Having worked in the NHS for 21 years now, Taps trained as a General Nurse in Staffordshire and then spent the last 12 years working primarily around integrated working in senior commissioning roles that focused on service improvement and system reform.
As Director of Transformation and Partnership for NHS Black Country Integrated Care Board (ICB), Taps takes the executive lead for the ICB on population health management, addressing inequalities and system reform including the development of the Integrated Care Partnership. As well as developing the strategic approaches, processes, and infrastructure to address disparities and inequalities that exist across our population, a significant part of Taps’s role is building relationships and effective partnerships within and beyond the Black Country.