Joanne Matthews

Joanne Matthews joined Healthcare Improvement Scotland (HIS) in April 2013 as Head of Safety for the Scottish Patient Safety Programme (SPSP) following a career spanning a number of years in the South of England. 

A nurse by background, Joanne trained and worked in Scotland before moving to England, carrying out a number of clinical roles across acute care and NHSDirect, with her final clinical role as lead nurse for Kent, Surrey and Sussex within NHSDirect. Following this, Joanne moved to the Primary Care Trust (PCT) in Brighton to lead service improvement across community and acute services before taking on a Strategic Commissioner and Joint Commissioner (Adult Social Care) role across acute and community care for adults and children. During this time, Joanne also participated within the Department of Health, Long Term Conditions Quality Innovation, Productivity and Prevention (QIPP), leading the Sussex Programme.

Before returning to Scotland, Joanne successfully led the clinical commissioning group’s authorisation process for Brighton and Hove PCT and the closedown of the PCT in line with recent changes to the NHS in England.