Paula is a Registered Adult and Children’s Nurse and has had a long clinical career in Emergency Care leading innovation in Advanced Practice, Paediatric Emergency Care and Clinical Informatics. She completed a Doctorate at the University of Salford in 2014 undertaking research into the effectiveness of computerised decision support.

Paula joined Health Innovation Manchester in 2016 to lead the Utilisation Management (UM) Unit, which specialised in urgent and emergency care improvement support. She is currently the Chief Nurse and provides senior clinical leadership across the Health Innovation Manchester portfolio acting as Senior Responsible Officer on a number of complex system-wide innovation projects.

Paula is passionate about innovation and the role it can play in creating healthier communities as well as making healthcare better for the people of Greater Manchester. Paula is a champion for the clinical voice and its fundamental role in both the development and deployment of innovation.

“It's still too often the case that the voices of those with the most knowledge of what needs to change and how best to change are the quietest, whether that’s staff who deliver care or the people receiving it. At Health Innovation Manchester we have deep commitment to engage with staff and communities throughout the whole innovation