Trevor Purt

Trevor Purt is an NHS manager. He is currently Chief Executive of the Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board.

He was director of Rochdale Primary Care Trust from 2003 to 2006, and became Chief Executive of Heywood Middleton and Rochdale Primary Care Trust when the PCTs were merged. He supported the programme of Independent sector treatment centres which some other Chief Executives said was unnecessary on the grounds that it was necessary to increase local choice. Debbie Abrahams who was chair of of the PCT at the time resigned while he was there over the use of private health companies in the NHS, which she said were 'destroying the NHS.' Purt expressed surprised but said "as an organisation, (the PCT is) fully committed to ensuring patients receive the best possible care when it is needed and where it is wanted".

He was the first Chief Executive of Hywel Dda University Health Board, appointed in 2009. His move from England was reported to have boosted self confidence of healthcare managers in Wales. He was involved in controversial proposed service changes which threatened the Special Care baby Unit at Withybush Hospital and maternity services. He was criticised in 2013 because he did not sign a letter he sent regretting the death of a patient himself.

He was awarded the title of Professor of Practice Health Management in 2012 by Trinity St David University “for his work in health management”.

His programme of modernising health services in Flint has caused controversy with the closure of the town’s community hospital in 2013 resulting in the loss of beds. He says the Board is responding to GPs’ calls for new modern facilities and is working with different professions to deliver "better care, with more co-ordination, better communication and greater consistency for the people of Flint".