Paula Clarke
University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust
(UHBW) was formed on 1 April 2020 following the merger of
University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust and Weston Area
Health NHS Trust.
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Paula Clarke - Director of Strategy and Transformation
Paula joined the NHS as a General Management
trainee and over the last 25 years, has held senior manager posts
in commissioning, provider and primary care organisations, working
predominantly in the integrated health and social care system in
Northern Ireland. Paula has over 10
years' experience at Board level, including
serving as the interim Chief Executive of
Southern Health and Social Care Trust in
2015/16, providing all health and social care services
to the 360,000 local
population and managing an operating income of
£550m.
Paula joined UH Bristol in April 2016,
bringing extensive experience in
strategic planning and delivery,
continuous improvement, partnership working and
service redesign.
Key priorities for Paula are
enabling improvement in individual
and population health and well-being through strategic
transformation, collaboration and inclusion and
by supporting every member of
staff to take personal ownership for improving
what they do, no matter how small.
