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Sarah has a background as a registered nurse with over 30 years’ experience working in the NHS, the last 25 of which were in the fields of patient safety, clinical governance, NHS regulatory assessment and risk management. Sarah also has 10 years’ experience at Director level working in a large acute Trust.

She has worked across health systems locally and nationally to develop governance structures, assurance processes and been involved in the delivery of safety projects across all specialties.  

Since retiring from her full-time NHS post in January 2022, Sarah has committed her time to the following: 

  • Independent Clinical Governance Consultant.
  • Redesign of governance arrangements for a joint NHS/University Innovation Service
  • Review and recommendations for two Acute NHS FT Hospitals on clinical governance and patient safety arrangements.
  • Design and delivery of a comprehensive governance improvement programme in a large Mental Health NHS FT. 
  • Non-Executive Director at Countess of Chester NHS Foundation Trust.

Sarah is deeply committed to the NHS and the provision of high quality, safe care to the people of the North West and beyond.