Robert Naylor (chief executive officer)

Sir Robert Naylor is the Chief Executive of University College London Hospitals (UCLH) NHS Foundation Trust

Naylor has been a Chief Executive in the NHS for 24 years and has been Chief Executive of UCLH since November 2000.[1] UCLH is one of the largest NHS Trusts, comprising six hospitals in central London. It is a founder member of the recently accredited UCL Partners, an Academic Health Science Centre designated by the Department of Health.

Naylor has been an advisor to various strategy groups associated with healthcare reform. He is particularly interested in organisational development as a means of empowering clinical teams and promoting leadership skills. He has been a chairman of a number of National and Regional committees and is a Senior Associate Fellow at the University of Warwick, Institute of Governance and Public Management.

Sir Robert Naylor was Knighted in the New Year Honours 2008.

In March 2009, Naylor made headlines when he was named by the Daily Mail as the best-paid NHS chief executive: "The highest paid chief executive was Robert Naylor at University College Hospital trust in London. His pay soared to £230,000 - a rise of 30 per cent in a year."[2] In 2011 his salary of £262,500 was said to be the fifth highest in the English NHS.[3]

In 2015 the Health Service Journal judged him as the fourth top Chief Executive in the National Health Service.[4]

Sir Robert has announced that he will step down from his role at UCHL as Chief Executive on 31 March 2016.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Stevenson, Alexander (2013). The Public Sector: Managing The Unmanageable. ISBN 978-0-7494-6777-7.
  2. ↑ "NHS bosses award themselves inflation-busting 7.5pc rises (but nurses get just 1.9pc)". Daily Mail (London).
  3. ↑ "Named: the highest NHS fat cat earners". Daily Telegraph (London). 30 April 2011. Retrieved 14 December 2013.
  4. ↑ "HSJ’s top provider chief executives". Health Service Journal. 26 March 2015. Retrieved 1 May 2015.
  5. ↑ "Updated: Sir Robert Naylor to leave UCLH". Retrieved 11 September 2015.
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