Nigel Edwards - Life Science Access Academy

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Nigel Edwards was the Chief Executive of the Nuffield Trust.

Starting as a graduate trainee, Nigel’s career has been spent in health service management and health policy in the UK and internationally.

He is an honorary visiting professor at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and has worked for the King’s Fund, KPMG and the NHS Confederation. He has advised on health service reform in Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Ukraine, Azerbaijan and Iraq and continues to work regularly with WHO and the European Observatory.

Nigel’s work and interests range from innovation and change at the front line of healthcare delivery, to wider healthcare policy in the UK and internationally. He is keen to draw on different disciplines to inform health policy and led the Trust’s work in recent NHS history.

Nigel is a regular contributor to the BMJ (British Medical Journal) and a widely quoted media commentator.

Nigel Edwards

Previous Masterclasses

Future of Specialised Commissioning

Fri 6th Oct 2023 13:00 – 14:00 GMT

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