QII Lead, South West London & St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust; England

Sarah has almost 30 years’ experience in the NHS as a registered Mental Health Nurse. Her expertise lies in pioneering new services and roles, and she currently holds the position of Quality Improvement and Innovation Manager/Improvement Advisor at SWLSTG. She is an accredited QSIR associate. Her professional journey has seen her in various clinical roles such as forensics, CaMHS and CMHT’s, and she has also shared her knowledge a s a lecturer/practitioner, focusing on psychosocial interventions. Sarah’s academic achievements include an MSc In Psychiatric and Mental Health nursing from the University of Newcastle and an MRES (Clin) from St Georges University, and an honorary lecturer role at both Kingston University and Kings college. Currently a PhD student at Kingston University, researching absorptive capacity, external inspections in mental health organisations at Kingston University.