It was great to join the Convenzis team again for the patient flow event. As always, the team were incredibly accommodating and happy to help. The quality of attendees is always of a high standard and relevant to the patient flow and to us also. We continue to have great discussions and footfall around our stand with no need to try and encourage people to come and see us. Really positive event for us and we look forward to working with Convenzis in the future.
Ann Ford
Deputy Chief Inspector
Hospitals at Care Quality Commission
I qualified as a nurse in 1981. I worked in renal medicine and Intensive/high dependency nursing before joining the school of nursing as a nurse tutor.
I left nursing for a while to run my own business.
On my return to nursing, I commissioned and worked in a number of services for older people within the independent sector.
I joined the Registration and Inspection Team at Liverpool Health Authority in1996 lead a joint Registration and inspection Team for Liverpool Health Authority and Liverpool City Council. I then joined the National Care Standards Commission in 2001 as an area manager responsible for regulating health and social care services on Merseyside.
Since then I have always worked in the regulation of health and social care services, joining the Care Quality Commission in 2009.
I was appointed Head of Hospital Inspection in November 2013 and head of Local System review in April 2017. In July 2019 I was appointed Deputy Chief Inspector of Hospitals.
