Director of Improvement; Healthcare Improvement Scotland, Scotland

Ruth is the Director of Improvement at Healthcare Improvement Scotland, where she provides strategic leadership to enable the application of quality improvement and large scale system redesign methodology to increase the pace and scale of improvement across health and social care in Scotland. Her remit includes the world renowned Scottish Patient Safety Programme which now sits alongside a wide range of other national improvement programmes including work in mental health, substance use, primary care, communities and access to elective care. Before her current role, Ruth worked in the Scottish Government providing strategic leadership for a portfolio of programmes focused on delivering sustained improvements across dementia and mental health services. Prior to this she held a range of senior management positions in health and social care around the UK. She has a Masters in Public Administration from Warwick Business School and a Masters in Leadership (Quality Improvement) from Ashridge Business School.