Te Oranga Hawke’s Bay New Chief Executive Announced

July 18, 2011

Te Oranga Hawke’s Bay New Chief Executive Announced

A senior health professional from the United Kingdom with both central and national health sector experience has been appointed as the new chief executive officer of Health Hawke’s Bay – Te Oranga Hawke’s Bay.

Philip Grant, who has over 20 years experience in the UK working across local government and the National Health Service (NHS) will take up his new position in the middle of August.

Health Hawke’s Bay’s acting chairman Helen Walker said the board was very pleased to appoint Mr Grant, whose experience, knowledge and skills would provide strong leadership for the newly amalgamated PHO.

“This is an exciting new era for health in our region as we work towards a greater focus on front line health services to the community.

“Both the board and staff are looking forward to working with Philip to deliver on the long term objective of ensuring that health services offered by the district health board and primary care in the community are better integrated.”

“Te Oranga Hawke’s Bay, means ‘great health” and this is where we want our region to be,” she said.

Mr Grant’s NHS career includes board level executive director responsibilities covering finance, commissioning, contracting, performance, governance and Information Management and Training.

His national UK responsibilities include the development and roll-out of major health improvement initiatives as well as high profile and high value contract negotiations and developments across primary care.

“Philip has worked closely with the General Practitioners Committee of the British Medical Association where his special interest in system incentives, inequalities and improving patient outcomes have played a significant role in improving services across primary and community care.

“He has worked with disadvantaged and deprived communities in the north of England developing initiatives designed to improve access for traditionally hard-to-reach patients and overseeing productivity and efficiency improvements through clinical networks across both primary and secondary care,” Ms Walker said.

In 2008, Mr Grant spent a period of time in New Zealand on behalf of the UK Department of Health reviewing incentives within primary care for improving access and reducing inequalities.

Before joining the National Health Service, Philip was a qualified Associate of the Chartered Institute of Bankers and has since qualified as an Accountant with the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy.

In 2010 he attended Harvard Law School in the United States where he successfully completed the Harvard Program on Negotiation for Senior Executives.

Philip has two sons aged 19 and 17 who are respectively studying accountancy and mathematics. His hobbies include walking, travelling and watching most sports including rugby and football.

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