Adrian Roberts Email & Phone Number

Stockport, England, United Kingdom

ADRHealth & DoodleHealth working in partnership:From November 2021, growing a business partnership alongside my professional colleague - and very good friend - of the last 12 months, Rachel Hardy. Working with further NHS systems who seek strategic financial consultancy support with adapting to the post-pandemic financial framework over 2022-25 and the primacy of system working as the mode for strategic problem-solving, transforming delivery and mutual holding to account. Our Values: Firmly rooted in the public sector. Shared passion to support and develop our finance colleagues as part of the NHS leadership community. A driving purpose to draw upon our combined experience to work with and support colleagues to help them achieve their best potential in complex environments. Together we offer a unique set of skills & experiences: Over 70 years’ combined experience working in the NHS including 45 years’ combined board level experience Effective at building strong, durable system leadership relationships locally, regionally and nationally. Credible and approachable as a resource to support national, regional and local leaders, Chief Officers, fellow CFOs and colleagues across all disciplines with problem-solving especially during times of unprecedented delivery challenges across in the wider NHS. Comprehensive range of experiences in delivering service change alongside multiple stakeholders together with driving sustained financial delivery in highly complex, demanding and visible circumstances Outstanding pedigree of leading large teams through several complex reorganisations, developing strong, credible, and high performing professional teams.

Midlands Region

Extensive work on underlying system deficits across the Region in the context of the ever-evolving operating landscape for the NHS.Facing the very significant challenges around sustainability, through the forward plans across 11 systems, growing confidence that systems will work together to shape intelligent, sustainable ways forward recognising finite resources alongside a significantly altered operating landscape post-pandemic.

Finalisation of Strategic Outline Case (first week in)A great privilege to work with Tessa Walton without whose personal dedication and drive, successful vaccination delivery on the ground in England would not have happened in December 2020.Further developing Financial case and forecast cost profiles, securing DHSC and HMT approvals to enable Deployment. Provide leadership oversight and mobilising further exceptional capabilities from Baringa partners, to resource delivery of the Commercial workstream of the Programme adequately for mid-autumn 2020.

Manchester, England, United Kingdom

Driving forward the post-merger execution of financial strategy and delivery across England's largest NHS Foundation Trust (£1.8bn annual turnover 2019/20, with 22,000 wte staff).Uniquely successful post-transaction consolidation of financial performance by the merged Trust, alongside 'Good' rating from full CQC inspection at 12 months post-merger - ensuring long-term sustainable investment in delivery for patients.

Manchester, England, United Kingdom

Turnover in 2017 of £1.1bn with over 15,000 wte staffUnsurpassed financial delivery track record over 10 years in one of England's most complex tertiary, research & teaching hospitalsAcquisition of Trafford Hospitals April 2012 creating viable service offer for Trafford simultaneous with removal of £20m deficit gap through full-scale operating costs restructuringSignificant contributor throughout 2010-20 to Shelford CFOs group, chair 2016-20Chair of UHA Finance Director's Group 2014-16Professional leadership and delivery the merger of CMFT and UHSM in 2017

Stockport, England, United Kingdom

One of the first 10 NHS Foundation Trusts authorised in April 2004 (from an original pipeline of 32 eligible applicants 9 months earlier), secured the only variation approval to Monitor's initial Prudential Borrowing Code in summer 2004 to deliver more timely access to surgery and diagnostic treatments for many local patientsRated the strongest FT in the entire sector for sustainability of service delivery & investment programmes, just as the sector faced the 2006/07 financial tightening across the NHSUndertook SRO role for waiting time reductions through to April 2006, bringing longest waits for surgery down from 18 months (1999) to below 6 months (2005/06). We doubled Orthopaedic capacity and throughput quickly enough to deliver stepped reductions in wait times having planned for significant continuing demand increases - with exceptional goodwill from Stockport's outstanding team of Orthopaedic surgeons

Stockport, England, United Kingdom

Joined a financially struggling Acute Trust facing a legacy position of chronic under-resourcing resulting in inadequate budgets which had lost credibility with clinical managers providing front-line services.Achieved 24% real-terms growth in income over 1995-99 in face of tight overall financial settlements - to remedy this under-investment legacy and also meet rising demand (30% increase in emergency admissions over the same 4 years). Restored credibility and sustainable financial stewardship across the Trust and with partner organisations.

Aylesbury, England, United Kingdom

Established a Finance Department, financial systems, procedures, controls and budgetary ownership across the emergent new Trust entirely from scratch, given that the organisational model was very different from Health Authority bureaucratic processes. Developed the NHS Trust application entirely in-house, ensuring full ownership and understanding

Oxford, England, United Kingdom

Financial Management Trainee, Oxfordshire HA 1984-86;Principal Management Accountant, Wycombe HA 1986-87;Senior Accountancy Assistant, Oxfordshire HA 1987;Full-time study for final level ACCA exams, Jan-June 1988;Project Accountant, Aylesbury Vale HA, 1988-90

Chartered Certified Accountant, Accounting, Full Professional Qualification

Ba (Hons), Modern History, 2Nd

Activities and Societies: University Bridge Club - Tournament Director