Andy given top job for delivering joined-up healthcare

A Leicestershire NHS group has appointed a care board CEO to deliver joined-up services and improve the health of residents.

Andy Williams, the current accountable officer of the area’s three clinical commissioning groups, has been given the new role by Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland Integrated Care System.

Andy will work as the designated chief executive of the emerging Integrated Care Board (ICB).

He said: “As a system, we have much to be proud of, but the time is right to transform how services are organised and delivered to patients and families to have a better experience.

“We can only do this by breaking down barriers between organisations that have often prevented us from doing what is in the best interests of patients and working across traditional boundaries. I am determined we will do just that, creating a thriving ICS with a strong place-based approach to delivery.”

An ICS is a health and care organisation partnership that plans and delivers joined-up services and improves the health of people who live and work in the area. They aim to improve population healthcare, tackle inequalities in patient outcomes, experience and access, and enhance productivity and value for money.

As CEO of the Integrated Care Board, Andy will work with communities, partners and colleagues to deliver a long-term strategy to achieve these ambitions. He will continue to focus on shorter-term priorities, including the continued vaccine rollout and elective waiting list recovery.

Andy is no stranger to Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland (LLR), having led the area’s three CCGs since autumn 2019. He also held senior leadership roles in a range of NHS organisations in England and Wales.

David Sissling, designate independent chair of the LLR ICS, said: “Andy shares a clear ambition to tackle health inequalities and improve the health, wellbeing and experiences of care for all local people.”