Secretary of State for Health, Andy Burnham has appointed Steve Bundred as the new Chair of The Independent Regulator of NHS Foundation Trusts (Monitor). The appointment is for a term of four-years, from 1 May 2010 to 30 April 2014.
Steve Bundred succeeds Dr William Moyes, who completed his term of office at the end of January 2010.
Steve has been Chief Executive of the Audit Commission since 1 September 2003. Prior to joining the Audit Commission, Steve was Executive Director of the Improvement and Development Agency for local government and before that was the Chief Executive of the London Borough of Camden for seven years, having previously been its Director of Finance. Steve has also previously worked for Lewisham and Hackney councils and London University’s Birkbeck College.
Andy Burnham, Secretary of State for Health said:
“I am extremely pleased to welcome Steve Bundred as the new chair of Monitor. He brings valuable experience with him to the role, with six years as chief executive of the Audit Commission and an extensive background in local government.
“Steve will have a key role leading Monitor and foundation trusts in finding innovative new ways of meeting the challenges ahead, to improve efficiency, quality of care for patients and taking the NHS from good to great.”
Steve Bundred said:
“I am delighted to have been asked to become Chairman of Monitor. It has a very significant role to play in steering the NHS through a critical period ahead and I am looking forward to this challenge.”
Sir David Nicholson, NHS Chief Executive said:
“I’m pleased to welcome Steve Bundred as the new Chairman of Monitor and very much look forward to working with him.
“We are entering an exciting and radical phase of reform in the NHS as we seek to deliver increasingly high quality and productive healthcare. Crucially, this will phase will be driven from the bottom up, built on the local interactions between patients and clinicians. Foundation Trusts are a key part of this agenda. With their community based membership they can look out to the particular needs of their local populations rather than up to Whitehall.
“I know Steve is very supportive of putting quality at the heart of the NHS and I am confident that under his chairmanship Monitor will play a key role in supporting the redesign of health services around the needs of patients.”
Steve has also been a TEC Assessor, a member of the Higher Education Funding Council, and the Chair of the Higher Education Review Group. He has been awarded an honorary Doctorate of Science by City University, of which he was formerly Deputy Pro Chancellor, and is a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.
