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Katie Lean

Katie Lean, an award-winning senior programme manager, discusses the fun side of healthcare improvement projects. She believes that simplicity can often lead to the most significant impacts in the NHS.

A thirst for change

Katie is an award-winning senior programme manager at Oxford Academic Health Science Network (AHSN). A clinician with over 34 years’ experience in nursing and midwifery, she has expertise in research, risk management, patient safety, and quality improvement.

Whilst at Oxford AHSN, Katie has provided transformational leadership to the national Acute Kidney Injury and Maternity and Neonatal patient safety improvement programmes.

Ensuring that patients and staff have a voice is what motivates her most. She is passionate about bringing people together towards a common goal, helping them to understand the “why” in change and building bridges to support the process.