Appointment of Non-Executive Directors
Five Non-Executive Directors have been appointed to Dudley Integrated Health and Care NHS.
The five are:
Ian Buckley – a local businessman and former vice-chair of University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire
Martin Evans - previously Assistant Chief Constable, West Mercia Police
David Gilburt – former NHS Director of Finance end experienced Non Executive Director and Audit Chair
Valerie Little – former Director of Public Health for Dudley
Dr George Solomon – former GP and member of Sandwell and West Birmingham CCG Governing Body
Welcoming their appointment, Harry Turner, chair of Dudley Integrated Health and Care NHS said: “I am delighted we have been able to appoint five such high calibre individuals. They each bring particular skills to the board and will ensure the new organisation is independently scrutinised. I am looking forward to working with them and their executive colleagues.”
Dudley Integrated Health and Care NHS (DIHC) was authorised on April 1st 2020. It brings together a range of health and care services in one organisation with primary care, delivered by General Practice, at its heart.
The ICP has been created from a partnership of local GPs, NHS Dudley Clinical Commissioning Group, The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust, Dudley and Walsall Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust, and Black Country Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.
