Matt Neligan

Matt joined University Hospitals Tees in October 2024 from his role as director of commissioning development for NHS England where he had led the national work on the development of Integrated Care Systems since 2019.

He has thirty years of experience in the NHS, starting in acute hospital and primary care operational management roles in Hull and London and then moving into commissioning, strategy and system leadership roles in the South East and then in Yorkshire. He moved into NHS Digital in 2016 to lead work to transform national data and analytical services, and joined NHS England in 2019 to work on primary care and system transformation nationally. He led the programme of work that established and developed integrated care systems in England, working with system leaders across the country.