Johanne Newens was appointed Chief Operating Officer in September 2022, having served as the Deputy COO at SWB for the last two years. She was previously at The Dudley Group NHS FT where she was Divisional Director of Operations for Medicine and Emergency Care. She will be a voting member of our Trust Board, leading service delivery for all our hospital services and having Board oversight of IT & Digital services, and will work closely with the Chief Integration Officer on community and primary care services and Place Based Partnerships.