Monitor appoints senior patient and clinical representative
24 Apr 2014 04:04 PM
Health sector regulator
Monitor has strengthened its senior team by appointing Professor Hugo
Mascie-Taylor as Medical Director and Executive Director of Patient and
Clinical Engagement.
Hugo Mascie-Taylor has a strong
clinical background, having worked within the NHS as a Clinical Director,
Medical Director and a Director of Commissioning. For ten years he was
Executive Medical Director of Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust, acting as Chief
Executive for two periods of time. He was also Medical Director at the NHS
Confederation.
Hugo is currently a Trust
Special Administrator at Mid-Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust, working to
ensure that services at Cannock Chase and Stafford Hospitals continue to
operate for patients into the future.
At Monitor, Hugo will be
responsible for providing clinical advice to the Board and executive on a
number of issues including reconfigurations, interventions and transactions.
His role is to ensure that Monitor gets input from clinicians and patients to
its decisions so that they are in the best interests of
patients.
Hugo will be starting work at
Monitor on a part time basis, on Thursday 1 May, but will continue to work as a
Trust Special Administrator at Mid-Staffs, providing as much input as is
necessary, until the trust is dissolved.
Hugo Mascie-Taylor said
today:
"I’m pleased to be
joining Monitor and will work hard to make it as effective an organisation as
possible.
"My role will include
advising the Board on clinical issues to ensure that decisions are made in the
best interests of patients."
David Bennett, Chief Executive
of Monitor added:
"Hugo brings with him a
wealth of clinical experience and has served at the highest levels within NHS
trusts and at a national level. He will ensure that we continue to put patients
at the heart of what we do and I look forward to working with
him."
ENDS
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