Navina Evans

‎Ahalia Navina Evans CBE is a British retired child and adolescent psychiatry consultant who was the Chief Workforce, Training & Education Officer of NHS England between 2023 and 2025. She was previously the chief executive officer of East London NHS Foundation Trust between 2016 and 2020 and chief executive of Health Education England between 2020 and 2023. Quotes Dr. Navina Evans on Women in Leadership ‎Women in Leadership: Dr Navina Evans I was a clinician, but at East London NHS Foundation Trust I was encouraged to take on management and leadership responsibilities so I kind of fell into it really. There were some jobs I did not get but I don’t know if that was because I’m a woman or because of my ethnicity. They should ask themselves the question: ‘Does race really matter?’ and they should not just follow the WRES because they have been told they have to. They need to have a debate around why it matters. Dr. Navina Evans on strengthening teamwork and addressing difficult realities ‎Dr Navina Evans on enhancing collaboration and facing ‘uncomfortable truths What is required in Northumberland will be different to Devon, to London to Kent, etc. HEE will work closely with providers to understand differing service designs and models. We may have to run double programmes for people to catch up on what they have missed. The Role of Inclusive Leadership in Ensuring Successful Quality Improvement ‎Inclusive Leadership: The Key to Successful Quality Improvement Leadership is something that everybody in an organization can demonstrate and take on at different points in time, no matter their rank or professional identity. We have the same old solutions, the same old people, coming up with the same old answers. Some of our leaders talk about the need for diversity of opinion and diversity of thought without necessarily acknowledging that we need more women. External links ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎Category:Living people ‎Category:entrepreneurs ‎Category:1962 births ‎ Category:Businesswomen from England ‎Category:Chief executive officers ‎ ‎ ‎Category:Women born in the 1970s ‎Category:British women chief executives Category:Commanders of the Order of the British Empire