Therese Patten is the place lead for Bradford District and Craven Health and Care Partnership.
Therese is also Chief Executive at Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust, where she joined in September 2020, following her role as Deputy Chief Executive and Director of Strategy at Southport and Ormskirk Hospital NHS Trust.
Therese joined the NHS in 1999 and since then has worked in operations and strategy roles within a range of community, mental health, acute and specialist Trusts. She also spent a short period of time working in the private healthcare sector with GP provider companies.
Before joining the NHS, Therese spent nine years working in health development in Zimbabwe, Somaliland and Pakistan. She also sits as a Trustee on NHS Providers.