News from our partners: New Joint Accountable Officer appointed for local CCGs

News from our partners, the local NHS Clinical Commissioning Groups

David Evans is to take up the new post of Joint Accountable Officer for the county’s two Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) and take them forward to becoming a single commissioning organisation.

David Evans

David is currently the Accountable Officer for Telford & Wrekin CCG and will start in the newly created role of AO for both CCGs shortly. His role will be to oversee Shropshire CCG and Telford & Wrekin CCG and then lead the single strategic commissioning organisation.

He brings with him more than 30 years experience in the NHS working in clinical and managerial roles. Originally David trained as a nurse, before moving into management where he has held a number of roles including Programme Director at Worcester Royal Hospital Trust for the Kidderminster Treatment Centre. Since the inception of Telford CCG in 2013, David has been its Accountable Officer, during which time he also served as joint AO for both the county’s CCGs to support Shropshire CCG for a six month transition period.

He said:

“The move from two CCGs across the county to a single commissioning organisation are part of changes we are seeing in the NHS to streamline its work and reduce duplication.

“I am looking forward to leading on the creation of a new organisation that will benefit the health and wellbeing of the population of Shropshire and working more collaboratively with our partners in health and social care.

“Already I know many of the staff across the two organisations and I am excited to be working with our dedicated and experienced teams to help develop the new organisation.”

Both Chairs of the respective CCGs welcomed David’s appointment to the newly-created role.

Dr Julian Povey, Chair of Shropshire CCG, said:

“David already has extensive links across both CCGs as well as the wider health and social care economy, and his successful appointment will help to consolidate the move to a single strategic commissioning organisation across the county.

Dr Jo Leahy, Chair of Telford & Wrekin CCG, said:

“David has been at the CCG for six years, since its creation, so he has extensive experience growing and nurturing an organisation right from the development stage. Combined with his frontline experience as a nurse, this will help to give us continuity as we make the transition to a new organisation.”

David Stout, the current interim Accountable Officer for Shropshire CCG, will continue working in the local health economy supporting David Evans.

Further information

NHS Shropshire Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) is responsible for the planning and commissioning (buying) of health and care services from a range of providers for the people of Shropshire. It also has a duty to monitor these services to ensure they provide a high level of care and are value for money. It is a clinically-led organisation with 41 GP Practices and it provides healthcare services for patients across the county registered with a local GP. The CCG buys a wide range of services and these include GP and primary care services through to hospital care as well as community services and mental health services. The CCG’s Head Office is based at William Farr House in Shrewsbury.