New chief executive for NHS Lanarkshire announced

dailyrecord.co.uk:

NHS Lanarkshire has appointed Professor Jann Gardner as its new chief executive.Professor Gardner – who began her healthcare career as a clinical pharmacist at Hairmyres Hospital – is currently chief executive of the NHS Golden Jubilee centre and will take up her new post in January.She called it “a privilege” to be appointed to the role and said she is looking forward to helping “develop new and innovative ways to support the current challenges within our health service”.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.

Get all the news from your area – as well as features, entertainment, sport and the latest on Lanarkshire’s recovery from the coronavirus pandemic – straight to your fingertips, 24/7.The free download features the latest breaking news and exclusive stories, and allows you to customise your page to the sections that matter most to you.Head to the App Store and never miss a beat in Lanarkshire - iOS - Android After beginning her career at the East Kilbride hospital, one of Lanarkshire’s three acute facilities, Professor Gardner worked through progressively senior roles in her field and then within wider hospital and healthcare management.She has 25 years of healthcare management experience with senior clinical, operational, strategy and transformation leadership roles, including serving as deputy chief executive of NHS Fife before taking up her current role at the helm of the Golden Jubilee in January 2019.

Professor Gardner will succeed current chief executive Heather Knox, who is retiring in November. She said of her new role: “It is a privilege to be appointed chief executive at a time of huge challenge, but also great opportunities to improve health and wellbeing across Lanarkshire. “People are