Shelley Wright joined the Trust in January 2021 as Executive Director of Communications which is a joint role also overseeing the communications portfolio at Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
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 strong personal connections to both East Lancashire and Blackpool, Shelley will be using her significant experience of crisis communications to support both Trusts in their 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.