The Boards in Common of Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust and Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust have confirmed the appointment of Lyn Simpson as substantive Group Chief Executive of the Humber Health Partnership, following a competitive recruitment process. The appointment has been ratified by the Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust Council of Governors and agreed by NHS England.
Lyn joined the Humber Health Partnership last summer on an interim basis at the request of NHS England to provide leadership and stability, and to take a clear and open approach to understanding the long-standing challenges facing the organisation.
Since then, she has worked closely with clinicians and teams across both trusts to establish a clinically led improvement plan, bringing greater clarity, alignment and focus to how those challenges are addressed.
Alan Downey, Chair of the Humber Health Partnership, said: “Lyn has provided strong and focused leadership since joining the Partnership at a critical time. Her substantive appointment provides the stability and continuity needed as we move into the next phase of work to strengthen services and continue to improve outcomes for our patients and communities.”
Sir Jim Mackey, NHS chief executive, said: “Lyn’s appointment is really welcome – the challenges faced by these trusts are really significant but they’ve got a fantastic group of staff and Lyn’s experience and expert leadership will be vital in enabling them to turn the corner to get local NHS services back delivering in a way that their patients deserve.”
Lyn Simpson, Group Chief Executive, said: “Sinc e last summer, we have taken a clear, open and clinically led approach to understanding the long-standing challenges across the Partnership, and have made real progress in bringing greater alignment and focus to how we address them. This work is well underway, and we are now moving into the next phase, continuing to work closely with our clinical teams, colleagues across a and partners to improve services for our patients and communities.
“There is still a lot of work to do. These challenges have developed over many years and will not be resolved overnight, but we now have greater clarity, stronger clinical leadership and the right focus to deliver sustained improvement for patients across the Humber. This work has also led to closer alignment with NHS England through the Intensive Recovery Programme, providing additional support and structure as we move into the next phase.”
