Shelley Wright joined the Trust in January 2021 as Executive Director of Communications.
Shelley joined from Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust where she was Executive Director of Communications and prior to this she was Director of Communications for the Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham and Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service.
A former journalist with a strong personal connection to East Lancashire, Shelley brought her significant experience of crisis communications to support both ELHT and Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in our response to Covid as well as leading across all areas of communications activity internally, externally and as part of the wider Lancashire and South Cumbria healthcare system.