Kate joined the NHS in 2000 and has held a variety of roles including across commissioning, operational management, contracting, service development/transformation, planning and improvement. Kate has worked at East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust since 2008 and during her 17 years there has held a variety of roles supporting and leading significant programmes of transformation and leading the development of the Improvement Practice at the Trust. For the last 3.5 years she has held the role of Director of Service Development and Improvement at the Trust. Kate is a local resident and is passionate about living and working in East Lancashire.