SWB NHS Trust Chair Sir David Nicholson takes on additional role as chair of Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust

July 22, 2022

Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust have appointed Sir David Nicholson as their new Trust chair, following the announcement that the current chair, Dame Yve Buckland, will leave the role in September 2022.

This new appointment means that our Trust and Dudley Group will have a shared Chair, which comes at a time when the NHS is integrating services and collaborating to restore services for our patients. The arrangement may bring further opportunities for collaboration and partnership as our Trusts continue to work together, with others in the system, as part of the Black Country Provider Collaborative.

Sir David will be moving on from his role as chair of Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust in order to focus on his leadership of the two Trust Boards in the Black Country.

Sir David Nicholson said, “I am really looking forward to joining Dudley Group as their chairman and I am keen to get the very best for the people of Dudley and Sandwell through even closer working across the two organisations. The Trusts have already been working closely together on a number of things, such as procurement, for many years and I want to strengthen that even more.”