Buckland, Dame Yvonne Helen Elaine, (Dame Yve)
Buckland, Dame Yvonne Helen Elaine, (Dame Yve)
DBE 2003
Born 29 Nov. 1956; d of late George Robert Jones and Margaret Ann Jones (née O’Hanlon); m 1999, Stephen Freer; two d
Chair, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, since 2022; Pro-Chancellor, and Chair of Council, Aston University, since 2017
Education
Our Lady of Mercy Grammar Sch., Wolverhampton; Leeds Univ. (BA Hons 1977); Univ. of Liverpool (DipArch 1978); Univ. of Central Lancashire (DMS 1984). FFPH (FFPHM 2001)
Career
Archivist, 1979–83, Dep. County Archivist, 1983–85, Cheshire CC; Team Leader, Mgt Effectiveness Unit, 1985–88, Asst Dir, Social Services, 1988–92, Birmingham CC; Dep. Chief Exec., Nottingham CC, 1992–99; Chm., Health Educn Authy for England, 1999–2000; Chair: HDA, 2000–05; NHS Inst. for Innovation and Improvement, 2005–11; Royal Orthopaedic Hosp. NHS Foundn Trust, 2014–21; Dudley Gp NHS Foundn Trust, 2019–21; Bd, Birmingham and Solihull Integrated Care System, 2021–22. Non-exec. Dir, S Warwicks Primary Care Trust, 2003–05. Dir, Health Partnership, Warwick Business Sch., 2003–05. Chm., Consumer Council for Water, England and Wales, 2005–15. Fellow, Warwick Inst. of Govt and Public Mgt, 2001. FRSA 2002; FInstD 2015. Hon. Fellow, Soc. for Envmt, 2015
Recreations
dancing, running, all things French
Address
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Trust Headquarters, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, Mindelsohn Way, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2GW
