Simon Wootton BSc Hons MBA

Managing Director

Irwell Valley Consulting Limited was established by Simon Wootton, who was previously Chief Accountable Officer at NHS Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale CCG, and has extensive senior public sector and independent sector  management experience, as well as senior  pharmaceutical sales experience.

Simon commenced his career in the NHS as a Biochemist working at Halifax Infirmary before becoming a General Management Trainee at Birch Hill Hospital before working in a GP fundholding practice in Rochdale.

He was the Greater Manchester (GM) CCG lead on Estates, and GM CCG lead on Elective Care.  He has, in his previous role as Chief Operating Officer of North Manchester CCG, successfully established and was the Executive lead for the Manchester Integrated Care gateway across the 3 Manchester CCGs and Manchester City Council, and led on the establishment of a joint health and social care discharge team in the local hospital, and closure and relocation of staff of a walk- in centre.  He has also led the integration of CCG and Local Authority staff to form a Strategic Commissioning Function as part of GM Devolution plans.

He has previously been Chief Executive of an independent mental health services provider, and prior to this was a Healthcare Consultant, a Regional Manager and an NHS Business Unit Manager in the pharmaceutical Industry.  He has written and had published books on Strategic Planning, Brain Training and Managing Public Services, and he organises each year a Children’s Support Holiday for type 1 diabetic children, for a national charity, Diabetes UK.

Simon has an extensive network of colleagues who he can draw on to assist in projects, providing Irwell Valley Consulting with a mix of skills and expertise to help clients achieve their goals.