Airedale NHS Foundation Trust welcomed Andy Laverick who was appointed as Chief Digital Information Officer (CDIO) and joined the Trust on 1 July 2026.
Andy joined the Trust from North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust, where he was Chief Information Officer & Director of Digital and Senior Information Risk Owner (SIRO). He brings extensive experience in senior leadership across the NHS, including delivery of large-scale transformation programmes, strengthening organisational governance, and leading improvements in cyber resilience, operational performance and digital maturity.
Andy, who lives locally, is playing a key role in taking forward Airedale’s digital ambitions, including our journey to our new Electronic Patient Record, while also contributing more broadly to the Trust’s strategic leadership and transformation agenda.
He is working closely with colleagues and teams across the Trust to support service improvements, productivity and the delivery of excellent patient care, and his input will be crucial for the New Hospital Programme.
Airedale NHS Foundation Trust has also appointed a new Chief Operating Officer, Tom Strickland, who joined the Trust on 17 August.
Tom has senior strategic and operational leadership experience across the NHS and was previously Deputy Chief Operating Officer at Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust, where he led major programmes of operational delivery and service improvement across urgent, emergency and planned care.
He has held operational and transformation roles in a number of NHS organisations, including Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust and Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust. Earlier in his career, Tom joined the Civil Service Fast Stream, working in HM Treasury and the Department of Health.
He is also a local resident, living in Ilkley with his wife and two young children.
