Posted on: 12 July 2022
We are delighted to confirm the appointment of the final two of our non-executive members to the NHS West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board (ICB). The appointments followed an open and transparent recruitment process which involved stakeholder panels and interviews with representatives from our Partnership and experts in equality, diversity, and inclusion.
The successful two candidates outlined below will join Jane Madeley and Becky Malby as non-executive members appointed earlier this year, as well as Haris Sultan, in his development through the NHS national NExT director programme, focusing on young people and future generations, working closely with Becky.
Majid Hussain
Majid was until recently the Chair of Oldham Clinical Commissioning Group. His current roles include working for The University of Manchester Business School where he provides leadership development in education as part of a Masters / leadership programme in Health Care Leadership. He is also a member of the Greater Manchester Police, Fire and Crime Panel, and has experience of the the voluntary community social enterprise sector which includes being a founder member of a community development charity in West Yorkshire.
Majid is currently a specialist advisor on race equality for NHS Providers. He brings with him a wealth of experience and expertise on organisation culture and multi partnership working around diversity and inclusion strategy. This includes driving effectiveness of equality initiatives, monitoring data trends in employment and service delivery.
Majid said: ‘I’m excited and pleased to be taking up this role. It's an honour to have the opportunity to help make a positive difference to all the amazing people working across the system and the communities we serve.
I am particularly interested in workforce and communities, and addressing inequalities to improve health and care services, especially around access, experience, and outcomes.
The new NHS West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board will be of great benefit to everyone in West Yorkshire. Working together across the public, voluntary community and social enterprise sector presents us with so many opportunities to achieve so much more, and the way in which we do it, so together we make a greater impact on the communities we serve, making West Yorkshire an even better place to work, live and visit’.
Professor Arunangsu Chatterjee
Arunangsu is currently the Dean of Digital Transformation at The University of Leeds. He is also a Professor of Digital Health and Education, School of Medicine, The University of Leeds and a Board Member for Medilink South West Board. He is also the Trustee and Chairperson of the South Asian Society of Devon and Cornwall and was a member of the Royal Cornwall Hospital Trust’s Digital Transformation Board.
Arunangsu comes from an extensive research background. This includes the development and evaluation of digital technologies in health and education, exploring and addressing evaluation challenges across distributed digital ecosystems as well as the impact of culture on inclusive innovation using participative design thinking approaches. Arunangsu will be covering the remit of finance, digital, people and performance inn his non-executive member role for the intergated care board.
Arunangsu said: ‘It is an absolute honour to be able to join NHS West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board at this historic juncture and to contribute to an already strong partnership. I have been particularly drawn by the unequivocal and passionate desire by board members and system leaders to drive improvements and innovation across population health whilst tackling health inequalities by addressing social and economic determinants of health. I’m looking forward to working collaboratively and inclusively with the board and wider stakeholders.
Our thanks also to all partners and stakeholders involved in all the ICB recruitment process and for your continued support in making joined up care a reality for the people and communities we serve and the colleagues we work alongside. Our Partnership belongs to everyone, including providers, places, and communities.