Green has been chair of the Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust since February 2023 and has held non-executive director posts within the NHS over the past 15 years, including at the South-Central Ambulance Trust Board.

He said: ‘I am very much looking forward to working with partners across Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin in continuing the improvement in health care across the system and in playing my part in that transformation.'

Simon Whitehouse, chief executive of NHS Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin, said: ‘Ian brings with him a breadth of experience and knowledge which I know will benefit our organisation, the wider health and care system and ultimately the population we serve.

He added: ‘On behalf of the board, I want to take this opportunity to thank Roger Dunshea, as our acting chair, for his support over recent months whilst we have been working through the recruitment process for the permanent role.'