Executive Medical Director
North West Ambulance Service
Chris is the Executive Medical Director at North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust (NWAS). NWAS serves more than seven million people across approximately 5,400 square miles. We receive approximately 1.4 million 999 calls and respond to around a million emergency incidents each year.
In addition, NWAS makes 1.4 million patient transport journeys every year for those who require non-emergency transport to and from healthcare appointments. NWAS also delivers the NHS 111 service across the region handling more than 1.7 million calls every year. Chris has Board responsibility for the clinical elements of NWAS services and provides professional leadership for the healthcare teams.
This includes paramedics, nurses, pharmacists, midwives, emergency medical technicians and doctors. Research and development, and Freedom to Speak Up are some of his key director responsibilities. In addition, the Public Health Team sits in Chris’ portfolio. He was co-chair of the AACE Consensus Development Group, which led to the national statement for the ambulance sector in reducing health inequalities. He completed his undergraduate training at Kings College London before continuing his post graduate training in hospitals across the North West. In recent years, he has worked both in Australia and the United States.
As a Fellow of the Institute of Healthcare Improvement (IHI) he studied Quality Improvement in order to utilise improvement science to advance and sustain better outcomes in health and health care.
