Media Release: New Chair appointed to Healthcare Improvement Scotland as current Chair moves to NHS Tayside
Carole Wilkinson, Chair of Healthcare Improvement Scotland since 2018, has been appointed by Neil Gray, the Cabinet Secretary for Health, as the Interim Chair of NHS Tayside. Evelyn McPhail has been appointed Interim Chair of Healthcare Improvement Scotland.
Speaking of the appointment, Carole said:
“I will miss everyone in Healthcare Improvement Scotland, but I know that the organisation will continue to go from strength to strength. I look forward to working with my new colleagues in NHS Tayside and I will be staying in touch over the coming months with developments in Healthcare Improvement Scotland.
“I am grateful to Evelyn McPhail for stepping up to be Interim Chair and wish her well in the role. At a significant time for the organisation, I have also asked Suzanne Dawson to continue to provide leadership as Chair of the Scottish Health Council and as Vice Chair of Healthcare Improvement Scotland.”
Former Chair of Healthcare Improvement Scotland
Evelyn McPhail is currently a non-executive director in Healthcare Improvement Scotland and Chair of the organisation’s Quality and Performance Committee. Evelyn is also Depute Chair of Fife College and prior to her retirement from the NHS, was the Director of Pharmacy and Medicines at NHS Fife.
Speaking of her appointment to Interim Chair, Evelyn said:
“I am delighted to be offered and accept the role of Interim Chair of Healthcare Improvement Scotland and wish to provide the same level of support and guidance to the organisation as Carole has. I look forward to working with all the staff through some potentially challenging times ahead, but am confident that we can all work together to support the delivery of safe and effective care throughout Scotland.”
Interim Chair of Healthcare Improvement Scotland
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Evelyn McPhail has 38 years’ experience working in the NHS and Health and Social Care sector until her retirement in 2019. She was the Director of Pharmacy and Medicines for NHS Fife and the Fife Integrated Joint Board of the Health and Social Care Partnership and was responsible for providing strategic leadership, leading on clinical governance and working with partner organisations in the development and delivery of pharmaceutical care services for the people of Fife.
She is a retired pharmacist with experience of transformational change, working in a complex environment with multiple stakeholders and managing in a large organisation with a wealth of experience in health and social care. Evelyn was awarded the Scottish Pharmacy Lifetime Achievement Award in November 2019 for her work in Pharmacy and the public sector.
Her non-executive roles included six years as a Council member of the General Pharmaceutical Council until April 2020, and she was appointed as a Governor of Fife College in February 2020.
Healthcare Improvement Scotland is the lead organisation for improving the quality of healthcare in Scotland.
