Dr Paul Edmondson-Jones MBE
Interim Chief Executive

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Dr Paul Edmondson-Jones MBE, Chief Medical Officer — Dr Paul Edmondson-Jones MBE, interim Chief Executive

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Dr Edmondson-Jones is already well known and respected within the local health and care system, in his previous role as Director of Adult Social Care, Health Integration and Wellbeing and Director of Public Health at Stoke-on-Trent City Council.

He was thrilled to be recognised as the Local Authority Corporate Director of Year at the Management Journal Awards in 2021.

After training in Scotland, he spent 23 years as an Army Doctor, working worldwide, supporting the Gurkha Rifles in the Falklands War of 1982 and commanding the British Medical Battalion with the United Nations in the Former Yugoslavia in 1993.

Dr Edmondson-Jones was awarded the MBE in the Gulf War Honours List in 1992.

He joined the NHS in 2000 and was the Director of Public Health for Portsmouth City Teaching PCT for 12 years before moving as Director of Public Health for City of York Council, Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council, and Hartlepool Borough Council between 2012 and 2018.

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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

Interim Chief Medical Officer

Chris Ibell

Chief Digital Officer

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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

Director of Corporate Governance

Phil Smith

Chief Delivery Officer

Julie Houlder

Non-Executive Chair of Audit Committee

Shokat Lal

Non-Executive Chair of People, Culture and Organisational Development Committee

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Josephine Spencer

Non-Executive Chair of Quality and Safety Committee and Finance and Performance Committee

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Buki Adeyemo

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

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Neil Carr OBE

Chief Executive - Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust, Physical 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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Patrick Flaherty

Chief Executive, Staffordshire County Council, Partner Member

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Jon Rouse CBE

City Director, City of Stoke-on-Trent Council, Partner Member