University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust (UH Bristol)
has appointed a new chief operating officer, who will have
responsibility for overseeing day-to-day management of its eight
city centre hospitals.
Irene Scott joins from Surrey & Sussex Healthcare Trust,
where she is deputy chief executive officer and director of
nursing.
She succeeds Dr Graham Rich, who stepped up to become
UHBristol's chief executive last month.
Irene brings to UHBristol a wealth of experience in management
and leadership, having served on the boards of a number of NHS
healthcare organisations during the past 21 years.
Those include the Nurse Directors Association UK, where she was
chief executive, and Guy's and St Thomas's NHS Trust, London, where
she was director of nursing.
She has served on a number of national working parties and
committees, including the Cabinet Office Honours Committee, and is
currently a member of the Department of Health's UK Modernising
Nursing Careers committee.
Irene is widely published. She has co-written a book and is also
the author of a variety of international academic papers.
Irene, who has two children, began her NHS career in 1972 as a
trainee nurse at Withington Hospital, Manchester.
As a ward sister at the age of 21, Irene specialised in care of
the elderly and retains a passion for excellence in clinical
care.
She later moved into senior nursing leadership roles before
being appointed to her first Board director position at the
Christie Hospital, Manchester.
She said: "The opportunity to continue to develop my career in
such a prestigious organisation as UHBristol is wonderful.
"I feel very privileged and look forward to working with and for
the staff in achieving its goal to continue to provide excellent
patient care and become a world class organisation."
UHBristol chief executive Dr Graham Rich and Trust chairman John
Savage said: "We are very pleased that Irene will be joining us in
March 2008, at such an exciting time for the organisation as it
becomes a Foundation Trust."
For further information, contact the University Hospitals
Bristol NHS Foundation Trust press office on 0117 342
3751.
Editor's note:
University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust manages eight
hospitals: Bristol Royal Infirmary, Bristol Eye Hospital, Bristol
Haematology & Oncology Centre, Bristol Royal Hospital for
Children, St Michael's Hospital, University of Bristol Dental
Hospital, the Homeopathic Hospital and Bristol General
Hospital.
