhampton CCG. Prior to that, she was CCG lead nurse for quality improvement and partnerships at NHS Walsall, from October 2012, and assistant director of nursing at NHS Walsall PCT, from June 2010 to October 2012. Before that she was assistant director of quality and service improvement for Walsall Community Health Trust, from June 2007 to June 2010. She trained as a registered nurse and specialist practitioner.

Preceded by no one

 

NHS Coventry and Warwickshire ICB

Chief nursing officer: Ellie Monkhouse

Profile: Ellie Monkhouse was appointed as chief nursing officer of NHS Coventry and Warwickshire Integrated Care Board in May 2024 and took up the role in July that year. Previously she was chief nurse at Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust, a post she held from May 2019. Before that she was chief nursing officer for Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, from October 2017 to May 2019. Prior to that she spent time at Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust, where she was chief nursing officer from December 2016 to October 2017, and deputy chief nurse from November 2015 until her promotion. She also has previous commission experience having formerly been executive director of nursing and quality for Leeds South and East CCG and Leeds North CCG, between January 2013 and October 2015. She has a background in trauma and orthopaedics.

Preceded by Jamie Soden (interim) and Tracy Pilcher

 

NHS Derby and Derbyshire ICB

Chief nursing officer: Dean Howells

Profile: Dean Howells was appointed chief nursing officer for NHS Derby and Derbyshire Integrated Care Board in June 2023 and took up the role in September that year. He joined from Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust where he had been executive director and chief nurse since January 2021. Prior to that he was executive director of nursing and quality at Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust, from July 2019 to January 2201, and executive director of nursing and operations for St Andrew’s Healthcare, from June 2016 to January 2019. Before that he was executive director of nursing and quality at Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, from December 2011 until June 2016.

Preceded by Paul Lumsdon (interim) and Brigid Stacey (retired)

 

NHS Herefordshire and Worcestershire ICB

Chief nursing officer: Dr Kathryn Cobain

Profile: Dr Kathryn Cobain was appointed chief nursing officer for the NHS Herefordshire and Worcestershire Integrated Care Board in May 2022, a couple of months before it became operational. Previously, she spent a decade working in public health roles for Worcestershire County Council. She was the council’s director of public health between August 2019 to May 2022. From 1997 to 1999, she studied nursing at King’s College London.

Preceded by no one

 

NHS Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland ICB

Chief nursing officer: Kay Darby

Profile: Kay Darby has been chief nursing officer of NHS Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland Integrate Care Board since December 2023. She has expensive management experience across a range of settings and sectors. From April 2018 to July 2020, she held a number of interim senior nursing roles for social enterprise Integrated Care 24, independent provider Vocare and community interest company Derbyshire Health United Limited. She was also interim director of nursing and operations at Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust, from January to September of 2012, and director of nursing and strategy at Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, from October 2005 to January 2012. She is a registered general nurse and registered mental health nurse.

Preceded by Dr Caroline Trevithick

 

NHS Lincolnshire ICB

Director of nursing: Martin Fahy

Profile: Martin Fahy became director of nursing at NHS Lincolnshire Integrated Care Board in July 2022, when the commissioning body came into operation. Prior to the restructure, he had been director of nursing at NHS Lincolnshire Clinical Commissiong Group since June 2020. Previously he was director of nursing in Birmingham and Solihull CCG, from August 2018 to June 2020, and before that was director of nursing and quality at Bedfordshire CCG, from January 2018 to June of the same year in a job share, and deputy director of nursing and quality for the NHS England Central Midlands Team.

Preceded by no one

 

NHS Northamptonshire ICB

Chief nursing officer: Maria Laffan

Profile: Maria Laffan has been chief nursing officer for NHS Northamptonshire Integrated Care Board since September 2024. She was previously deputy chief nurse and director of nursing, quality and inequalities at NHS Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes ICB. Prior to the restructure, she spent a decade at NHS Bedfordshire Clinical Commissioning Group, from November 2013 until July 2022, with her roles including head of clinical effectiveness and associate director of nursing and quality, and, from June 2018, director of nursing and quality. Before that, she was acting chief executive and lead nurse at Horizon Health Choices, an independent GP-led healthcare provider, from September 2011 until 2013, and chief executive and lead nurse of Bedoc, a social enterprise providing primary care, from January 2007 until 2011.

Preceded by Mandy Staples

 

NHS Nottingham and Nottinghamshire ICB

Director of nursing: Rosa Waddingham

Profile: Rosa Waddingham became director of nursing for NHS Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Integrated Care Board in July 2022, when the ICB was created. She was previously the director of nursing at Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Clinical Care Group, holding the post since December 2019, and deputy chief nurse there from April 2019 until her promotion. Prior to that, from May 2016 to April 2019, she was deputy chief nurse and strategic lead for continuing healthcare and personalisation at Mid Nottinghamshire CCG. She also spent time as head of quality and adult safeguarding for NHS Newark and Sherwood, and NHS Mansfield and Ashfield CCGs, from late 2015 to May 2016. Before that, between September 2004 and September 2015, she worked for SSAFA, the Armed Forces charity, in Brunei first as coordinator and senior nurse and then as operations manager. She has a background in accident and emergency nursing.

