David Noyes

Former Naval Officer and NHS Chief Operating Officer

[David Noyes @davidathomenow]

My last day at GHC, pictured with my ace top Ops team; a super 3 years together we’ve made great progress and been privileged to lead our wonderful people who day in day out work so very hard to make a positive difference to our communities I’m forever grateful @GlosHealthNHS

[David Noyes @davidathomenow]

As my 3 very happy years at GHC nears the end, final Board for me today; chance to reflect on the progress made by colleagues across the Trust in that time, accepting always more to do, and a bright future with the chance to do even more for our communities @GlosHealthNHS

[David Noyes @davidathomenow]

Super to visit Laurel and Honeybourne MH recovery units today and see the super Sarah Campbell and team, including the wonderful Anne-Marie (pictured). Great to catch up with all these super professionals and to be able to thank them for their service @GlosHealthNHS

[David Noyes @davidathomenow]

Super afternoon with Lizzie Hodge & the brilliant Stroud ICT team. Always humbling & inspiring to spend time with such professional, caring colleagues who strive hard day after day to deliver the best possible care in their community and make a positive impact @GlosHealthNHS

[David Noyes @davidathomenow]

Super to show our partners, the CEO and COO from Gloucester Hospital, around our new Forest Community Hospital this morning, hosted by Kate Harper. As ever great to see how our fabulous people have made a success of this major transition and continue to deliver @GlosHealthNHS

[David Noyes @davidathomenow]

On Tuesday, along with our partners IC24, we were delighted to host a really helpful system wide workshop to help shape the delivery of a Clinical Assessment Service and share ideas for future service development in the integrated urgent care space @GlosHealthNHS

[David Noyes @davidathomenow]

Brilliant to spend the morning with our super colleagues at North Cotswold Hospital. This high performing team are always striving and innovating to deliver the best possible outcomes for their local community and unfailingly make a positive difference @GlosHealthNHS

[David Noyes @davidathomenow]

Lovely to visit our super team at the Vale Community hospital today. A brilliant community asset full of dedicated professionals who thrive on making a difference in the heart of their community. Pictured here with the fabulous therapy team @GlosHealthNHS

[David Noyes @davidathomenow]

Super to catch up with Gemma Watkins and some of the Forest Integrated Care Team this afternoon. Great to hear all about the continued work they do making such a positive difference to the community delivering excellent care options in people’s homes @GlosHealthNHS

[David Noyes @davidathomenow]

Brilliant visit to new Forest of Dean Community Hospital today now all services including MiiU have successfully transferred. So grateful to our team who worked extremely hard to make the transition as seamless as possible and maintain services to the community @GlosHealthNHS

[David Noyes @davidathomenow]

Great to catch up with our Community Assessment Team in Gloucester Royal this afternoon. These guys, working closely with social care colleagues help patients and acute partners find good alternative pathways within community services to avoid admissions @GlosHealthNHS

[David Noyes @davidathomenow]

Nice to spend some time with Cathie Hole & our super Mental Health & Learning Disability teams at Weavers Croft in Stroud today;as ever impressed by their dedication and focus on making a positive difference to the community and their openness to improvement ideas @GlosHealthNHS

[David Noyes @davidathomenow]

Really enjoyable visit to Berkeley House today; great to meet several new colleagues including the psychology and dietetic guys we’ve recently added to the team. And nice to chat with Moses Dube about the progress being made at the unit after a difficult few months @GlosHealthNHS

[David Noyes @davidathomenow]

@kerryb45 @GlosHealthNHS @hannah_hrca Love it and was fortunate enough to see it used for the first time at Board rounds this morning @GlosHealthNHS

[David Noyes @davidathomenow]

Smashing afternoon with our super Podiatry team in Gloucester today; really enjoyed chatting with these wonderful professionals, hearing about their experiences and seeing first hand the high quality care they deliver to help make a positive difference for people @GlosHealthNHS

[David Noyes @davidathomenow]

Lovely to catch up with Hannah Darby and Children’s Speech&Language team today. Loads of strong innovation going on here to deliver improvement including some exciting digital support tools. Great to spend time with these committed professionals @GlosHealthNHS

[David Noyes @davidathomenow]

Brilliant to catch up with Katie Nixon and Children’s OT team today; after a challenging 18 months this team has developed and evolved to deliver a steady improvement with more ideas for betterment to come. Really impressed by their dedication @GlosHealthNHS

[David Noyes @davidathomenow]

Lovely morning out with our Children’s Community Nurses (Gemma & Jo pictured). Brilliant to see first hand the excellent care they deliver to children with often complex needs all over the county, helping to keep them out of hospital by delivering in the community @GlosHealthNHS

[David Noyes @davidathomenow]

Bittersweet times for colleagues at Lydney & Dilke who I saw today as we enter transition period to move services to the new Forest Hospital. The new unit offers much to the community but of course there is huge affinity and history surrounding both Lydney & Dilke @GlosHealthNHS

[David Noyes @davidathomenow]

Inspiring afternoon with our fab Health Visiting team in Gloucester; just brilliant to be able to see the wonderful care and support they are delivering to some of the most vulnerable in our community. So enjoyed being able to thank them in person @GlosHealthNHS