The Chief Executive of East Midlands based DHU Healthcare, Stephen Bateman, has been appointed to a Non-Executive Director role on the Board of Urgent Health UK (UHUK).
Leading the ‘not-for-profit’ community interest company since 2014, he comments, “I am incredibly proud of DHU’s community interest status – and the diverse range of services we provide around the clock to the NHS frontline.
We value our role as a corporate citizen – and invest in the communities we are part of, donating to good causes, buying from local businesses and services, and offering employment opportunities. I look forward to supporting UHUK to maximise the benefits and value of social responsibility.”
UHUK is a partnership of non-profit and social enterprise healthcare providers serving over 28million people across the UK. Like DHU, its members deliver compassionate, high-quality patient care alongside the NHS – supporting emergency departments, urgent treatment centres, NHS111, community nursing, emergency services dentistry, minor injury units and more.
Stephen continues, “Partnership is transforming health and social care, and it is this sort of collaboration that will drive forward much-needed change. DHU is already part of five integrated care systems in the East Midlands and we are set to expand into the West Midlands later this year.
Through this additional Non-Executive role I am keen to see our independent organisations coming together to make a difference to healthcare through the route of social enterprise.”
With no shareholders and a focus on benefitting others, the companies that make up UHUK re-invest any surplus funds they create into patient care and services, their workplaces, and the places they are part of.
“We are a group of companies driven to provide high standards of care to our patients as well as great places for our people to work, and services that give value for money, says Conor Burke, UHUKs Chief Executive. “We are delighted that Stephen has joined the Board in our support. As ‘one voice’ our partnership has a real opportunity to contribute to the NHS and we would like to see every integrated health system opting to partner with social enterprise.”
DHU Healthcare is a ‘not-for-profit’ community interest company providing a diverse range of services to the NHS frontline, including urgent and emergency care, primary care, out of hours services and NHS111. We operate 365 days a year, 24 hours a day across a wide geographical area including Derbyshire, Northamptonshire; Nottinghamshire; Leicester, Leicestershire & Rutland; Lincolnshire, Milton Keynes, Bath, North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire – a population totalling around ten million. A socially conscious organisation, we provide compassionate, safe, high- quality care to our patients and the communities we serve and offer a supportive work environment to our 2,000 people.
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