Preceded by no one

 

NHS Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin ICB

Chief nursing officer: Vanessa Whatley

Profile: Vanessa Whatley was appointed as interim chief nursing officer for NHS Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin Integrated Care Board in November 2023. In May 2024, she was confirmed as chief nurse of the associated integrated care system. Previously, she was deputy director of nursing and quality at NHS Shropshire Telford and Wrekin Clinical Commissioning Group, from January 2022 until July 2022. She was formerly a deputy chief nurse at the Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust. She began her nursing career in Devon in 1997.

Preceded by Alison Bussey (retired)

 

NHS Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent ICB

Chief nursing and therapies officer: Heather Johnstone

Profile: Heather Johnstone was appointed in July 2022 as interim chief nursing and therapies officer at the then new NHS Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Integrated Care Board. With a strong background in commissioning in the area, she was previously director of nursing and quality for the six Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Clinical Commissioning Groups, from 2017. Prior to that she was executive director quality and safety and chief nurse for Cannock Chase CCG, Stafford & Surround CCG and South East Staffs and Seisdon Peninsular CCG, from October 2016 to December 2017. In addition, she was chief nurse at East Staffs, South East Staffs and Seisdon Peninsular CCGs, from October 2012, and deputy director of nursing for the Staffordshire Cluster of PCTs, from May 2011 to September 2012. Before that she was head of quality at South Staffordshire Primary Care Trust, from August 2009 to May 2011.

Preceded by no one

 

North East and Yorkshire

NHS Humber and North Yorkshire ICB

Executive director of nursing and quality: Teresa Fenech

Profile: Teresa Fenech was appointed executive director of nursing and quality NHS Humber and North Yorkshire Integrated Care Board in April 2022, a couple of months before the ICB came into operation. Prior to that, from April 2013, she worked for NHS England & NHS Improvement in several national and regional roles, including director of nursing: specialised commissioning and director of the quality improvement taskforce for children, and deputy director: quality assurance. She was previously director of strategy and planning at York Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, from January 2011 to February 2012. Before that she was deputy chief executive and director of nursing at Scarborough and North East Yorkshire NHS Trust, from January 2008 to January 2011.

Preceded by no one

 

NHS North East and North Cumbria ICB

Chief nurse, AHP and people officer: David Purdue

Profile: David Purdue became executive chief nurse at NHS North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board in July 2022, when the ICB came into operation. Previously, he spent much of his senior career at Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, which he left in May 2022 after 13 years. In October 2008, he became the trust’s divisional nurse manager for medicine, before rising to chief operating officer in July 2013 and then director of nursing, midwifery and allied health professionals, and deputy chief executive in September 2019. He qualified from the Nottingham School of Nursing as a registered nurse in 1990.

Preceded by no one

 

NHS South Yorkshire ICB

Chief nursing officer: Cathy Winfield

Profile: Cathy Winfield was appointed chief nursing officer for NHS South Yorkshire Integrated Care Board in May 2022, several months before it became operational. She was previously executive chief nurse at University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust. Prior to that she was chief nurse and director of patient experience at Derby Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, which later merged with Burton Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. She held the post at Derby Teaching Hospitals from May 2013 until the merger in July 2018, having joined the trust as deputy chief nurse in August 2009. She qualified as a registered general nurse in 1993 from Bloomsbury and Islington School of Nursing and Midwifery in London. She was awarded an MBE in 2020 for services to nursing.

Preceded by no one

 

NHS West Yorkshire ICB

Director of nursing: Beverley Geary

Profile: Beverley Geary became director of nursing at NHS West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board in July 2022, when the ICB began operations, having been appointed in February that year. Previously, she was the executive chief nurse at Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, a post she held from March 2019. Prior to that she was chief nurse at York and Scarborough Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, from October 2014 until February 2019. She joined the organisation when it was known as York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust during 2012 as deputy chief nurse. She has been a registered nurse for over 30 years, having begun her career in 1987, and is dual trained in general and mental health nursing.

Preceded by no one

 

North West

NHS Cheshire and Merseyside ICB

Director of nursing and care: Chris Douglas

Profile: Chris Douglas (formerly Pearson) was appointed director of nursing and care at NHS Cheshire and Merseyside in August 2022. Previously, she was chief nurse and executive director of nursing at East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust, a role she held from 2014. Prior to that, she was deputy director nursing at Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust, from April 2011 to January 2014. She began as a student nurse day at North Manchester General Hospital, qualifying as a registered general nurse in 1984. She received an MBE in the Queen’s New Year’s Honour’s list in 2021 in recognition of her services over more than 40 years.

