Samantha jones nhs biography
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The Road to Integration: Interview with Samantha Jones
Right at the start of her new position as Chief Executive of Centene UK, we were delighted that Samantha Jones talked to us about what attracted her to the role in the newly formed UK operation of the established American organisation. Sharing her personal and professional experiences, Sam talks openly and enthusiastically about the absolute need for greater integration of care services and the fundamental role that enhanced data availability and usage will play in positively improving health and care at a local and national level in this country.
You have been in your new role as Chief Executive of Centene UK for only a couple of months. What attracted you to the business?
My attraction to the organisation stems from professional experience, but it was also particularly underlined by a recent personal experience.
I was formerly a Director for NHS England leading the vanguard of the national programme focused on pr
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Samantha Jones (civil servant)
British civil servant
Samantha JonesOBE (born 25 February 1971)[1] is a UK health care professional working in the health and care services sector in England and has held senior positions in Government, the NHS and the independent health and care sector.
She began her NHS career in 1989 working as a nurse at the Hospital for Sick Children in Great Ormond Street. In 2007 she was appointed to the position of Chief Executive of Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust.
In 2011 Jones accepted a position as a director of Care UK before returning to the NHS, in 2013, as Chief Executive of West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.
Described as “pioneering, brave, and courageous" by the judges, she was voted one of the top 50 innovators[2] in the NHS in 2014.
In the same year she was voted Health Service Journal Chief Executive (video) of the year.
In 2015, as part of the NHS 5 year Forward View, she