Press release: David Stout joins Confederation as PCT Network Director
23 Nov 2006
The NHS Confederation has appointed David Stout as the director of its new Primary Care Trust Network.
David will join the NHS Confederation from Newham PCT where he has been chief executive since April 2001. Prior to joining Newham PCT, David was the deputy chief executive and director of mental health and learning disabilities services in Camden and Islington Community Health Services NHS Trust. He originally joined the NHS as a management trainee in 1984.
He chaired the London HIV Consortium and is currently a member of the NHS Olympic Health Legacy Project Team, where he leads the NHS on regeneration opportunities linked to the Olympics.
The NHS Confederation's Primary Care Trust Network will be formally launched on 5 December and David will join the Confederation in February 2007.
Following the success of the Foundation Trust Network and the increasing need for the different parts of the NHS to have an individual voice, the PCT members of the NHS Confederation expressed their desire to establish a PCT Network.
The PCT Network will provide a distinct voice to represent the views of PCTs, raise the profile of issues facing PCTs and improve the influence of PCT members. The Network will also feed into the voice of the whole NHS, supporting solutions that benefit the whole system for patients and the public.
David Stout said:
"I am really looking forward to the challenge of leading the new PCT Network at the NHS Confederation.
"In order to deliver the sort of services that patients want and the public values, the decisions that PCTs make are vital. I believe that the Network has a key role to play post-reorganisation not just in supporting PCTs in delivering first class services for patients, but also in representing the PCT view to government and key stakeholders including local government.
"As chief executive of Newham PCT, I strove to raise the bar of expectation amongst the borough's citizens about their own health and the quality of local health services. I believe that improving patients' and the public's perception of the NHS is a key priority for primary care trusts as new organisations in an increasingly challenging climate."
Dr Gill Morgan, chief executive of the NHS Confederation, said:
"David will bring a wealth of experience to the NHS Confederation as director of the new PCT Network. The new PCTs will be crucial in transforming the way that care is delivered - making non-urgent and non-critical services more accessible in local community settings. The new network will be the key forum through which PCTs will come together to shape the future delivery of services."
Sue Slipman, director of the Foundation Trust Network, said:
"Strong and effective commissioners and responsive, high quality providers are the two building blocks of delivering better patient care. We believe that the PCT Network will have a critical role to play in supporting PCTs as they develop their role and we very much welcome its establishment."
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The NHS Confederation represents more than 90% of the organisations that make up the NHS. Its members include the majority of NHS acute trusts, ambulance trusts, foundation trusts, mental health trusts, primary care trusts, special health authorities and strategic health authorities in England; trusts and local health boards in Wales; and health and social service trusts and boards in Northern Ireland.
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