Ahalia Navina Evans CBE, known as Navina Evans, is a British former child and adolescent psychiatry consultant who has been the Chief Workforce, Training & Education Officer of NHS England since April 2023. She was previously the chief executive officer of East London NHS Foundation Trust between 2016 and 2020 and chief executive of Health Education England between 2020 and 2023.

Career

Evans was born in September 1962,[1] grew up in Malaysia, and emigrated to the UK in her childhood, graduating with a medical degree from a London medical school in 1987.[2][3] She joined East London NHS Foundation Trust (ELFT) as a child and adolescent psychiatry consultant in 1997. She later became the clinical director for the speciality and deputy chief executive and director of operations at the trust in 2011. Five years later, Evans was appointed as the trust's chief executive.[4][5][6]

In 2020, she left ELFT to become the chief executive of Health Education England (HEE).[7][8] Evans was the first and only Asian woman to lead HEE.[9] HEE merged with NHS England in 2023 and Evans became its Chief Workforce Training and Education Officer.[10] She is also a board member of Think Ahead, an organisation which trains mental health social workers, and was previously an Honorary Senior Lecturer and Associate Dean at Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry.[11][12]

Honours

Evans was made an Honorary Fellow at the Royal College of Psychiatrists in 2020.[13] In the same year, she was awarded a CBE in the New Year Honours for services to NHS leadership and the Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic community.[14]

References

  1. ↑ "Ahalia Navina Evans". Companies House. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
  2. ↑ "Dr Navina Evans CBE: leadership, learning and the NHS workforce". The King's Fund. 29 August 2023. Event occurs at 01:30. Retrieved 7 January 2024.
  3. ↑ "Ahalia Navina Evans". General Medical Council. Retrieved 7 January 2024.
  4. ↑ "Navina Evans". The King's Fund. Retrieved 7 January 2024.
  5. ↑ Evans, Navina (31 October 2019). "A request for my white colleagues, family and friends". NHS Providers. Retrieved 7 January 2024.
  6. ↑ Hopps, Kat (27 September 2016). "Newham-based NHS trust has UK's first female and ethnic minority top team". Newham Recorder. Retrieved 7 January 2024.
  7. ↑ "Health Education England announces new Chief Executive as Dr Navina Evans". Health Education England. 26 March 2020. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
  8. ↑ Kituno, Nick (26 March 2020). "Chief leaves trust after 25 years for national role". Health Service Journal. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
  9. ↑ "Senior NHS staff want to inspire others to consider careers in nursing". Lancashire Telegraph. 5 March 2023. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
  10. ↑ Evans, Navina (21 April 2023). "The end of an era and new beginnings". Health Education England. Retrieved 7 January 2024.
  11. ↑ "Welcoming the 2022 Cohort to our programme". Think Ahead. 16 June 2022. Retrieved 7 January 2024.
  12. ↑ "Author: Navina Evans". NHS Leadership Academy. Retrieved 7 January 2024.
  13. ↑ "Honorary Fellows and President's medal winners accept awards at virtual ceremony". Royal College of Psychiatrists. Retrieved 2 November 2023.
  14. ↑ "New Role for Chief Executive, Dr Navina Evans CBE". East London NHS Foundation Trust. 2020. Retrieved 7 January 2024.


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