Lorna Darknell
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Improvement Advisor; East London NHS Foundation Trust, England
Lorna is an Improvement Advisor with the QI Dept at East London NHS Foundation Trust, where she leads on embedding QI across the Inequalities Programme in Bedfordshire, Milton Keynes and Luton. Prior to this, Lorna held roles in the Healthcare Inequalities Improvement Programme at NHS England and Improvement, where she ran the engagement programme for Core20PLUS5 – the NHS approach for reducing health inequalities – as well as authoring policies. Lorna has also undertaken operational and project management roles in NHS provider settings. She is an NHS Graduate Management Training Scheme alumnus and holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Healthcare Leadership. Lorna is interested in harnessing the voice of people and communities, and working in partnership across organisational boundaries, to promote a fairer society.