Following the decision of Alison Evison to step down from her role as NHS Grampian Board Chair at the end of her 4-year term of office, Professor John Connaghan CBE has been appointed to serve as Interim Chair of NHS Grampian for a period of around six months, from 10 October 2026.
Professor Connaghan has served as Chair of NHS Lothian since August 2021 and is expected to return to his substantive NHS Lothian role at the end of the interim period.
As Interim Chair of NHS Grampian, Professor Connaghan will seek to build on the important stabilisation, recovery and improvement work initiated under Alison Evison. The arrangement reflects Professor Connaghan’s current sub-national role in leading the East Region Strategic Planning and Delivery Committee and the experience and continuity he can bring to NHS Grampian.