Ambulance UK April 2021

IN PERSON
we will have the benefit of his leadership for
another three years.”
David was appointed as SECAmb Chair
in September 2018 and lives in Kings Hill,
Kent. He has had a long career in the NHS
and was awarded an O.B.E in 2006. He
has held a number of senior roles in the
NHS including Chief Executive of East Kent
University Hospitals NHS Trust between
1999 and 2006 and Chief Executive of St
George’s Healthcare NHS Trust between
2006 and 2011.
David then held a senior position with
the Hamad Medical Corporation in Qatar
before retiring in 2015 and taking up a nonexecutive
position with Liverpool Women’s
Hospital. He is also a Board member of the
Michael Yoakley Charity based in Margate.
David added: “I am delighted to have been
reappointed as SECAmb’s Chair. This year
has, of course, been extremely difficult
for staff and I am incredibly proud of the
way everyone has risen to the challenges
presented by the pandemic.
“I look forward to continuing to implement
the Trust’s strategy, working closely with
our system partners to improve patient care
and to steering the Trust Board through the
changes set out in the recent White Paper.”
David Astley
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