New Chief Executive Appointed
Stephen Day, currently chief executive of Broadland NHS Primary Care Trust has been appointed chief executive designate for the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital NHS Trust.
Mr Day, 48, will take up his new post in January 2003. He succeeds Malcolm Stamp, who is taking up the chief executive post at Addenbrooke's NHS Trust, Cambridge.
Mr Day said: “I am delighted and excited to be appointed. This is a new era for the Norfolk and Norwich, with the new world-class hospital and the first students arriving at the new Medical School this week.
“I will dedicate myself to delivering the highest quality patient care, working in partnership with colleagues in primary care to ensure that we meet the needs and expectations of patients together. It is a privilege to be able to serve the hospital and community as chief executive”.
Stephen Day joined the NHS in 1972 and has held a range of positions, including regional director of finance at the West Midlands Health Authority, and regional director of the NHS Executive, West Midlands.
The hospital's management team will continue to run the hospital's services in the period between Malcolm Stamp leaving and Stephen Day starting in January.