November 22, 2024
Dr Jacob Lee appointed as new GPCB chair
Following a competitive interview process, Dr Jacob Lee has been appointed as the new chair of the GP Collaborative Board (GPCB), for a three-year term.
Jacob is a GP partner at Horfield Health Centre in North Bristol since 2018, and qualified at Southampton University in 2005. He is the locality clinical lead for North and West Bristol, and has a longstanding interest in promoting continuity of care and its benefits.
He will begin his new role on 1 December 2024. He takes over the role of chair from Dr Jon Hayes, who has led the GPCB for the last three years, and represented general practice on the Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board since 2022.
Jacob said: “I am excited to be taking on the role of GPCB chair, and I’m looking forward to working with the GPCB members and wider system partners to improve patient care, and ensure general practice is at the forefront of the development of out of hospital care.”
Jon said: “I regret I was unsuccessful in securing re-appointment as Chair of the GPCB. While I am disappointed, I have said from the outset it is important for all of us to have the right senior leadership representing us at system level, and I am pleased I will be succeeded by Dr Jacob Lee. I have no doubt Jacob will excel in this role and will enjoy it as much as I (mostly) have. I’m sure you will join me in getting behind him and supporting him in this role.
“I would like to thank you all for your support during my three-year term. It has been a pleasure to serve the GP membership in this role and I am proud of what we have achieved to date. We are at an interesting point of evolution in general practice and wider primary care, and I look forward to witnessing the further successes of the GPCB from a comfortable seat in the auditorium.”
One Care and the GPCB would like to thank Jon for his exceptional hard work, leadership, and unwavering advocacy on behalf of all BNSSG general practice as chair of the GPCB.
Dr Jacob Lee appointed as new GPCB chair
