Chief Executive – Jennifer Welsh
Jennifer Welsh took up post as Chief Executive of the Belfast Health and Social Care Trust in October 2025.
Jennifer Welsh is former Chief Executive of the Northern Health and Social Care Trust and prior to that, she has over 25 years’ experience as a Director within Northern Ireland’s Health & Social Care Service. Jennifer has significant experience in strategy, operations, performance and capital development as well as a strong track record on safety, quality and governance.
Jennifer is currently the Senior Responsible Owner of two of Northern Ireland’s major capital investment programmes, namely the Evolve (HSC Digital) programme and the NIPIMS (NI Pathology Information Management Systems) Programme. She is also Chair of the Council for the Leadership Centre & Clinical Education Centre, and Chair of the Enhanced Care Provider Collaborative.
Jennifer has a strong background in research, prior to her health and social care career, developing partnerships between academia and clinical service, and has retained an interest in the benefits that this, as well as innovation and quality improvement, can bring to people.
Jennifer has also been responsible for developing organisational approaches to partnership and engagement with statutory agencies, the community and voluntary sector, and with service users and carers.