Team Member
Collette Cunningham BSc, MSc
Deputy Director, Corporate Services Northumbria Healthcare Facilities Management
Collette was appointed as Deputy Director, Corporate Services for NHFM in 2023 and is also a Deputy Director for Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. She has 29 years of public sector experience working in different roles within the NHS across the acute healthcare sector.
Previous roles have included Director of Operations, Planned Care, Deputy Director or Divisional General Manager, Medicine, Surgery, Clinical Support Services, and in Women’s & Children’s services. Throughout her clinically focused leadership and management roles, she has been directly involved in, and led on, various clinical estate developments across Yorkshire, North Lincolnshire and Northumbria.
Collette is a graduate of the NHS Healthcare Leadership NYE Bevan programme for aspiring directors, pre-selected for the inaugural year that this Master’s level accreditation was launched. She is proud to work for the NHS and has dedicated her career to improving services, environments and the experience for patients, visitors and staff.
Collette is a voting member of the NTH Solutions Board.