Anthony Hassall

Anthony Hassall (he/him) joined Pennine Care as chief executive in April 2022.

He was previously regional chief people officer at NHS England and Improvement North West, and before that was chief accountable officer at Salford Clinical Commissioning Group for six years. At Salford Clinical Commissioning Group, Anthony led a successful team who achieved an NHS England and Improvement 'outstanding' rating every year.

Prior to his role in Salford, Anthony worked at board and senior level in a range of NHS organisations in Greater Manchester and Cheshire and Merseyside. 

Anthony is chair of the North West mental health, learning disability and autism collaborative, which ensures the voice of NHS trusts specialising in these areas across the region are represented and heard at a national level.

He is also on the NHS Greater Manchester Integrated Care Board as the acute mental health representative and on the board of Health Innovation Manchester. His earlier experience includes being trustee of a mental health charity and leading a service user engagement programme to redesign community services in a US mental health organisation.

Anthony has led work regionally around inequalities and inclusion and is also currently trustee of the Salford Foundation charity where he lives, which supports people with mental and physical health challenges back into employment and training.

Tell us a little bit about yourself and your career journey so far.

I am very proud to work in the NHS, with our health and care partners and have done for all of my professional career. I have worked across all sectors – provision, commissioning and regulation and have a strong belief in the power of creating supportive, empowering, values driven cultures to deliver great care, by great people.

What is one lesson or piece of advice you’d like to give aspiring LGBTQ+ leaders?

Believe in yourself, your values and your compassion. Be kind, be human and be humble.

What are you most looking forward to about joining the Health and Care LGBTQ+ Leaders Network?

I am looking forward to supporting our LGBTQ+ leaders to be the very best they can be so that our patients, carers and their families and our wider communities benefit from their skills, dedication and compassion.