Andrew Valentine Morris

Sir Andrew Valentine Morris OBE Hon FRCP is the lead of the Frimley Heath and Care Partnership. He was until February 2018 the Chief Executive of Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust. His career within the English NHS spanned more than 40 years, joining as a NHS management trainee aged 19. Following stints in Leicester, Nottingham and Hereford, he was appointed unit general manager at Frimley Park Hospital in 1989. He became its first chief executive in 1991 and remained in post till his retirement, making him one of the longest serving chief executives in the NHS. He was succeeded as Frimley Health's CEO by Neil Dardis in March 2018.

Sir Andrew has led a number of notable achievements. In 1996 he amalgamated the Cambridge Military Hospital with Frimley Park leading to the incorporation of a Ministry of Defence hospital unit (MDHU) within the Trust. In 2005, Frimley Park Hospital was awarded foundation trust status and in 2014 Frimley Park Hospital was the first NHS Trust to be awarded "outstanding" by the Care Quality Commission in its new inspection regime.

On 1 October 2014, Sir Andrew led the first NHS Foundation Trust take over of another NHS Foundation Trust when Frimley Park Hospital took over Heatherwood and Wexham Park Hospitals forming Frimley Health. The Wexham Park site had been graded "inadequate" by the CQC prior to the acquisition. Within a year, Wexham Park had been regraded as "good", a transformation considered 'the most impressive example of improvement' by Sir Mike Richards, chief inspector of hospitals.[1]

Andrew was appointed an officer of the Order of the British Empire in the Queen's Golden Jubilee Birthday Honours 2002 and knighted in the 2015 New Year Honours for services to healthcare.

In March 2016 he was appointed the leader of the Frimley Health Sustainability and transformation plan footprint, which covers the areas of Bracknell and Ascot CCG, North East Hampshire and Farnham CCG, Slough CCG, Surrey Heath CCG and Windsor, Ascot and Maidenhead CCG.[2]

In 2016 the Health Service Journal named him as the fourth most influential Chief Executive in the English National Health Service. [3] In 2017, the same journal promoted him to the number one position, citing system leadership and mentoring other CEOs as important factors in deciding the rankings.[4]

Sir Andrew was awarded honorary Fellowship of the Royal College of Physicians of London in May 2016 for his contribution to healthcare administration.

In February 2018, Sir Andrew retired from Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust. However, he continued as the lead for the Frimley Health and Care Accountable Care System.[5]

On 20th July 2018, it was announced that Sir Andrew had been appointed as a non-executive of NHS Improvement, initially on a 3 year term. Accordingly it was stated that he would be stepping down as the ICS lead in a managed transfer.[6]

Honours and awards

  • 2002 Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE)
  • 2015 Knight Bachelor (Kt)
  • 2016 Honorary Fellow of Royal College of Physicians of London (Hon FRCP)

References

  1. ↑ "CQC inspectors find 'remarkable' improvement in patient care at Wexham Park Hospital". Care Quality Commission. Retrieved 2016-08-10.
  2. ↑ "Leaders named for eight major STP patches". Health Service Journal. 15 March 2016. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
  3. ↑ "HSJ Top Chief Executives 2016". Health Service Journal. 2 March 2016. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
  4. ↑ "Revealed: The NHS's top trust chief executives in 2017". Health Service Journal. Retrieved 2017-02-17.
  5. ↑ https://www.fhft.nhs.uk/news/ceo-to-retire-next-year/
  6. ↑ "New appointments to our board | NHS Improvement". improvement.nhs.uk. Retrieved 2018-07-20.
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