Appointment of Interim Chief Executive at University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust
We pleased to share that we have appointed Mark Hackett as our Interim Chief Executive.
Mark is an experienced NHS leader, with more than 30 years’ experience at Board level, including as Chief Executive of Southampton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, North Staffordshire NHS Trust and latterly, Swansea Bay University Health Board. Mark is a values-driven leader focused on quality with a track record in delivery.
With Ann James’ tenure as Chief Executive finishing at the end of March, Mark will pick up the reins from the start of April. The Board reiterate their profound thanks to Ann and welcome Mark to Plymouth who will help to continue to drive UHP forward and make further progress, building on the recovery we have already made since the pandemic.
Mark said: “There is so much that I can see staff here have to be proud of, for example driving improvements in care for patients with cancer and in elective care and that is testament to the effort being put in. I recognise there is a significant challenge manifesting itself in urgent and emergency care and that will require a team effort to address, both within the whole trust and with partners across the Devon and Cornwall systems. I promise that this will involve staff and clinicians at all levels to make the improvements patients deserve. There will be some key decisions to be made about how we do that together and I am committed, in my time as Interim, to working with staff, partners and the Board to make those decisions and drive a step change for the communities UHP serves.”
We will move shortly to advertise the role of substantive Chief Executive – we will publish more about that soon.
