Appointments of Chair and Clinical Director to the CEHP
New academic-health partnership unites local universities and NHS organisations to improve health outcomes and tackle inequalities across Coventry, Warwickshire and beyond.
We are pleased to announce that Professor Paul Stewart CBE and Professor Gavin Perkins MBE have been appointed as the inaugural Chair and Clinical Director for the recently launched Central England Health Partnership (CEHP).
The CEHP is an academic-health partnership for Coventry and Warwickshire, bringing together the University of Warwick, Coventry University and five local NHS organisations to improve health outcomes and tackle health inequalities across the region and beyond. Overarching priorities will be a focus on prevention and early diagnosis facilitated by an aligned digital health ecosystem.
Professor Paul Stewart
CBE
Professor Gavin Perkins
MBE
Professor Stewart is a leading clinician scientist/endocrinologist who has held numerous senior leadership positions over a 40 year career in the NHS and academia, including Dean of Medicine and Health at the University of Leeds and Vice President/acting President of the Academy of Medical Sciences. Professor Stewart will act as Chair to the CEHP Board, providing strategic advice as the partnership develops and implements its initial programmes.
Professor Perkins, Dean of Warwick Medical School, is a senior clinical academic with over 25 years’ experience of serving the National Health Service and universities in the Midlands, with internationally leading research in the field of cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Prior to his appointment as Dean of Warwick Medical School in 2023, he had been Director of the Warwick Clinical Trials unit from 2017 and Deputy Dean from 2022. Alongside his Dean role, Professor Perkins will provide strategic and clinical leadership to the CEHP and will play a key role in developing cross-partner collaboration.
They will be supported by Charlotte Kershaw, Programme Manager at the Warwick Institute of Translational Medicine, as the CEHP Head of Programmes.
Commenting on his appointment, Professor Stewart said: “I am delighted to be able to bring my experience to help the Coventry and Warwickshire region develop its academic-health ecosystem. Individual organisations working on their own cannot solve major challenges such as health inequalities and prevention of disease, and I see huge potential for the CEHP partners working together to make a major impact on joint initiatives.”
Professor Perkins said: “Working in both the NHS and a leading university, I recognise the importance of working collaboratively to address challenges and can see the opportunities offered by connecting research, innovation and education to health practice. I am looking forward to building on our existing relationships and creating even stronger links to make a positive difference to health outcomes and our local communities”.
Find out more about Central England Health Partners (CEHP) on our CEHP pages.
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CEHP is a partnership between the University of Warwick, Coventry University, University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust, Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust, South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust, Coventry and Warwickshire Integrated Care Board, and Health Innovation West Midlands.
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