Honorary staff

Professor Anita Charlesworth CBE joined the Health Foundation in 2014, where she is currently Director of Research and Economics. She was formerly Chief Economist at the Nuffield Trust for four years where she led the Trust’s work on health care financing and market mechanisms.

Anita was Chief Analyst and Chief Scientific Advisor at the Department of Culture, Media and Sport from 2007 to ...

Deborah joined HSMC as a Senior Fellow in Organisational Development & Leadership in July 2003. Deborah Davidson worked as a director in voluntary sector mental health, social care and housing services from 1984 – 1998. From 1998 she moved to work in higher education, first at King’s College, London as Director of Leadership & Organisational Development Programmes and Director ...

Mr Adam Farquharson is a Consultant Colorectal Surgeon and Clinical Director for Surgery at Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust. He is also Training Programme Director for Professional Development at the NHS England (NHSE) West Midlands School of Surgery and has responsibilities for the delivery of the GMC Generic Capabilities Framework to trainees and trainers in surgery in the West ...

Emeritus Professor Chris Ham was appointed as Professor of Health Policy and Management at the University of Birmingham in 1992. From 2000 to 2004 he was seconded to the Department of Health, where he was Director of the Strategy Unit, working with ministers on NHS reform. Chris is the author of 20 books and numerous articles about health policy and management. He was awarded a CBE in 2004 ...

Sarah is the Chief People Officer for North Central London Integrated Care Board (NCL ICB) with a leadership portfolio to develop and deliver the NCL ICS People Strategy.  Prior to this role Sarah was the Director of Organisational Development at Guys and St Thomas’ NHS FT and worked closely with the Board to lead on their strategic organisational design and development agenda ...

Karen joined HSMC as a Senior Lecturer in Healthcare Policy and Management in November 2013. Originally qualifying as a clinical psychologist, Karen has over thirty years’ experience in the health and social care sector, including direct service provision and commissioning. For the past fifteen years Karen has been involved in research, consultancy and system development for a broad range ...

Professor Andy Poh is Advisor in the Prime Minister’s Office of the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Originally from Singapore, he has had an international career spanning the government and private sectors. At the federal level, his roles in the Prime Minister’s Office include the scope of policies, strategies, initiatives of national development and global partnerships. Earlier, he ...

Dr Vish Ratnasuriya MBE is a practising GP Partner and elected Chair of Our Health Partnership (OHP), one of the UK’s largest and most decentralised GP super-partnerships — an embodiment of the multi-neighbourhood provider model. He co-founded the Primary Care Health Tech Accelerator, in partnership with the West Midlands Health Tech Innovation Accelerator (WMHTIA), to help bring ...

Charlotte is Chief Strategy & Improvement Officer at Mid & South Essex NHS Foundation Trust. She is a member of the Trust Board and leads on quality improvement and innovation, digital services, system and service redesign, clinical service strategy, System-wide transformation, and strategic intelligence. Charlotte is an Associate Editor at BMJ Leader, and works with the NHS Leadership ...