Dr Anjula Mehta Appointed as Joint Chief Medical Officer
We are delighted to share the news that Dr Anjula Mehta will be joining University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust as our new Joint Chief Medical Officer from June 2025.
Anjula is an experienced GP and joins us from Swansea Bay University Health Board where she is currently the Deputy Executive Medical Director. She has been appointed to the role following a competitive process and will work alongside current Chief Medical Officer Mark Hamilton. Anjula will lead on clinical transformation and operational delivery while Mark will continue to lead on education, research and strategic direction and change.
Anjula brings with her a wealth of experience in influencing the strategic organisational direction at board level and providing system wide clinical leadership. She successfully led on a number of large-scale transformation projects such as the implementation of a Virtual Ward service, and integrated frailty pathways, outpatient transformation and the introduction of the national Health Pathways programme to streamline secondary care referrals.
Anjula said: "I am truly honoured to join University Hospital Plymouth NHS Trusts as the Chief Medical Officer for Clinical Transformation and Operational Delivery. I look forward to working alongside an exceptional team to build on the great progress at UHP and further advance our shared commitment to providing compassionate, high-quality care. I am confident that together, we will continue to improve patient outcomes and ensure the well-being of the communities we serve. I am passionate about fostering an environment of continuous learning and innovation and building strong, collaborative teams with the joint vision to put our patients’ needs first."
Interim Chief Executive Mark Hackett said: “Clinical leadership is at the heart of the way we will improve and develop high quality services for patients. We want clinical staff closest to patient care to lead those services and Anjula’s appointment will help us further strengthen our clinical leadership arrangements and realise this vision. Her experience as a leader and a clinician herself will be a great advantage, coming at a time when nationally and locally we are working hard to develop services in the community, in or closer to people’s home, where patients really want to be. We are looking forward to working with Anjula.”
Dr Anjula's background
Anjula qualified as a General Practitioner in 2004 following completion of her GP training in Bristol and South Wales. She developed a special interest in Women and Children’s Health and obtained her Diploma in Child Health and Diploma at the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists.
She further consolidated her clinical practice working in a suburban practice in South Wales before taking on the role as Civilian Medical Practitioner at the Regional Medical Centre MOD St Athan in 2010. Under Anjula’s leadership the practice became a regional centre of excellence for postgraduate training and education for doctors, nurses and military personnel.
Anjula was awarded the Fellowship at the Royal College for General Practitioners in 2015 for her contributions to Medical Education and Patient Care. Anjula continued her leadership journey and was appointed as the Clinical Lead for the Primary Care Operational Support Team with Aneurin Bevan University Health Board in November 2015 before joining Swansea Bay University Health Board as the Clinical Director for Primary Care and Community Services.
She continuously progressed her career with serving as the Service Group Medical Director for Primary Care & Community Services from 2019 to 2023. In January 2023 she was successful in her application for the Deputy Executive Medical Director role and in August 23 she was offered the opportunity to take on the Acting Executive Medical Director for a period of fourteen months, which provided valuable board level insight and experience. She returned to her substantive role in November 2024.
