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Long-serving NHS chief exec to retire
The chief executive of the Bristol region’s largest health trust is retiring after a career in the NHS spanning more than three decades.
University Hospitals Bristol & Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) chief executive, Robert Woolley, said that the job has been “the privilege of my life”.
Wooley was appointed chief exec of the trust in 2010 and since then has led the organisation with a rating of ‘requires improvement’ to two successive ratings of ‘outstanding’.
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In 2019, he was awarded an honorary degree from UWE Bristol in recognition of his contribution to the health service in the city and across the South West.
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In an email to staff, Wooley said: “It has been the privilege of my life to serve such fantastic, committed and caring people and I am inordinately proud of all of your achievements – including but not limited to the redevelopment of the Bristol Royal Infirmary and the Children’s Hospital, being only the third general acute Trust in England to be rated Outstanding twice by the CQC, seeing Bristol Health Partners become an Academic Health Science Centre and completing our merger between Bristol and Weston last year.
“Above all, I have been humbled by the professionalism, teamwork and resilience I have seen from all of you in responding to the pandemic and which I continue to see every day.”
Jayne Mee, UHBW interim chair, Jayne Mee, said: “Over his 11 years as chief executive, Robert has shown tireless dedication to engaging staff and supporting them to deliver the best possible care to patients.
“His passion for improvement and his strategic insight, always delivered in a calm and measured way, together with his commitment to system leadership, mean he is highly esteemed inside and outside the Trust and has delivered demonstrable benefits for patients.”
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