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Dr Navina Evans CBE in the Chief Workforce, Training & Education Officer at NHS England. She is a Consultant Psychiatrist and was previously the Chief Executive Officer at East London NHS Foundation Trust and Chief Executive Officer at Health Education England.

Career
Dr Navina Evans CBE, originally from Malaysia, has over twenty years’ clinical experience in psychiatry, medicine and paediatrics, and came to East London in 1997 as a consultant psychiatrist. In 2011 Navina took on the role of deputy chief executive and director of operations at the East London NHS Foundation Trust (ELFT), and was appointed as chief executive in August 2016. She held a number of positions in the Trust prior to being appointed Chief executive, including Clinical Director for Adolescent Mental Health Servies.

At the time, East London NHS Foundation Trust were one of two Trusts in the UK, to have ethnic minority chief executives.

Prior to 2011, Navina worked as the clinical director for Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) at ELFT, where she led on ensuring effective delivery in terms of quality, performance and effectiveness and had lead responsibility for partnerships and integrated care.

During her time at ELFT, four patients “unexpectedly” died on a mental health ward which has more than the recommended number of patients. Evans, who was Chief Executive at the time said, “The loss of life of any patient is a tragedy and my heart goes out to the family and friends of those individuals. We have been focussed on learning lessons following these incidents and are encouraged that our progress has been recognised by inspectors. We will continue to work to improve how care is provided and to embed improvements across our services.”

In March 2020, it was announced that Navina Evans would succeed Professor Ian Cumming as the new Chief Executive Officer at then Health Education England. Evans became the first and only Asian women to lead Health Education England, before it was merged into NHS England.

Awards
Evans, was awarded a CBE in the New Years Honours List in January 2020 for services to NHS leadership and the Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic community