Come March, there will be a new woman in charge of the Gateshead Health NHS Trust - which looks after the Queen Elizabeth Hospital.
After the retirement of current chief executive Yvonne Ormston, the new boss will be Trudie Davies, who is moving to the region having previously worked as deputy chief executive of the Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust. She originally trained as a nurse before moving into NHS management.
Ms Davies will take on the job against a tumultuous backdrop for the NHS. At the time of writing, strikes from nursing staff set to take place over January, while junior doctors could follow their nursing colleagues in voting in favour of industrial action in the New Year.
