Posted on: 6 September 2022
We are delighted to announce the appointment of Dr Sohail Abbas from Bradford District and Craven Health and Care Partnership as the new Deputy Medical Director for our NHS West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board (ICB). Sohail will work within the ICB’s Clinical and Professional Directorate with myself as Medical Director for the ICB, Beverley Geary our Director of Nursing and alongside other colleagues to deliver our statutory responsibilities around ensuring safe and high quality care.
In doing so, Sohail will be a critical ally in delivering the priorities of the directorate - as a senior leader he will also provide support across our ICB and Partnership, including to a range of clinical leaders and professional networks.
Sohail brings with him a wealth of experience, including being Chair of the Partnership’s Health Inequalities Network and also the Health Inequality Academy. This underpins his ability to make this a successful appointment and most importantly one which upholds our Partnership values to improve care for all.
Sohail has worked for the NHS since 2003. This includes previously working as the Clinical Director of Community Services in Salford Royal Foundation Trust and Clinical Chair of Bradford City Clinical Commissioning Group. He is a GP partner in Bradford City and a GP with special interest in diabetes. As the Chair of the Partnership’s Health Inequalities Network, Sohail is passionate about system working and harnessing the strength of communities to reduce health inequalities and improve the health and wellbeing of people living in West Yorkshire.
