Outgoing CEO of Cork hospitals group to take up new role with NHS in Cardiff

Having become Cork University Hospitals Group CEO in 2022, David Donegan is moving to a role with the Velindre University NHS Trust

After 27 years with the NHS, David Donegan became head of Cork University Hospitals Group in 2022. Now he is moving back to an NHS role in Wales. Picture: Denis Boyle

The CEO of Cork University Hospital, who announced his resignation on Friday, will begin work with a Welsh NHS Trust in December, the Irish Examiner can reveal.

David Donegan took up his position as head of the Cork University Hospitals Group just over two years ago in the summer of 2022, during the pandemic. The group also includes hospitals in Mallow and Bantry as well as community services across the region.