03 Profile
Who Dr Andy Heeps is
Dr Andy Heeps is Chief Executive of University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust, which provides hospital services in Brighton and Hove and parts of East and West Sussex. He is a consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist by background and has held clinical and executive leadership roles across London and the South East.
He joined the trust in 2021 as Chief Operating Officer and Deputy Chief Executive, became interim chief executive in July 2025, and was appointed permanently with effect from 15 December 2025. Before that he held the same deputy chief executive and chief operating officer roles at North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust, where he was also interim chief executive. On taking the permanent post he said his immediate focus was supporting teams through winter, alongside longer-term changes to improve and transform patient services.
The trust describes its priorities as strengthening organisational culture, and its current five-year strategy is called 'Excellent Care Everywhere'.
Notable achievements
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Appointed permanent Chief Executive of University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust, with immediate effect from 15 December 2025, after serving as interim chief executive from July 2025. Source ↗
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Served as interim Chief Executive of North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust. He was that trust's deputy chief executive and chief operating officer, having joined in December 2018. Source ↗
- 03
Joined UHSussex in 2021 and led its post-COVID recovery as Chief Operating Officer and Deputy Chief Executive, before becoming Chief Executive. Source ↗
