Simon Constable
Chief Executive Officer, University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust, Partner Member

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Simon Constable studied medicine at Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospitals in London. Undertaking postgraduate training in the UK and New Zealand, he worked in the pharmaceutical industry supervising clinical trials before joining the University of Liverpool as a clinical lecturer.

Simon has held several clinical leadership roles as a consultant physician in Liverpool and worked with the NHS Leadership Academy, Harvard University and the Institute for Healthcare Improvement on clinical leadership, employee engagement and managing change in the NHS.

He was appointed executive medical director at Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in 2015 and then chief executive in 2019. Prior to joining University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust (UHNM) in September 2024 as Chief Executive Officer.

Simon is a visiting professor at the University of Chester.

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Dr Paul Edmondson-Jones MBE

Interim Chief Executive

Elizabeth Disney

Interim deputy Chief Executive and Chief Transformation Officer

David Pearson MBE

ICB Non-Executive Chair

Claire Finn

Interim Chief Finance Officer

Rachel Gallyot

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Mish Irvine

Chief People Officer

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Heather Johnstone

Chief Nursing and Therapies Officer

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Mike Lawton

Non-Executive Chair of Strategic Commissioning and Transformation Committee

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Tracey Shewan

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Shokat Lal

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Buki Adeyemo

Chief Executive, North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust, Mental Health, Partner Member

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Simon Constable

Chief Executive Officer, University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust, Partner Member

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