New chief for hospital trust

Tuesday 18th May 2010, 11:27AM BST.

Adam Cairns - chief exercutive of the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital Trust
Adam Cairns - chief exercutive of the Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital Trust

Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital Trust has appointed a new chief executive.

Adam Cairns, who is currently chief executive of the Airedale NHS Trust, which runs the Airedale General Hospital in West Yorkshire, will take over from Tom Taylor in the £165,000-a-year post in the next few months.

Mr Cairns has more than 25 years’ experience in the health service having joined the NHS in 1983 as a graduate trainee with the former Yorkshire Regional Health Authority.

Prior to his appointment as chief executive at Airedale he held a number of senior management positions at Leeds Teaching Hospital Trust and he has also worked at Salford Royal NHS Trust and Calderdale Health Authority.

At Airedale, Mr Cairns has led a significant turnaround in the organisation’s fortunes, including its recent achievement of Foundation status.

Dr John Davies, Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital Trust chairman, said: “Adam brings a visible and strong leadership style with an exciting and innovative approach to healthcare delivery, patient safety and quality.”

Current interim chief executive Trish Rowson will continue in her role until Mr Cairns’ arrival.

Mr Cairns said that he hoped to be able to start work in his new job “as soon as possible”.

He said: “I am very excited about joining an organisation that I believe has the potential to be one of the best. My job is to help us become a really brilliant health care provider that we are all proud to say we work for.”



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