WORKFORCE: Doncaster and Bassetlaw Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has appointed four new executive directors.

Trust chief executive Ron Calvert, who joined from Trafford Healthcare Trust in summer last year, said in a statement: “They come with all the relevant experience and ambition to maintain our excellent record and to face the challenges of the future. I look forward to them joining the team.”

They are:

  • Dawn Jarvis, as director of people and organisational development, currently director of people and change at the Department for Education.
  • Richard Mitchell, as chief operating officer, currently head of operations at Imperial College Healthcare Trust.
  • Mike Pinkerton, as director of transformation, currently chief of business development at Rotherham Foundation Trust.
  • Emer Scott, director of communications and marketing, currently at Trafford Healthcare Trust.

A head of IT, Steve Parsons, has also been appointed, also from Trafford.