Our Executive Sponsor
Our executive sponsor is Jenny Hurst, Chief Nurse, she is very happy for us to share any concerns or complements with her.
Jenny has worked in the Trust for 9 years, she joined in 2017 as deputy director or nursing and director of infection prevention and control and in early 2025 to become our Chief Nurse.
We asked Jenny what did it mean to her to be the Executive Sponsor to the Women’s Staff Network.
Jenny said: “We were asked to sponsor one of our staff networks, and I jumped at the chance at being the Women’s Staff Network Executive Sponsor. Women hold such key roles within the NHS, each role, all bandings, backgrounds, experiences, are valuable for making the NHS work to best effect. If we can do things to improve the workplace for women we can have a better experience of work and opportunities can increase; it is a vital goal.
Work is a considerable part of our daily lives and it makes sense that if we can get it right at work it will help with other things going on in our lives. I am excited to see what we may achieve.
I may not attend every session but am on hand and connect with the Chairs to make sure that I am updated. When I do attend meetings, I hope you will feel comfortable sharing things with me, please understand I will note themes (not names), I appreciate that it can take courage to share. At Executive level I am then equipped to share thoughts/concerns/successes and I make a point of feeding back to the Network too! I look forward to hearing your thoughts and ideas.”