Dr Ruth May, a former NHS theatre sister and chief nurse, is joining the health sector regulator Monitor. She has been appointed to the role of nursing director – a key post within Monitor’s patient and clinical engagement team. In this role she will complement the clinical advice provided by Professor Hugo Mascie-Taylor, Monitor’s medical director and executive director of patient and clinical engagement.
Dr May said: “This is a really exciting time to be joining Monitor. The NHS faces a real challenge delivering the quality of care patients expect within the funding available.
“The recent ‘Stop the Pressure’ campaign, which I led, demonstrates how thinking creatively can improve patients’ experience – in this case reducing the number of pressure ulcers by 50% – and deliver cost savings to the NHS…I look forward to bringing that kind of thinking to the health regulator.”