Preceded by Marie Boles (interim)

 

NHS Greater Manchester ICB

Chief nurse: Mandy Philbin

Profile: Mandy Philbin has been executive chief nurse at NHS Greater Manchester since September 2022. Since December 2023, she has been chief nurse officer and interim deputy chief executive. Previously, she was director of nursing and quality at Spectrum Community Health CIC, from January 2021 to August 2022. Prior to that, she was chief nurse at NHS Sheffield Clinical Commissioning Group, from September 2017 to January 2021.

Preceded by Gill Gibson (interim)

 

NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria ICB

Chief nursing officer: Dr Sarah O’Brien

Profile: Dr Sarah O’Brien was appointed chief nursing officer NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board in March 2022 and took up the post in July that year when the ICB was formally established. She was previously the executive director of strategy and system development for Cheshire and Merseyside Health and Care Partnership, a role she held from January 2021. Prior to that, her posts have included being chief nurse at NHS St Helens Clinical Commissioning Group, from November 2014 to September 2016, and deputy director of nursing at St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, from January 2013 to November 2014. She is a former diabetes nurse consultant.

Preceded by no one

 

South East

NHS Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire West ICB

Chief nursing officer: Rachael Corser

Profile: Rachael Corser has been chief nursing officer at NHS Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire West Integrated Care Board since September 2022. She joined from the East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, where she had been chief nurse since January 2018. Prior to that, she was deputy director of nursing and governance at West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust, from October 2015 to December 2017. She was also director of nursing and clinical services at Care UK, from January 2014 to December 2014.

Preceded by Debbie Simmons (interim)

 

NHS Frimley ICB

Chief nursing officer: Sarah Bellars

Profile: Sarah Bellars has been chief nursing officer at NHS Frimley Integrated Care Board since its inception in July 2022. Prior to that, she was director of nursing at the ICB’s predecessor Berkshire East Clinical Commissioning Group, from February 2013. This period included some time with Windsor, Ascot and Maidenhead CCG, before it merged with Slough CCG and Bracknell and Ascot CCG to form Berkshire East CCG. Before that she deputy director of nursing with regional body NHS South of England, from October 2012. She qualified as a registered general nurse in 1993 at St Bartholomew’s Hospital in London.

Preceded by no one

 

NHS Hampshire and Isle of Wight ICB

Chief nursing officer: Nicky Lucey

Profile: Nicky Lucey became chief nursing officer at NHS Hampshire and Isle of Wight Integrated Care Board in November 2022. She joined the ICB from Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation NHS Trust where, since September 2016, she was chief nurse and later also interim deputy chief executive. Prior to that she was acting director of nursing at Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust, from March 2014, and previously deputy director of nursing there, from June 2010 until February 2014.

Preceded by Julie Dawes

 

NHS Kent and Medway ICB

Chief nursing officer: Paul Lumsdon

Profile: Paul Lumsdon joined NHS Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board as chief nurse in January 2023. He was previously interim chief nurse at NHS Derby and Derbyshire Integrated Care Board, from July 2023 to December that year. Prior to that he was director of nursing for mental health and learning disability at Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board, from October 2022 until July 2023. In October 2021, he joined Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust, where he stayed for 12 months until October 2022, as network operational director and director of community transformation. From December 2019 until June 2021, he was quality advisor to the board of Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust. From June 2018 to September 2019, he was interim director of nursing and quality at Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust. Before that, he held a number of short-term senior posts including as interim director of nursing, professions and quality at Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, from September 2017 to March 2018, and interim deputy director of nursing, allied health professionals and safeguarding at Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, from June 2014 to December that year. Prior to that he was chief nurse and executive director of nursing and quality at Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, from April 2008 until September 2013, when he rejoined Dorset Healthcare University NHS Foundation Trust as director of nursing and quality for 10 months. His first board-level role was as nurse executive and operational director at Dorset HealthCare, which he held for 10 years from January 1998 until Apr 2008.

Preceded by Allison Cannon (interim) and Dame Eileen Sills

 

NHS Surrey Heartlands ICB

Chief nurse and ICS director of multi-professional leadership: Clare Stone

Profile: Clare Stone has been chief nurse at NHS Surrey Heartlands Integrated Care Board since its creation in July 2022. She was previously chief nurse at NHS Surrey Heartlands Clinical Commissioning Group, the predecessor of the ICB. Before that she was chief nurse at NHS North West Surrey CCG, from its inception in 2013 to its merger in 2020 with four other CCGs to form NHS Surrey Heartlands CCG. In 2019, she was also appointed director of quality for the local integrated care system Surrey Heartlands Health and Care Partnership. She subsequently became director of multi-professional leadership for the ICS in November 2020. She has been a nurse in the NHS for nearly 30 years.

