Matthew Hopkins - Chief Executive
Matthew Hopkins joined the Trust as Chief Executive on Monday 14 January 2019.
Our Board
Sir David Nicholson KCB CBE ...
Sir David Nicholson joined the Trust as Chair in December 2018. He is also Chair of the Herefordshire and Worcestershire Integrated Care System (ICS) and Chair of Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust.
Paul Brennan - Chief Operating ...
Paul Brennan joined the Trust on 1 October 2018 as Chief Operating Officer and Deputy Chief Executive of Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.
Dr Christine Blanshard - Chief ...
Dr Christine Blanshard joined the Trust as Chief Medical Officer in October 2021.
Paula Gardner - Chief Nursing ...
Paula Gardner joined the Trust as our Chief Nursing Officer in March 2021.
Richard Haynes - Director of ...
Richard Haynes joined our Trust on 6 September 2017 as Director of Communications and Engagement.
Tina Ricketts - Director of ...
Tina Ricketts joined Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust as Director of People and Culture on 29 January 2018.
Vikki Lewis - Chief Digital ...
Vikki Lewis was appointed as Chief Digital Officer in January 2020.
Vikki joined us from Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust where she was Chief Information Officer. She has also held a number of ...
Jo Newton - Director of ...
Jo Newton joined us at Director of Strategy and Planning in April 2020.
Jo is a hugely experienced NHS board director and award-winning marketeer with extensive public and private sector ...
Rebecca O’Connor – Company Secretary
Rebecca joined the Trust as Company Secretary on 1 March 2021.
Rebecca brings extensive experience of providing board level advice on governance, compliance and corporate and strategic risk management. Her previous roles have included senior ...
Anita Day - Vice Chair
Anita Day joined the Board of Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust on 1 August 2018 as a Non-Executive Director. On 1 April 2021, Anita was appointed as Vice Chair of the Board.
Waqar Azmi OBE - Non-Executive ...
Waqar Azmi OBE has extensive board-level experience in the commercial, public and charity sectors.
A Worcestershire resident for more than 20 years he is a former Chief Executive of the county’s Racial Equality Council and also served ...
Dame Julie Moore – Non-Executive Director
Dame Julie Moore joined the Board of Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust as an Associate Non-Executive Director from 1 October 2018, after stepping down from her most recent post as Chief Executive of University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust.
Colin Horwath - Non-Executive Director
Colin joined the Trust on 1 February 2019.
Colin Horwath is a qualified accountant, who has spent his career working with the public sector. He was a partner with KPMG, based in Birmingham, for 20 years, leading audit and advisory ...
Dr Simon Murphy - Non ...
Dr Simon Murphy joined us as non-executive director in April 2021.
Dr Sue Sinclair – Associate Non ...
Dr Sue Sinclair joined the Trust as an Associate Non-Executive Director in October 2021.
Richard Oosterom – Associate Non-Executive Director
Richard is an experienced senior executive who worked most of his career in the IT and technology sector throughout Europe and in the US and Asia.
During his commercial career of more than 30 years, he has built ...