Nick Johnson - SFT Managing Director
Nick was appointed Managing Director of Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust (SFT) on 1st September 2025. He is responsible for leading SFT and working with the SFT Executive team to run the Trust on a day-to-day basis.
Nick joined SFT from Dorset County Hospital (DCH) where he spent almost ten years in Executive Board roles, including two spells as the Interim Chief Executive. For the past two and a half years he combined his role as Deputy CEO of DCH with a joint executive role between DCH and Dorset Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (DHC), overseeing areas including strategy, transformation, improvement, digital and partnerships.
During his time in Dorset Nick collaborated with system partners to deliver system wide strategies and service improvements, secured funding for DCH's new ED and Critical Care unit, developed the Dorset Provider Collaborative, and jointly led the Working Together Programme creating the Federation between DCH and DHC. His first spell as Interim Chief Executive coincided with the first 5 months of the Covid pandemic and the second from January 22 to April 23 as DCH and DHC reviewed and established new leadership arrangements. Nick was also a member of the Wessex Health Innovation Network Board from 2017 until 2025.
Nick joined DCH in 2016 from the University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, where he was responsible for strategy and commercial development projects, including establishing an innovative commercial development joint venture. Prior to that he was responsible for business development and bid management at a large, multi-national infrastructure and support services provider, focussing on strategic public private partnerships. Nick has also worked in several local authorities delivering innovative strategic partnerships, contract management and service transformation. Nick has a MSc from Warwick Business School and started his career on the National Graduate Development Programme for Local Government.
