Registered Nurse, MSc Professional and Policy Studies. Ruth most recently worked as the Director of Nursing for NHS England,Wessex and latterly Hampshire, Isle of Wight and Thames Valley. In this capacity she led the quality team, and worked with commissioners and providers of health care to ensure and support improvement and strategic planning for quality care. Her responsibilities included ensuring that patient experience and NHS safeguarding duties were met across Wessex and Hampshire and Thames Valley.
She also worked closely with Health Education England on workforce development.
Ruth has held senior positions in South East Coast SHA, including interim Director of Nursing.Ruth has previously been a school governor at both secondary and preschool schools and is also a Trustee of Langley House Trust charity and a Clinical non-executive director of Hampshire Hospitals Foundation Trust.
