Joint Chair announced for North West London’s four acute trusts
The four trusts – responsible for 12 hospitals – have already begun to embed closer partnership working through a joint acute care board focusing on expanding planned care capacity and tackling waiting times in the wake of the pandemic. It was set up in March 2021 after our response to the first waves of Covid-19 infections demonstrated how much more could be achieved through greater collaboration.
The appointment of a joint chair is a key next step in strengthening collaboration as we move towards becoming a formal acute care collaborative in line with national NHS policy. While remaining separate organisations, we will seek to maximise our potential for joint working for the benefit of our local population, patients and staff.
Matthew Swindells has over 30 years’ experience in healthcare. He is the former Deputy Chief Executive and Chief Operating Officer for the NHS in England, currently working as an independent consultant. Matthew joined the NHS from university as a graduate trainee and worked his way up as an IT director, clinical services manager, chief operating officer and hospital chief executive before joining the Department of Health as Senior Policy Advisor to the Secretary of State for Health and then as the NHS’s first chief information officer.
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