Penny McSorley

Trustee

Penny qualified as nurse in Oct 1994 and worked initially in a variety of role in Leeds Teaching Hospitals trust including Orthopaedics, Major Trauma and Critical Care. Her first management role in the NHS was as a Senior Sister role on a high dependency unit and from there she went on to be a Matron and then a Head of Nursing for Trauma and Related Services at the Leeds General Infirmary, and then Abdominal Medicine and Surgery at St James University Hospital in Leeds.

Penny joined the CCG in Leeds in 2018 in a senior nursing role, and now works for the Integrated Care Board at West Yorkshire as Associate Director of Nursing and Quality. Her role is varied and involves her working with multiple partners and organisations in the region around the quality and safety of commissioned services in West Yorkshire. Penny has a particular interest in care of people living with Frailty and Dementia and has experience of this within her own family.

Penny lives in north Leeds with her husband Tim and their four children who keep them very busy. She also enjoys cycling, singing in a local choir and is a keen supporter of Leeds United football club.