Chief Executive appointed to the Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire West Integrated Care Board
Dr Nick Broughton has been appointed the Chief Executive of NHS Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire West Integrated Care Board (BOB ICB).
Nick has worked at the ICB for just over a year as the interim Chief Executive and has brought a wealth of experience to the organisation. He was previously Chief Executive at Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust and before that Chief Executive at Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust, where he led the organisation from a Care Quality Committee rating of ‘Requires Improvement’ in 2017 to ‘Good’ in January 2020. He was also Chief Executive of Somerset Partnership NHS Foundation Trust between 2016 and 2017 and similarly oversaw significant improvements in the quality of services provided.
As a consultant psychiatrist for more than 20 years specialising in forensic psychiatry, Nick has held medical and clinical director roles, and a variety of other managerial and leadership positions at a regional and national level. He obtained his medical degree from the University of Cambridge and completed his training at St. Thomas’ Hospital, London.
Sim Scavazza, Acting Chair of the BOB ICB said “On behalf of the Board and our partners, I would like to congratulate Nick on his permanent appointment. I am delighted to officially welcome him as Chief Executive of the ICB; it is a real benefit to us that he has been in the role for over a year; he knows the BOB system very well, its challenges, and its strengths. I look forward to continuing our work together to improve the health and wellbeing of our communities.”
Nick said of his appointment “I have greatly enjoyed my secondment to the ICB over the last 13 months and am delighted that my appointment has now been made permanent. I am looking forward to continuing to work with colleagues at the ICB, system partners and our wider stakeholders building on the foundations and relationships we have in place. Together we will help to create a system that is clinically led and delivers the best possible care and outcomes to the population we serve; within the financial resources we have available to us.”