Joined Practice Plus Group (formerly Care UK) in February 2013.
Previously was National Director of Improvement and Efficiency at the Department of Health. Led the national Quality, Innovation, Productivity and Prevention (QIPP) project that works across the NHS to improve both quality and efficiency.
Was also Chief Executive of the NHS South Central Strategic Health Authority, and Chief Executive Officer of York Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
More than 30 years’ experience in the NHS, with experience in primary care, mental health, healthcare commissioning and policy development.
Joined Practice Plus Group (formerly Care UK) in October 2016.
Andy has 15 years of healthcare management experience.
Before joining Practice Plus Group, Andy spent 12 months working in social care to broaden his understanding and experience of the wider health sector.
Joined Practice Plus Group (formerly Care UK) in September 2013 when the company acquired Harmoni.
Joined Harmoni in 2008 as director or nursing and education.
Has previously volunteered as a divisional commissioner at Girl Guiding UK, has previously chaired the board of trustees at Time to Talk, and is currently a trustee at the Thames Valley Air Ambulance.
Joined Practice Plus Group (formerly Care UK) in 2008.
From 2008, was responsible for a mix of primary care services (diagnostics, musculoskeletal, urgent care, out-of-hours and general practice).
Additional responsibility for health in justice service line from 2012 and was proud to cement Practice Plus Group’s position as the largest provider of healthcare in prisons throughout the country.
From 2019, Managing Director of the Healthcare Division, Practice Plus Group.
Joined Practice Plus Group (formerly Care UK) in November 2012 when the company acquired Harmoni.
Joined Harmoni in 2009 as a self-employed GP and was appointed in January 2010 as clinical director in a GP practice with a walk-in centre, and an out-of-hours service.
Became a Harmoni regional medical director in East of England in June 2012, then national medical director in September 2013, overseeing all clinical aspects of Practice Plus Group’s primary care services.
Still works as a GP in clinical practice and out-of-hours services in North East Essex, an area which includes highly deprived areas.
Maggie Wood has been appointed to the new post of director of nursing and quality for our Health in Justice division, which serves patients in 47 prisons.
