Member Reappointed to NHS Fife

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News /
June 2015

Member reappointed to NHS Fife

The Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing today announced the reappointment of a Member to NHS Fife.

NHS Fife delivers a diverse range of health and wellbeing services to the people of Fife.In doing so, NHS Fife provides a vast range of health services to more than a quarter of a million people and is committed to building on and improving these services with the involvement and support of the public and its partners.

Mr Simon Little

Simon is currently Chair of NHS Fife’s Finance and Resources Committee and Chair of the Public Health Governance Committee. These roles, when combined with his work as a freelance social researcher, means Simon has valuable governance experience and can bring high level insight to the strategic issues affecting health and social care.

He has worked in the public, voluntary and private sectors, including nine years spent at Shelter Scotland developing and managing a range of innovative services for homeless and badly housed people. He is NHS Fife’s Health Promoting Health Service Champion and takes a particularly keen interest in work to address health inequalities and measures to shift the balance of care from hospital to community settings.

This reappointment will be for four years and will run from 1 December 2015 to November 30, 2019.

This reappointment is part time and attracts a remuneration of £8,088 for a time commitment of eight hours per week.

Simon currentlyholds a non-executive member position with the Scottish Housing Regulator with a remuneration of £8,600 per annum for a time commitment of approximately one day per week. Simon also holds a general member position with the Mental Health Tribunal for Scotland with a remuneration of £387 per day for a time commitment of approximately two days per month.

This reappointment is regulated by the Commissioner for Ethical Standards in Public Life in Scotland.

All appointments are made on merit and political activity plays no part in the selection process. However, in accordance with the original Nolan recommendations, there is a requirement for appointees’ political activity within the last five years (if there is any to be declared) to be made public. Simon Little has had no political activity in the last five years.