Alison is the Associate Director of Facilities at County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust, and she is recognised as an experienced healthcare professional with a proven track record of sustained innovation and achievement in the delivery of Facilities Management Services.

Her current role focuses on being responsible and accountable for the strategic and operational services that impact on the patient’s journey and experience, along with the EFM governance and the performance agenda.  Her day-to-day responsibilities include the leadership of 550 staff, delivering a range of Facilities Services across eight hospital sites and a large number of Health Centre Premises.

Under Alison's leadership her Facilities Management Services have achieved measurable improvement for patients, visitors and staff. These improvements have been recognised at a national level from which the Trust is used nationally as a benchmark for the delivery of Facilities Management Services.

Alison has been involved in a number of national strategic projects to improve the patient's journey and experience within the NHS and is currently a member of the Acute Stakeholder Group for the Premises Assurance Model.