Nick has been a partner member of the BOB ICB Board since its establishment on 1 July 2022, becoming interim CEO in 2023. His substantive role is Chief Executive of Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust, a role he took on in June 2020.
He brings considerable chief executive and system experience to the ICB having previously led both Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust and Somerset Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. Under his leadership both trusts saw their CQC rating move from ‘Requires Improvement’ to ‘Good’.
He is a forensic psychiatrist by background and spent the majority of his clinical career working in a variety of settings in west London including prisons and secure psychiatric hospitals. He was Medical Director of West London Mental Health Trust for six years during which time he was clinical director of NHS London’s mental health programme and sat on the board of Imperial College Healthcare Partners.
He has held a variety of other board level and leadership positions including at both regional and national level. He obtained his medical degree from Cambridge University and completed his training at St Thomas’ Hospital Medical School, London.
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