Nick Broughton has been named chief executive of NHS Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire West Integrated Care Board (BOB ICB).

Prior to the appointment, Mr Broughton had been serving as interim chief executive for more than a year.

His previous roles include chief executive positions at both Oxford and Southern Health NHS Foundation Trusts.

At Southern Health, Mr Broughton led the team to a change in the Care Quality Committee rating from Requires Improvement in 2017 to Good in January 2020.

He was also chief executive at Somerset Partnership NHS Foundation Trust from 2016 to 2017.

As a consultant psychiatrist for more than 20 years, specialising in forensic psychiatry, Mr Broughton has held medical and clinical director roles and a number of other managerial and leadership positions both regionally and nationally.

Sim Scavazza, acting chair of the BOB ICB, said: "On behalf of the Board and our partners, I would like to congratulate Nick on his permanent appointment.

"I am delighted to officially welcome him as chief executive of the ICB; it is a real benefit to us that he has been in the role for over a year; he knows the BOB system very well, its challenges, and its strengths.

"I look forward to continuing our work together to improve the health and wellbeing of our communities."

Mr Broughton said: "I have greatly enjoyed my secondment to the ICB over the last 13 months and am delighted that my appointment has now been made permanent.

"I am looking forward to continuing to work with colleagues at the ICB, system partners and our wider stakeholders building on the foundations and relationships we have in place.

"Together we will help to create a system that is clinically led and delivers the best possible care and outcomes to the population we serve, within the financial resources we have available to us.”

A graduate of the University of Cambridge, where he gained his medical degree, Mr Broughton went on to complete his training at St Thomas' Hospital, London.