Toby Lewis, Chief Executive

As chief executive, Toby Lewis is responsible for the safety of staff and patients, for financial sustainability and value, and for working in partnership with communities and other organisations to improve health outcomes.

Toby joined the trust in March 2023 from The King’s Fund where he has been a senior visiting fellow in health inequalities, with a focus on poverty and inclusion health. He joined the NHS in 1994 and began his career in Worksop. He has worked in primary care, mental and community health, and hospitals in London, West Yorkshire and the West Midlands.

After working in Downing street, he joined his first NHS board in 2005 and has served in executive roles since that time, including eight years as chief executive of an integrated care organisation in the Black Country. He helped establish a new medical school at Aston University and led work to use the apprenticeship levy to the benefit for often excluded populations, such as care leavers and those at risk of experiencing homelessness, creating jobs as a route to better health. He is a part time student in public health at Edinburgh University, and holds degrees in occupational psychology and history from Oxford and London.

Page last reviewed: April 09, 2024
Next review due: April 09, 2025