Dr Kathy McLean OBE

Kathy is currently the Chair of the NHS Derby and Derbyshire, Lincolnshire and Nottingham and Nottinghamshire ICBs.  

Before taking up her current role, Kathy chaired NHS Nottingham and Nottinghamshire ICB and the Integrated Care Partnership, as well as NHS Derby and Derbyshire ICB. Her career has focused on medicine and clinical leadership, including Medical Director roles in Derby, the East Midlands, the NHS Trust Development Authority and NHS Improvement.

Kathy was previously Chair of University Hospitals Derby and Burton and a Non-Executive Director at Barts Health NHS Trust and Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust. She is also Chair of the NHS Alliance’s Integrated Care Board Network Board.

For many years Kathy has been involved with NHS Employers as the Chair of the Joint Negotiating Committee (SAS).

In 2018 Kathy was awarded an OBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours for her services to leadership across the NHS