Dr Andy Heeps: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Sector leader
- Role
- NHS trust chief executive
- Quoted on
- Maternity & neonatal, Hospital discharge / bed-blocking
- Press citations held
- 4
- Most recently quoted
- 30 Sept 2026
- First quoted
- 8 Sept 2026
“NHS trust chief executive Dr Andy Heeps said it would work 'openly and transparently' with the review team and families.”
What Dr Andy Heeps has said
“Our thoughts remain first and foremost with the families whose babies have died or who have suffered harm when receiving care in our hospitals. Our overriding priority is always to provide the safest possible care, which is why our maternity teams have implemented many positive changes in recent years.”
UHSussex chief executive · Maternity & neonatal · 30 Sept 2026 · Care probe into Sussex maternity services to meet with bereaved families ↗
“Our thoughts remain first and foremost with the families whose babies have died or who have suffered harm when receiving care in our hospitals.”
chief executive of University Hospitals Sussex · Maternity & neonatal · 29 Sept 2026 · Parents urged to join maternity review ↗
“Opening the new AMU was 'superb news' for current and future patients, and would also allow work to begin on the main emergency department.”
Trust chief executive · Hospital discharge / bed-blocking · 8 Sept 2026 · Trust’s longest-serving acute assessment nurse opens new unit ↗
Where Dr Andy Heeps has been quoted
- Senior midwife Donna Ockenden to lead Sussex maternity reviewbbc.com · 30 Sept 2026
- Care probe into Sussex maternity services to meet with bereaved familiesbbc.com · 30 Sept 2026
- Parents urged to join maternity reviewbbc.co.uk · 29 Sept 2026
- Trust’s longest-serving acute assessment nurse opens new unitnursingtimes.net · 8 Sept 2026
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