Preceded by no one

 

NHS Sussex ICB

Chief nursing officer: Allison Cannon

Profile: Allison Cannon has been chief nursing officer for NHS Sussex Integrated Care Board since July 2022, when the ICB came into existence. From June 2023 to December 2023, she was also interim chief nurse at neighbouring ICB NHS Kent and Medway. Previously, she has been associate director of quality at Brighton & Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust, a post she held from May 2001. She has been a nurse for more than 30 years.

Preceded by no one

 

South West

NHS Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire ICB

Chief nurse: Gill May

Profile: Gill May was appointed chief nurse for NHS Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire Integrated Care Board in May 2022 and took up the role in July that year, when the ICB came into being. She was previously director of nursing and quality for NHS Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire Clinical Commissioning Group, a role she held from July 2019, and had numerous executive nurse roles since moving into commissioning in 2004.

 

NHS Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire ICB

Chief nursing officer: Rosi Shepherd

Profile: Rosi Shepherd became chief nursing officer at NHS Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board in July 2022, on its creation, having been appointed in June. She was previously director of nursing and quality for NHS Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire Clinical Commissioning Group, a post she started in January 2020. Before her role at the CCG, she was a deputy director of nursing for NHS England and Improvement, and for five years, from October 2014 to September 2019, she was assistant director of nursing, quality and safety with NHS England South (Central).

 

NHS Cornwall and Isles of Scilly ICB

Chief nursing officer and chief operating officer: Susan Bracefield

Profile: Susan Bracefield has been both chief nursing officer and chief operating officer at NHS Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Integrated Care Board since December 2023. She has been chief nursing officer since July 2022, when the ICB was created. Prior to that she was chief operating officer at Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust, from April 2020 until July 2022. Previously she has also been regional director of nursing for NHS England South, from March 2016 to March 2018, and deputy chief nursing officer at NHS Devon Clinical Commissioning Group, from December 2014 to May 2016.

 

NHS Devon ICB

Chief nursing officer (interim): Penny Smith

Profile: Penny Smith was appointed interim chief nursing officer for NHS Devon Integrated Care Board during November 2023. Before that she was a director of nursing at NHS England South West, from November 2016. Previously she has been director of nursing and operations with North Somerset Community Partnership, from June 2011 to November 2014, and executive nurse for NHS North Somerset Clinical Commissioning Group, from May 2010 to June 2011. Prior to that, she was associate director of nursing for patient safety and clinical effectiveness at Taunton and Somerset NHS Foundation Trust, from 2008 to 2010.

Preceded by Susan Masters

 

NHS Dorset ICB

Chief nursing officer: Debbie Simmons

Profile: Debbie Simmons became chief nursing officer for NHS Dorset Integrated Care Board in September 2022, having been appointed in June that year. She previously spent nine years at Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire, and Berkshire West Integrated Care System (BOB ICS). Prior to that she was nurse director for the four clinical commissioning groups in Berkshire West that went on to form the basis of BOB ICS. Before that she was assistant director for quality and clinical excellence at Hounslow and Richmond Community Healthcare NHS Trust. She has been a registered nurse since 1985 and has qualifications in midwifery and health visiting.

Preceded by Vanessa Read

 

NHS Gloucestershire ICB

Chief nursing officer: Marie Crofts

Profile: Marie Crofts joined NHS Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board in January 2024, having been appointed in August 2023. Previously, she was chief nurse at Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust, from June 2019 to December 2023. Before that, from March 2015 until September 2018, she was director of nursing and quality at 2gether NHS Foundation Trust, which has since merged with Gloucestershire Care Services NHS Trust to become Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust. Before that she was deputy director of operations and deputy executive nurse at Liverpool Community Health NHS Trust, from October 2013 to March 2015. She has been a nurse for 39 years, with experience at a senior manager level covering both mental health and community physical health services, in addition to commissioning.

Preceded by Marion Andrews-Evans

 

NHS Somerset ICB

Chief nursing officer and chief operating officer: Shelagh Meldrum

Profile: Shelagh Meldrum has been chief nursing officer and chief operating officer for NHS Somerset Integrated Care Board since June 2022, the month before it became operational. She spent five years as chief nurse and deputy chief executive at Yeovil District Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, from November 2017 until January 2022, having joined as director of nursing in April 2017. Previously she spent a number of years working as a manager in the independent sector, including for Circle Health Care, from October 2008 until February 2016. Prior to that she was director of nursing at Thames Valley Nuffield, from August 2002 to September 2008. She began her career in nursing in 1987, working predominantly as a senior nurse in acute medicine before becoming a specialist nurse in neurology.

Preceded by no one