MPProfessor Mel Pickup — no licensed photograph is available, so the sector leader plate is shown instead.

Sector leader

Professor Mel Pickup

Chief Executive for Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Press citations

2

Topics

2

Maternity & neonatal

Last quoted

Sept 2026

Professor Mel Pickup: key facts

Kind of voice
Sector leader
Role
Chief Executive for Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Quoted on
Maternity & neonatal, NHS & care workforce/staffing
Tracked press citations
2
Most recently quoted
30 Sept 2026
First quoted
8 Sept 2026

“I would like to say a heartfelt thanks to our colleagues in maternity services for helping us continue to develop a culture of quality that is embedded in our work every day and reflects the Trust's aim of delivering outstanding care for parents.”

What Professor Mel Pickup has said

Where Professor Mel Pickup has been quoted

  1. CQC rates Bradford maternity services as ‘Good’bradfordhospitals.nhs.uk · 30 Sept 2026
  2. NHS is a truly ‘family affair’ for the Bashirs of West Yorkshirenursingtimes.net · 8 Sept 2026

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