I am the Service Improvement Lead in Cancer and have been in post at Airedale since November 2023. I have over 37 years NHS experience providing strategic, operational, and professional leadership management skills with quality and service improvement knowledge, and experience, including the cancer services agenda and managing complex clinical pathways within challenged services. I have significant experience of working in the Locality and operating as part of a wider system through West Yorkshire & Harrogate Cancer Alliance connecting with other Places and with the specialty Cancer Alliance Optimal Pathways Groups and multidisciplinary team members through work programmes.  I have managed and implemented change on different scales and timeframes and used a range of tools and techniques to drive improvement to benefit performance and a person’s experience. I am an enthusiastic, highly motivated individual with a commitment and passion to deliver continuous transformed cancer pathways improvement and quality services through a well led structured governance framework.