An interim chief executive has been appointed at the NHS trust which runs the Friarage Hospital.
Sue Page is the new boss of South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
She takes up the post today following the resignation of previous chief executive Siobhan McArdle, who announced her resignation last month saying the personal cost of being a CEO in the NHS was “just too high”.
Ms McArdle also stated that the trust was “financially unsustainable” without a long-term recovery plan to deal with its debts.
Sue Page has more than three decades of experience as a chief executive in the NHS.
She said: “I am looking forward to joining the team.
“Having worked in the region before, I know very well how much the Trust’s services are valued by patients, families and carers.”
Ms Page has worked in the NHS for more than 30 years as chief executive in London, Cumbria, the North East and Liverpool.
She has led hospital and community trusts, with a particular focus on improving organisations and leading them through significant change.
The officer has previously worked in the northern region, leading hospital and community services in Northumberland and North Tyneside from 1990 to 2005, resulting in the creation of Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust in 1998.
She also ran NHS Cumbria for seven years from 2006 to 2013 and received a CBE for services to the NHS in 2000.
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