It has been announced that Glenn Douglas, Chief Executive at Ashford and St. Peter’s Hospitals NHS Trust is to move permanently to Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust as their Chief Executive.  

Clive Thompson CBE, Chairman at Ashford and St. Peter’s Hospitals said: “We are reluctant, but not surprised, to lose a first class Chief Executive.   We have all learned a lot in the last five years and now Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells will have the benefit of Glenn’s guidance and expertise.  Our congratulations go to Glenn and we wish him success in his new post.    During Glenn’s time at Ashford and St. Peter’s we moved from a zero to three star Trust and our performance has steadily improved.”

The exact details of Mr Douglas’ move will be worked out over the next few weeks but Mr Douglas has been seconded toMaidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust since October 2007 and since then, with Mr Douglas at the helm, they have gained from the Ashford and St. Peter’s experience.    During this period Ashford and St. Peter’s has been managed on a day to day basis by Acting Chief Executive Paul Bentley but Mr Douglas has remained involved in the discussions about the proposed merger with Frimley Park Hospital.

“It is very much business as usual for Ashford and St. Peter’s,” Mr Thompson continued.  “Whilst we are disappointed to lose Glenn, we have a strong management and clinical team led by Paul Bentley.   The Trust continues to tackle key challenges in the health service which include ensuring that patients are treated more quickly and reducing the incidence of ‘superbugs’.    Our discussions with Frimley Park about the possibility of merger are ongoing and we hope to make a further announcement about this in the near future.”