Dr Sam Barrell CBE is an English doctor. She joined the Francis Crick Institute in London as Chief Operating Officer in September 2017 and in 2022 was promoted to Deputy Chief Executive Officer.[1] She is responsible for leading the operational management and running of the institute and deputises for the Director, Sir Paul Nurse.
She was appointed Chief Executive of Taunton and Somerset NHS Foundation Trust in February 2015.[2] In September 2016 the Trust was one of 16 acute hospitals named by the Department of Health as a global digital exemplar for the NHS. In December 2017 the Care Quality Commission rated the trust "Good" overall, and outstanding in its care. From 2012 she was chief clinical office at South Devon and Torbay Clinical Commissioning Group where she called for the suspension of Dr Paula Vasco-Knight, Chief Executive of South Devon Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust who was accused of nepotism.[3]
She was previously a GP in Brixham where she led GP commissioning in Torbay, and promoted the town’s integrated commissioning and provision arrangements nationally.[4] She was a member of the Joinedup Health and Care Cabinet which was a pioneer of integrated care in the English NHS.[5]
She was appointed a CBE in the 2014 Queen's Birthday Honours, and was named one of the 50 most inspirational people in healthcare by the Health Service Journal which described her as one of the new breed of clinical leaders spearheading transformation of the NHS.[6]
Sam Barrell is a non-executive director for Assura PLC[7] and British Land's Innovation Advisory Council.[8]
References
edit- ^ "Sam Barrell promoted to Crick Deputy Chief Executive Officer". Crick. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
- ^ "Musgrove Park Hospital announces Dr Sam Barrell as new CEO". Western Gazette. 25 November 2014. Retrieved 5 May 2015.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Torbay Hospital boss should be 'immediately suspended' says health chief". Torquay Herald Express. 8 February 2014. Retrieved 5 May 2015.
- ^ "Sam Barrell named as South Devon and Torbay CCG accountable officer". Health Service Journal. 3 October 2012. Retrieved 5 May 2015.
- ^ "Race for the prize: achieving integrated care". Health Service Journal. 28 June 2013. Retrieved 5 May 2015.
- ^ "HSJ Inspirational Women 2013". Health Service Journal. 17 July 2013. Retrieved 5 May 2015.
- ^ "New faces join our board". Assura. 6 April 2021. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
- ^ "British Land establishes Innovation Advisory Council to support continued growth in life science and innovation sectors". British Land. 31 May 2023. Retrieved 12 January 2024.