Allyson Downes - Trust Secretary
The Trust Board Secretary is principally responsible for the smooth and effective operation of the Trust Board. This role includes ensuring legal and governance advice is available to the Board, and an appropriate Trust constitution is created and maintained.
Background
Allyson brings extensive experience to the Trust from a career in the public sector, including local government, and a total of over 25 years as an NHS senior manager. She has worked in mental health, learning disability and community services, leading on the development of organisational-wide quality and clinical governance systems and processes. Most recently, she has led on project managing specific Trust-wide regulatory associated initiatives.
Allyson was Deputy Trust Secretary and Foundation Trust Project Lead before being appointed as Trust Secretary in April 2014.
Allyson continues to progress her passion for quality improvement and excellence in practice in her Trust Secretary role and is an active member of the NHS Company Secretaries Network.
Qualifications
NEBS Management Programme, Certificate in Management Studies, Diploma in Management Studies from Coventry University and Master of Science - Quality in Healthcare from the University of Birmingham.