Appointed February 2022
As a registered nurse who trained at St Bartholomew’s Hospital London, Allison has had an extensive clinical and managerial career, focusing on improving quality, patient safety, patient experience, and clinical quality assurance. Coming through the ranks of the NHS over 40 years has brought experience across a range of NHS commissioning, acute and community trusts, and public health organisations.
Having had regulatory experience with the NHS Trust Development Authority, and more recently in her current role with NHS England and NHS Improvement as an Associate Director of Nursing and Quality, she supported the COVID-19 response with professional expertise in infection prevention and control and healthcare associated infections, leadership, and strategy.
Prior to retirement, Allison was the Deputy Director of Nursing and Quality for Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent CCGs – providing clinical leadership, while contributing to the Board’s vision and strategy.
Allison was Chairman of the Royal Navy Registered Stafford Sea Scout Group and Vice Chair of St James Primary School, where her daughters attended. She voluntarily brought her NHS governance experience to both groups, and successfully steered both committees through their respective inspections.