The chair, chief executive and chief nurse will all step down from their roles at Sherwood Forest Hospital Trust (SFH) which runs King’s Mill.
Chair Louise Scull, chief executive Peter Homa and chief nurse Mandie Sunderland are all in the same roles at Nottingham University Hospitals Trust (NUH), which runs the QMC and City Hospital, with all three are now returning exclusively to their roles there.
They took on the same roles at SFH in the summer to help combine the two Trusts ahead of the planned merger which is expected to happen next year.
SFH has been in special measures since 2013 and received an ‘inadequate’ rating from Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspectors last year.
We remain committed to providing Notts patients with high quality care
Mr Homa said: “We agreed to take on these additional responsibilities for a short-term period.
“We remain very much committed to providing Nottinghamshire patients with consistently high quality care and both organisations are working together to review the best way of achieving this shared goal.
“Much progress has been made at SFH during 2016 to improve patient safety and care quality, supported by the closer working of both organisations.”
Current managing director at SFH Peter Herring is expected to be appointed as the new chief executive as long as the Trust Board approve the decision in early November.
He said: “Our partnership with NUH has supported us in delivering a number of improvements, particularly in terms of aligning our clinical services to result in more efficient and higher quality patient care.
“We remain very much committed to building on the extensive work already undertaken, and to continuing to develop and strengthen our joint working.
“I would like to put on record my thanks for Louise and Peter for the part they have played at SFH whilst serving as chair and chief executive and look forward to continuing to work with them both as we develop the partnership between both organisations.”
SFH vice chair Peter Marks will take over as acting chair on Monday (October 24).
