Sir William Wells
GGI Good Governance Award 2016
Sir William Wells was honoured by GGI with the 2016 Good Governance Award. The award was presented to him by Baroness Virginia Bottomley.
Sir William has Chaired many NHS organisations over several decades and was founding Chair of the NHS Appointments Commission that helped raise the bar for NHS boards by overseeing NHS board appointments and developing the national cadre of NHS non-executive directors.
Sir William’s contribution to the NHS governance system we have today, with the pivotal focus on accountable local NHS boards, underpinned the entire NHS reforms of the Blair and Brown governments that delivered a stepped-change in the quality and performance of the health system in England.
