An UNDER-pressure ambulance service has announced its latest chief executive, who will take up the post next month.
Neill Moloney is the seventh boss of East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust (EEAST) in just under 12 years.
During that time, the service has been in special measures and was the first UK NHS trust forced to sign a legal agreement with the Equality and Human Rights Commission to tackle “high levels” of sexual harassment.
EEAST chairman Mrunal Sisodia said Mr Moloney “joins at a really important point… we have made genuine progress on many staff, cultural and operational issues”.
The new chief executive, who starts on 2 September, is currently a director at Mid and South Essex Integrated Care Board and Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust – and has held other senior executive roles, including at NHS England.
The trust said his background in emergency care would be “vital in continuing improvements” and he was chosen over 300 applicants.
Mr Moloney echoed the sentiment and said he would “continue the great work already started”, with previous leader Tom Abell having stepped down to take over at the NHS Mid and South Essex Integrated Care Board.
At the start of this year NHS England revealed the trust was being removed from “special measures” – now known as the National Recovery Support Programme – after four years.
