Jane Dickson
Interim Deputy Chief Executive
Jane Dickson became Interim Deputy Chief Executive in March 2025 having joined Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust initially as Interim Chief Nursing Officer in June 2024.
She previously worked at Board level as Chief Nurse at East Kent Hospitals, and prior to that at Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust. Jane has held a number of senior posts in nursing and roles.
Earlier in her nursing career Jane specialised in intensive care nursing, and has spent a significant portion of her working in the highly regulated environment of NHS Blood and Transplant, leading organ donation services and latterly blood donation.
Improving services and access to services, whilst at the same time supporting the teams who deliver that care has been at the heart of her career with people always at the centre of her approach.
To support her own development Jane studied Health Care ethics at Kings College and has also completed an MSc in leadership.
Board of directors
- Jackie Smith, Chair
- Abigail Jago, Acting Chief Executive
- Jane Dickson, Interim Deputy Chief Executive
- Tamara Everington, Chief Medical Officer
- Edmund Tabay, Chief Nursing Officer
- Jon Bell, Interim Chief Finance Officer
- Paul Dillon-Robinson, Non-Executive Director
- Russell Hobby, Non-Executive Director
- Karen Norman, Non-Executive Director
- Peter O'Donnell, Non-Executive Director
- Shaun O'Leary, Non-Executive Director
- Kirsten Timmins, Chief Operating Officer
- Helen Edmunds, Chief People Officer (non-voting director)
- Leonora May, Company Secretary
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