Sarah Todd

Head of Allied Health Professions Education and Senior Specialist in Education for Urgent and Emergency Care

NHS England South West

Sarah’s career in healthcare started back in the late 1980’s when she trained to become a nurse. In 1992 she began a long career in the Ambulance Service and in 2006 she developed from paramedic to specialist paramedic by taking a degree in Emergency Care at UWE.

After forging a portfolio career working in pre-hospital emergency care and Primary, and Urgent care she started a 10 year career as an academic which resulted in a Leadership role in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion across the School of Health and Social Care (as was) at UWE Bristol.

In 2022, Sarah moved into two new roles as the Diversity, Equity and Belonging Manager for the College of Paramedics and as the South-West Regional Senior Specialist in Education – Urgent and Emergency Care (SSE-U&EC) for NHS England which supports Paramedics and their training and educational needs.

Since August 2024 she has taken up a new part-time role as Head of Allied Health Professions Education in NHS England SW and continues in her SSE-U&EC role. Sarah is SRO on the NHSE funded Reframe Project with UWE and is one of the first Allied Health Professionals to receive the Chief Allied Health Professions Officers Gold Award for Excellence in 2024