Ursula Ward 

Chief Executive

Registered General Nurse 1985
Masters in Medical and Social Sciences 1992
MA Management and Leadership Health and Social Care

The chief executive has overall leadership responsibility for the Trust, including the development and delivery of the organisation’s strategy, aims and objectives.

Ursula has a clinical background, primarily in cardiology and cancer care. She spent five years in academia before pursuing a career in general management. She was appointed to the Trust in 1999, as Director of Nursing and Midwifery, and appointed as Deputy Chief Executive in 2002. She was appointed to acting Chief Executive in March 2004, and appointed substantively to the role in June 2004.