NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board (ICB) has appointed a new Chief Medical Officer (CMO), Chief Nursing Officer (CNO), Chief Finance Officer (CFO) and Chief People officer (CPO).
Following a recruitment process, Dr David Levy has been chosen to take up the CMO position, alongside James Fleet as the new CPO, Sam Proffitt as CFO, and Sarah O’Brien as CNO at the ICB – which is to be established in July 2022.
Dr David Levy
David, who is the current North West Regional Medical Director, has a wealth of experience within medical leadership role across the NHS, working as the Medical Director of United Lincolnshire Hospitals, Midlands and East NHS England and NHS Improvement – where he served as the Regional Medical Director in 2019.
James Fleet
James – currently working as the Executive Chief People Officer at Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust – has experience in a range of leadership roles, serving as the Director of Price Waterhouse Coopers health team and Executive Leader and co-founder of Four Eyes Insight Consulting.
Additionally, James has led a variety of system level workforce programmes, including as a Senior Responsible Officer for the Black County and West Birmingham Integrated Care System (ICS).
Sarah O’Brien
Working as the current executive Director of Strategy and System Development for Cheshire and Merseyside Health and Care Partnership, Sarah brings vast experience from clinical leadership roles across NHS commissioning, local government and an integrated care system.
Previously serving as a Clinical Accountable Officer in St Helens, Sarah worked closely with local government to deliver a model for place-based integration of health and social care.
Sam Proffitt
Sam – the current Director of Provider Sustainability is the Lancashire and South Cumbria ICS – has served the NHS since 1993 as a qualified accountant, as well as having 13 years of board-level experience as the Director of Finance.
David Flory CBE, Chair Designate, said of the new appointments: “I am extremely proud to announce the designate appointment to four leadership roles for the NHS in Lancashire and South Cumbria.
“The calibre of leadership, experience and expertise of David, Sarah, James and Sam sets a high standard and demonstrates our ambition in Lancashire and South Cumbria to improve health and care and develop strong partnerships which help to reduce health inequalities. I look forward to them joining over the coming weeks.
“The announcement of these new appointments coincides with Kevin Lavery, our new chief executive designate, starting in post and I am sure under his leadership and with the knowledge, experience and skill of our new executive team, we will soon begin to see improvements in the way we deliver health and care services for people in our area.”
