Navina Evans
Navina Evans CBE | |
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| File:Dr Navina Evans.jpg | |
| Chief Workforce, Training & Education Officer at NHS England | |
| Assumed office April 2023 | |
| Appointed by | Amanda Pritchard |
| Preceded by | Professor Ian Cummings |
| Personal details | |
| Nationality | British |
| Residence | London |
| Awards | Commander of The British Empire CBE |
Ahalia Navina Evans CBE, known as Navina Evans, is the Chief Workforce, Training & Education Officer at NHS England.[1][2] Evans is a consultant psychiatrist and was previously the chief executive officer at East London NHS Foundation Trust and chief executive officer at Health Education England.[3] Evans hold an MBBS, DCH and MRCPsych,[4] and is also a Trustee of The Think Ahead Organisation.[5]
Career
Evans, originally from Malaysia, has over twenty years’ clinical experience in psychiatry, medicine and paediatrics, and came to East London in 1997 as a consultant psychiatrist. In 2011 she took on the role of deputy chief executive and director of operations at the East London NHS Foundation Trust (ELFT), and was appointed as chief executive in August 2016.[6] She held a number of positions in the Trust prior to being appointed chief executive, including Clinical Director for Adolescent Mental Health Services.[7]
At the time, East London NHS Foundation Trust was one of the two Trusts in the UK to have ethnic minority chief executives.[8]
Prior to 2011, Evans worked as the clinical director for Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) at ELFT.[9] In March 2020, it was announced that Evans would succeed Professor Ian Cumming as the new chief executive officer at then Health Education England.[10][11] Evans became the first and only Asian woman to lead Health Education England,[12] before it was merged into NHS England.[13]
In 2020, Evans was made an Honorary Fellow at the Royal College of Psychiatrists[14]
Awards
Evans was awarded a CBE in the New Years Honours List in January 2020 for services to NHS leadership and the Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic community.[15]
References
- ^ "NHS executive group". NHS England. Retrieved 2023-10-28.
- ^ "The end of an era and new beginnings". Health Education England. 2023-04-25. Retrieved 2023-10-27.
- ^ "Health Education England announces new Chief Executive as Dr Navina Evans". Health Education England. 2020-03-26. Retrieved 2023-10-27.
- ^ "Navina Evans". The King's Fund. Retrieved 2023-11-02.
- ^ "THE THINK AHEAD ORGANISATION - Charity 1166577". register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk. Retrieved 2023-10-28.
- ^ "A request for my white colleagues, family and friends - NHS Providers". nhsproviders.org. Retrieved 2023-10-27.
- ^ "Navina Evans". The King's Fund. Retrieved 2023-10-27.
- ^ "Newham-based NHS trust has UK's first female and ethnic minority top team". Newham Recorder. 2016-09-27. Retrieved 2023-10-27.
- ^ "A request for my white colleagues, family and friends - NHS Providers". nhsproviders.org. Retrieved 2023-10-27.
- ^ "Health Education England announces new Chief Executive as Dr Navina Evans". Health Education England. 2020-03-26. Retrieved 2023-10-27.
- ^ Kituno, Nick (2020-03-26). "Chief leaves trust after 25 years for national role". Health Service Journal. Retrieved 2023-10-27.
- ^ "Senior NHS staff want to inspire others to consider careers in nursing". Lancashire Telegraph. 2023-03-05. Retrieved 2023-10-27.
- ^ "Health Education England, NHS Digital and NHS England have merged into a single organisation". NHS England. Retrieved 2023-10-27.
- ^ "Honorary Fellows and President's medal winners accept awards at virtual ceremony". www.rcpsych.ac.uk. Retrieved 2023-11-02.
- ^ "Tower Hamlets and Newham NHS chief receives CBE in New Year's Honours list". East London Advertiser. 2020-01-07. Retrieved 2023-10-28.
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