Chief Executive Jacqueline Totterdell to step down
Group Chief Executive of St George’s, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals and Health Group (gesh) Jacqueline Totterdell is to step down.
After eight years at St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and four at Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust, Jacqueline will be taking up a new position as Chief Executive of NHS Wales and Director General of Health, Social Care and Early Years.
Jacqueline said: “While this new role is another wonderful opportunity, leaving gesh has not been an easy decision to make.
“Working alongside my wonderful colleagues has been one of the greatest privileges of my professional life. Their commitment, resilience, compassion and drive to improve care, often in the most challenging of circumstances, has inspired me every day.”
With a career spanning more than 40 years in acute hospitals, Jacqueline is of the most senior and experienced women in the NHS, leading one of the largest NHS Groups in England. She has been a champion of collaborative working and the acute provider collaborative, which she leads, is consistently one of the best performing nationally.
Chair of gesh, Sir Mark Lowcock KCB, said: “My congratulations to Jacqueline on her appointment into this important role leading health and social care for Wales.
“On behalf of everyone at gesh, I would like to express our heartfelt appreciation to Jacqueline for her inspired leadership and unwavering commitment to gesh and the south west London health system.
“Jacqueline cares deeply for our gesh people and patients and I know they too will be sorry to lose her.
“We will now begin the process to find the best possible successor to Jacqueline and I will keep you posted on this process.”
