{"id":284865,"date":"2025-11-26T19:09:11","date_gmt":"2025-11-26T19:09:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/284865\/"},"modified":"2025-11-26T19:09:11","modified_gmt":"2025-11-26T19:09:11","slug":"executive-managing-directors-announced-for-hospitals-group","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/284865\/","title":{"rendered":"Executive managing directors announced for hospitals group"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  New executive managing directors have been named at the newly-formed Norfolk and Waveney University Hospitals Group (NWUHG).\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Earlier this year it was revealed the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.edp24.co.uk\/topics\/norfolk-and-norwich-university-hospital\/?ref=ed_direct\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Norfolk and Norwich Hospital<\/a> (N&amp;N), the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.edp24.co.uk\/topics\/queen-elizabeth-hospital\/?ref=ed_direct\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Queen Elizabeth Hospital<\/a> (QEH) and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.edp24.co.uk\/topics\/james-paget-university-hospital\/?ref=ed_direct\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">James Paget Hospital<\/a> (JPH) would be merged into one group.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   width=\"100%\"\/>Shane Gordon (Image: Norfolk and Waveney University Hospitals Group (NWUHG))\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  And now Shane Gordon, Michelle Arrowsmith and Jonathan Gardner have been announced and will become responsible for the day-to-day running of the three hospitals.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Prof Lesley Dwyer, group chief executive, said: \u201cI am delighted to be making these appointments, which bring a wealth of healthcare expertise and leadership to our newly formed hospitals group. This is an exciting time for the group.\u201d\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Dr Gordon\u00a0will join the N&amp;N, based at Colney, Norwich, as substantive executive managing director on December 8 following a six-month secondment at the JPH.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Dr Gordon has 18 years of senior NHS management experience and is a founder member of the East of England Clinical Senate Council and a member of the Royal College of General Practitioners and the Royal College of Surgeons.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   width=\"100%\"\/>Michelle Arrowsmith (Image: Norfolk and Waveney University Hospitals Group (NWUHG))\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Michelle Arrowsmith\u00a0has been appointed for the QEH at King\u2019s Lynn and will join the Trust on January 19.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  She brings more than 30 years of leadership experience to QEH, including her clinical background as a dietitian in the NHS and senior strategic and operational management roles with the NHS in England and with healthcare organisations in New Zealand and Australia.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Interim executive managing director Chris Bown will remain in post until January 12.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   width=\"100%\"\/>Jonathan Gardner (Image: Norfolk and Waveney University Hospitals Group (NWUHG))\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Finally, Mr Gardner\u00a0will join the JPH, at Gorleston, from January 12.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  He has a varied background in both private and public sectors, having previously held several roles at the Department of Health as well as working as a management consultant and in business as a conference organiser.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Jon Barber will be acting executive managing director at JPH between December 8 and January 12.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"New executive managing directors have been named at the newly-formed Norfolk and Waveney University Hospitals Group (NWUHG).\u00a0 Earlier&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":284866,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[102,2960,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-284865","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-healthcare","8":"tag-health","9":"tag-healthcare","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284865","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=284865"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284865\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/284866"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=284865"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=284865"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=284865"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}