The Board
Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin Community and Hospitals NHS Group is the agreed alliance, working in partnership, between The Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust and The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust, which remain the statutory organisations.
As a Group, our Boards meet in Common and our members are:
- Andrew Morgan – Group Chair
- Jo Williams – Group Chief Executive
Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin Community and Hospitals NHS Group is the agreed alliance, working in partnership, between The Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust and The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust, which remain the statutory organisations.
As a Group, our Boards meet in Common and our members are:
Andrew Morgan – Group Chair
Jo Williams – Group Chief Executive
Non-Executive Directors
Every NHS Trust Board must have a majority of lay people on the Board, including the Chairman and Non-Executive Directors. They are appointed from the local community served by the Trust, and their responsibilities include:
- helping the board to work in the public interest and keep its patients and the public properly informed
- helping to plan for the future to improve healthcare services
- making sure that the management team meets its performance targets
- making sure that the finances of the organisation are managed properly, with accurate information.
Each Non-Executive Director also brings individual skills and personal experience of their community and the NHS to guide the work of the Trust.
The Non-Executive Directors are:
- Tina Long
- Harmesh Darbhanga
- Cathy Purt
- Jill Barker
- Vacancy
- Prof Trevor Purt
- Teresa Boughey
- Rajinder Dhaliwal
- Rosi Edwards
- Richard Miner
- Sarah Dunnett
- Wendy Nicholson MBE
- Simon Crowther (Associate)
- Prof Heidi Fuller (Associate)
- Jon Sargeant (Associate)
Executive Directors
The Executive Directors are experts led by a Group Chief Executive. Each Executive has their own clinical/functional responsibilities (e.g. medical, finance) as well as being a corporate member of the Board.
The Voting Executive Directors of the Group Board are:
- Dr John Jones – Group Chief Medical Officer
- Paula Gardner –Group Chief Nursing Officer (Interim)
- Ned Hobbs – Group Chief Operating Officer and Deputy Chief Executive (SaTH)
- Adam Winstanley – Acting Chief Finance Officer (SaTH)
- Sarah Lloyd – Acting Chief Finance Officer and Deputy Chief Executive (ShropCom)
Non-voting Directors:
- Nigel Lee – Group Chief Strategy and Integration Officer
- Rhia Boyode – Group Chief People Officer
- Anna Milanec – Group Chief Governance Officer
- Matthew Neal – Group Chief Estates, Facilities and Capital Officer
- Jennifer Fullard-Slawson – Group Chief Communications Officer
- Tracey Cotterill – Group Chief Recovery and Transformation Officer (until July 2026).