Tributes paid to former Manchester council deputy and NHS boss
TRIBUTES have been paid to Steve Mycio, a former deputy leader of Manchester City Council and NHS trust chairman, who died at home on Saturday after an illness.
Mr Mycio, from Glossop, was awarded an OBE this year in the Queen’s Birthday Honours for voluntary and charitable services to health and wellbeing in Manchester.
He recently stood down as the chairman of Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (CMFT), which includes Saint Mary’s Hospital and the Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital. He took up the post in January 2015, having been a non-executive director for five years.
Its newly appointed chairman, Kathy Cowell OBE DL, said: “Steve was very focussed on doing the best for patients and led our organisation with great energy and commitment.
“We will be opening a book of condolence this week in our Multi-Faith Centre and a service of remembrance will be arranged in due course. Our thoughts are with his family at this sad time.”
Rowena Burns, chief executive of Manchester Science Partnerships and Chris Oglesby, chairman of MSP, said: “Steve has been an exceptional asset to the people of Manchester, through a lifetime of public service. We welcomed him as chair of CMFT, for his wisdom, knowledge, courage and passion.
“We were excited by the prospect of working together to deliver his future vision for this wonderful hospital, and we will honour his memory by keeping people and patients at the heart of what we do.”
Before moving into the NHS Mr Mycio, was deputy chief executive of Manchester city council.
Sir Richard Leese, leader of Manchester City Council, said: “It’s with great sadness that we hear the news of Steve passing away. He was a major figure at the city council for more than a decade and he will be sorely missed as a key public figure in Manchester. Our thoughts are with his family and friends at this difficult time.”
Mr Mycio, a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Housing and the Royal Society of Arts, was also a former interim chief executive at the office of the Police and Crime Commissioner in Manchester, a governor of Manchester Health Academy and a board member of Manchester United Foundation Charity.
