Message from Trust Chair, Sir David Nicholson CBE KBE

June 9, 2021

Dear Colleagues

As you are aware, the Trust Chief Executive, Toby Lewis, has been off work unwell since summer 2020. He had planned to return after that. However, he has now decided to start work with the King’s Fund in London undertaking research and policy work on health inequalities and poverty. This means that he has, with regret, tendered his resignation as our Chief Executive and I will be sharing this announcement at our public Trust Board meeting later today.

Richard Beeken remains the Trust’s Interim Chief Executive and the Trust will begin a recruitment process for a substantive Chief Executive in due course.

We wish Toby well for the future and thank him for his service to our Trust, our colleagues and the communities of Sandwell and West Birmingham.

Best wishes

Sir David Nicholson CBE KBE, Trust Chair