Public appointment: Member appointed to Healthcare Improvement Scotland Board

The Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care, Neil Gray MSP, today announced the appointment of John Lund as the new Non-Executive Member of the Healthcare Improvement Scotland Board.

John Lund is an independent practitioner and advisor to financial services entities on the implementation of change covering process, organisation and technology. 

He has wide experience in regulatory frameworks which has included delivering good outcomes to end consumers, managing systemic risk and embedding robust governance and oversight.  

He served as senior manager at Accenture for over a decade advising on a wide variety of strategic initiatives.  These included process re-design, implementation of best practices and common quality frameworks across complex organisations to achieve consistency of services and outcomes.   Recently he has also focused on the effective use of data in support of strategic objectives.

His record of making and driving change in an assured and considered manner will be particularly effective on a Board which encourages positive change and improvement for the NHS.

Appointment

This appointment will be for 4 years and will run from 15/01/2024 to 10/01/2029.

This appointment is regulated by the Ethical Standards Commissioner.

Remuneration

The appointment is remunerated at the rate of £225 per day (non-pensionable) for the time commitment of 4 days per month.

Other ministerial appointments

Mr Lund does not hold any other public appointments.

Political activity

All appointments are made on merit and political activity plays no part in the selection process.  However, in accordance with the original Nolan recommendations, there is a requirement for appointees’ political activity within the last five years (if there is any to be declared) to be made public.   

Mr Lund has had no political activity within the last five years.

Background

Healthcare Improvement Scotland (HIS) is the national improvement organisation within the health and social care landscape.  The organisation’s core purpose is to enable the people of Scotland to experience the best quality of health and social care with a specific focus on safety.  Our aim is to secure lasting, positive, and sustainable improvements across the whole health and care system.

We are uniquely placed to identify the connections and opportunities created by system wide working and collaborate with other national health boards to deliver a relentless focus on the safe delivery of effective care.  There is no equivalent organisation elsewhere within the UK, as HIS uniquely combines a range of statutory duties and other functions including quality assurance, regulation, service redesign and strategic planning, evidence, standards, guidelines and community engagement.