2 March 2011

 
For Immediate Release

Media statement:   
Colin Maclean OBE

Colin Maclean OBE, Chairman of the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust, has today stepped down from his role. Mr. Maclean says: 

“I am very proud of the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust and its achievements under my Chairmanship.  I have seen it move from a challenged organisation to a Foundation Trust in five years and on to become the most successful acute trust in the South Central Strategic Health Authority, achieving the role of ‘third centre’ in hyper acute cardiac and stroke care, and in the development of the Cancer Centre to become one of only three in the SHA area.

The Trust has been an initiator of new treatments and techniques, and has a reputation for winning national prizes and accolades for the way in which it adds value to healthcare and for the quality of service and safety it provides for its patients.  Its clinicians are early adopters of new technology, showing the way to many others.

It does all of this because of the quality and commitment of its people – all of them.  The ‘can do’ spirit attracts clinicians and others to the Trust, where they benefit from its leading position in teaching and developing young clinicians and nurses.

It’s been a privilege to have worked with such people and I wish them all well in the future.”

Joe Wise
Public Relations Manager
Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust
Tel: 0118 322 6900
E-mail: joe.wise@royalberkshire.nhs.uk