Health chief set to continue as chair of Black Country NHS Trusts

Sir David Nicholson KCB CBE, who has more than 40 years’ NHS leadership experience, will serve a further term as Chair of Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust, while his terms of office as Chair of The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust and Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust have also been extended. 

He will also continue in his role as Chair of The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust, with his role as chair for all four trusts to continue until 2027.

Sir David has held some of the most senior posts in the NHS. 

He was Chief Executive of the NHS for seven years from 2006-2013 and became the first Chief Executive of the organisation now known as NHS England from 2013-2014.

Since his retirement from the NHS in 2014, he has taken on various international roles providing advice and guidance to governments and organisations focused on improving population health and universal healthcare coverage.

He was awarded a CBE in 2008 and knighted by Her Majesty the Queen in 2010.

He said: “I feel privileged to be asked to continue my Chair role at such an important time for the NHS - an organisation that I am proud to be part of and that means so much to me and my family.

“The government recently launched a huge consultation on our NHS to make it fit for the future and Black Country communities can play a vital role in this as we work together to move the focus of healthcare from hospital to community, from sickness to prevention, and from analogue to digital.

“Set against this backdrop, the work we’re doing through the Black Country Provider Collaborative has never been more essential but having seen the innovation and passion to drive change that we have among our teams I’m sure we can collectively make a significant impact.”