Katherine is Director of Patient Safety and Clinical Improvement, leading a broad portfolio of improvement programmes including maternal and neonatal safety, women’s health, medicines safety, mental health, wound care and wider national patient safety priorities. She oversees delivery of regional projects for the Oxford and Thames Valley area and leads national programmes in maternity and neonatal safety and mental health, working closely with NHS England, Integrated Care Boards and system partners. Katherine heads an experienced team with expertise in evaluation, quality improvement, patient safety and adoption and spread of innovative solutions from a cross section of clinical backgrounds.
With more than 25 years’ experience across the NHS, Katherine began her career as a midwife before developing into clinical leadership roles across both wards and departments and achieved a MSc in Public Health. Katherine subsequently worked in clinical research at the University of Oxford, before specialising in quality improvement and patient safety at system level. This combined clinical, leadership, research and improvement background shapes her pragmatic, evidence-informed approach to change.
Katherine is particularly focused on strengthening safety culture, supporting multidisciplinary teams, and enabling effective collaboration across organisational boundaries to deliver measurable improvements in care, safety and outcomes.