Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

NHS trust North East and Yorkshire England

Part of NHS Humber Health Partnership

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added: 54
removed: 25
carried forward: 15

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Latest performance measures, national standards, change, status and twelve month trend
Measure	Latest	Standard	Change	Status	12 month trend
A&E Wait Times, opens in a new tabAugust 2026	Latest61.4%	Standard≥ 95%	Change−0.9 pts since Jul 2026	StatusBelow standard. Below the 95% standard.	12 month trend
Waiting times (RTT), opens in a new tabJuly 2026	Latest56.0%	Standard≥ 92%	Change−0.8 pts since Jun 2026	StatusBelow standard. Below the 92% standard.	12 month trend
Diagnostic tests (DM01), opens in a new tabJuly 2026	Latest63.4%	Standard≥ 99%	Change+0.6 pts since Jun 2026	StatusBelow standard. Below the 99% standard.	12 month trend
Cancer diagnosis (FDS), opens in a new tabJuly 2026	Latest70.0%	Standard≥ 75%	Change+2.7 pts since Jun 2026	StatusBelow standard. Below the 75% standard.	12 month trend
Cancer (31-day), opens in a new tabJuly 2026	Latest76.5%	Standard≥ 96%	Change−0.7 pts since Jun 2026	StatusBelow standard. Below the 96% standard.	12 month trend
Cancer (62-day), opens in a new tabJuly 2026	Latest54.5%	Standard≥ 85%	Change+0.1 pts since Jun 2026	StatusBelow standard. Below the 85% standard.	12 month trend

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Chief Financial Officer Presentation9
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Alan Downey, opens in a new tabGroup Chair
Lyn Simpson, opens in a new tabGroup Chief Executive

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Website: hull.nhs.uk
Headquarters: Hull Royal Infirmary, Anlaby Road, Hull, HU3 2JZ, England
CQC rating: CQC: Requires improvement · 23 Mar 2023
NHS oversight: NOF segment 4 · Q1 2026/27128 of 134 acute trusts

5 recorded

Castle Hill HospitalHU16 5JQGeneral acute hospital
Hull Royal InfirmaryHU3 2JZGeneral acute hospital
Beverley Westwood HospitalHU17 8BUNon inpatient
District Medical RecordsHU3 4LENon inpatient
Other Reportable SitesHU3 2JZOther Reportable Site

14 people recorded

NHS Humber Health Partnership board14

This trust is governed by the group’s board. These people hold their office at NHS Humber Health Partnership, not at this trust.

Chair
Alan Downey
Group Chair
Alan brings extensive experience of leadership and governance across the NHS and wider public sector. He has previously served as Chair of York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Chair of South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, where he led boards through periods of improvement focused on patient safety and service quality. Earlier in his career he spent eight years in the civil service before joining professional services firm KPMG, where he led the firm’s public sector practice advising organisations across government, healthcare, policing, universities and local government.
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Chief executive
Lyn Simpson
Group Chief Executive
Lyn joined the organisation in July 2025 on secondment from North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust. She has many years’ experience at clinical and executive director level, working within the NHS at local, regional and national levels. Lyn has served as an executive board director since 1992 across a wide range of NHS sectors. Her roles have included Executive Director of Patient Services at Newcastle Hospitals Trust; Executive Regional Nurse and Director of Operations and Workforce within Strategic Health Authorities; and national Director of NHS Operations at both the Department of Health and NHS England. She has also worked as Regional Director for the North at the NHS Trust Development Authority, which subsequently became NHS Improvement. Having trained as a nurse, health visitor and midwife, Lyn remains passionate about the delivery of safe, high-quality patient care, alongside the development and support of staff and services.
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Alastair Pickering
Interim Group Chief Digital Officer
Emma Sayner
Group Chief Financial Officer
Emma is passionate about all aspects of NHS finance and especially the role that it can play in enabling real change, by breaking down boundaries to achieve better outcomes for patients. Emma continues to have a leading role in local estate strategy and delivery through her longstanding role representing the NHS interest as a Board member of Hull Citycare Ltd (LIFT), which has worked in partnership with the NHS to improve the health care estate across Hull. Emma is Chair for the Yorkshire and Humber branch of the Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA), the professional body for finance staff in the NHS.
Helen Marks
Group Chief People Officer
Hilda Gwilliams
Group Chief Patient Safety Officer
Jo Ledger
Interim Group Chief Nurse
Kate Wood
Group Chief Medical Officer
Dr Wood studied medicine at the University of Glasgow, graduating in 1994. She began working in anaesthetics in 1999, training in Hull, during which time she held Senior House Officer and Registrar posts at Grimsby Hospital. She enjoyed her time in Grimsby so much that she returned in 2006, when she was appointed as a Consultant Anaesthetist. Since then, Dr Wood has held a number of senior leadership roles, including Lead for Obstetric Anaesthesia in Grimsby, Clinical Director, Associate Medical Director, Deputy Medical Director and Acting Medical Director.
Sam Peate
Group Chief Delivery Officer
Sam commenced as Group Chief Delivery officer for Humber Health Partnership in March 2026. Sam is also the Accountable Emergency Officer. Sam was most recently Group Chief Operating Officer for University Hospital Tees but had previously held the role of Chief Operating Officer role for South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust since 2021. Sam has worked in several organisations both locally and nationally, including time working for the NHS Leadership Academy. Sam holds a MSc in Public Leadership and Healthcare and a bachelor’s degree in business management from the University of Hull. Sam joined the NHS via the NHS Graduate Management Training scheme where he worked in Hull and the East Riding.

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David Sulch
Group Non Executive Director HUTH
David joined Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust in March 2024. He is a Consultant Physician specialising in stroke medicine and continues to practise clinically. He is also a Medical Examiner and runs a private medicolegal practice. David has extensive experience in medical leadership, including serving as Chief Medical Officer at Medway NHS Foundation Trust between 2018 and 2021. His key areas of focus during this period included mortality, quality of care, infection control and patient flow.
Jane Hawkard
Group Non Executive Director HUTH
Jane joined Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust in August 2023 and brings 30 years’ NHS experience, having worked in finance across acute, mental health, community and commissioning settings. She previously served as Chief Executive of East Riding CCG for five years and Finance Director of North Yorkshire CCG for three years before taking up her non-executive role.
John Craig
University nominated Non Executive Director HUTH
Julie Beilby
Group Non-Executive Director NLaG
Julie has a strong passion for public sector services and believes they make a significant contribution to the happiness, health and wellbeing of individuals and communities. She has worked in the public sector for 40 years, fulfilling a broad range of roles within a single local authority, most recently serving as Chief Executive of a district council for 11 years. Julie has been actively engaged with the health sector through a variety of platforms, including involvement in the development of an Integrated Care System. She believes this creates opportunities for new dialogues focused on the wider determinants of health and wellbeing. Julie is experienced in exploring stakeholder perspectives to achieve shared understanding and agreement on a way forward.
Murray Macdonald
Group Vice Chair/NED (NLAG)