Dr Emma Wadey joins HPFT as Chief Nursing Officer

15 Jul 24

The Trust has welcomed Dr Emma Wadey as HPFT’s Chief Nursing Officer.

Dr Emma Wadey

Emma is a mental health nurse with over 25 years’ experience, most recently at a national level in NHS England. She is an advocate for supporting people with mental illness, learning disability and autism, bringing a depth of experience developed through her career of delivering quality and safety improvements.

In her new role at HPFT, Emma’s responsibilities will include the professional leadership of the Trust’s mental health and learning disability nursing staff, psychologists, allied health professionals and social workers. She will also have overall responsibility for safeguarding service users, as well as infection prevention and control.

Karen Taylor, HPFT Chief Executive said:

“We are delighted to welcome Emma to the HPFT family and I’m looking forward to working with her. I know her determination and leadership will help us to achieve our ambitions to improve outcomes for the service users, carers and communities that we serve.”

Dr Emma Wadey, Chief Nursing Officer said:

“I am excited to be joining HPFT and sharing my passion and commitment to providing great care to those with mental illness, learning disabilities and autism. I’m really looking forward to meeting staff, service users, carers, partners and stakeholders over the coming weeks.”

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