Katie is Head of Programmes - Patient Safety within the Patient Safety and Care Improvement Team at the Innovation Agency (North West Coast Academic Health and Science Network (AHSN) and has operational responsibility for the delivery of the National Patient Safety Improvement Programmes (NatPatSIPs), a key component of the Patient Safety Strategy, across Cheshire & Merseyside and Lancashire & South Cumbria.

Katie has over 25 years experience in the NHS as a registered nurse (predominantly Critical Care, Deteriorating Patient and Sepsis), has an MSc in Quality and Patient Safety Improvement and is an Advanced Quality Improvement Practitioner and Human Factors Instructor.