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  • Team member, Sarah Compton-Bishop
    Sarah Compton-Bishop
    Chair @ NHS Highland

    Sarah Compton-Bishop was appointed as Chair of NHS Highland in March 2023 following five years serving as a Non-Executive Director on the board.

    Sarah Compton-Bishop was appointed as Chair of NHS Highland in March 2023 following five years serving as a Non-Executive Director on the board.

    Sarah has a broad range of governance experience across public and third sector organisations, including her work as Chair of the Argyll and Bute Integration Joint Board and NHS Highland Staff Governance Committee.

    Sarah’s career has spanned roles in operational delivery and improvement, strategic leadership and Community Led development in remote rural communities – something she remains passionate about.

    Sarah has worked extensively in and with several volunteer organisations and continues to support initiatives in her local community.

    Having lived in the Highlands since her teens, Sarah relocated to the Isle of Jura in 2012 with her family. During this time Sarah has lived with, and supported loved ones with long term health conditions, leading to a particular interest in innovative solutions for delivering equitable health care across our diverse geography.

    Sarah is Chair of the NHS Scotland Volunteering Advisory Board.

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  • Team member, Fiona Davies
    Fiona Davies
    Chief Executive @ NHS Highland

    Fiona Davies is the Chief Executive of NHS Highland. A Registered Mental Health Nurse and (until April 2024) Chief Officer of Argyll and Bute Health and Social Care Partnership, Fiona brings a wealth of clinical and senior management experience, and a depth of knowledge of the whole Highland area to this role.

    After training in Leeds, West Yorkshire in the early 1990s, Fiona worked in London, North Wales and Southwest England in clinical and senior management roles, including the leadership of integrated health and social care services.

    When the opportunity to relocate to Highland arose, Fiona moved with her young family to return to clinical practice in the Lochaber area. However, before long Fiona's skills and experience drew her back into leadership roles, quickly taking on responsibility for community and then acute mental health in Highland, including leading mental health through the COVID pandemic.

    This appointment makes Fiona the first Chief Executive to have held senior roles in both partnership areas of the board. As Chief Officer of Argyll and Bute HSCP she demonstrated her interest in remote and rural public services, along with a focus on delivering safe and effective care in partnership, recognising the relationship between inequalities and health outcomes.

    Throughout Fiona's career she has developed strong links nationally with partner organisations, stakeholders and communities, and has articulated and advocated for the needs of rural communities, including policy, to enable delivery within the geography of the NHS Highland area.

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