Dr Sara Munro

Role: Chief Executive

What I do

I lead the team of executive directors who, along with the chair and the non-executive directors, make up our Trust Board. The Trust Board is responsible for setting the strategic direction for the organisation.

I am also the Chief Executive Officer for Leeds Community Healthcare NHS Trust. I took up this role in June 2025 and, since that time, have been working with both boards to look at the future opportunities for better integration of our services.

I am a senior leader within a wider group of chief executives and chief officers that come together to look at health and social care provision across Leeds and West Yorkshire.  I am the Senior Responsible Officer for Mental Health, Learning Disabilities and Autism within the West Yorkshire Health and Care Partnership and the sector representative on the West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board.  I am also the executive lead on Workforce for the health and care partners in Leeds.

How I contribute to improving the experience of service users and carers

I ensure we set the right objectives for our organisation which reflect the needs of our service users, carers and local communities. I am also responsible for making sure we provide the right support including resources for our staff to deliver the best possible mental health and learning disability services for the people we serve, that we monitor how well we are doing and that we include service users, carers, communities and our staff in the decisions we make about our services. I am also passionate about partnership working which can bring great benefits for the care we provide and is reflected in the wider roles I hold within the system.

My experience

I was appointed to the post of CEO on 5 September 2016.  I started my career in the NHS as a student nurse and agency nursing assistant. I am a registered mental health nurse and my clinical work was spent in inpatient mental health settings.

I have worked across a range of NHS mental health providers in the North West of England. I have also completed a PhD looking at attitudes of acute mental health nurses and their impact on service users experience of care. Prior to working at our Trust I was the Director of Quality and Nursing/Deputy CEO in Cumbria.

Get in touch

You can contact me by emailing saramunro@nhs.net