Andy Foster Email & Phone Number

London, GB

London, England, United Kingdom

I commission nine highly specialised services in England and lead the implementation and activation of Advanced Therapy Medicinal Products (ATMPs) for the NHS. I am commissioning paediatrics neuromuscular ATMP Hubs in England readying the NHS for Duchenne muscular dystrophy gene therapies, working with pharmacological companies, charities and services. I.

London, England, United Kingdom

• My primary objective has been to develop and deliver a business-to-business, end-to-end commissioning approach for the use of Advanced Therapy Medicinal Products (ATMPs), such as ex-vivo gene therapy’s which, through.
• I developed, implemented, and am refining the first Agile end-to-end commissioning process used within NHS England National Specialised commissioning. The process operates and interconnects within the complex.
• I am developing and implementing a commercial engagement strategy, designed to complement the Agile delivery method and managed the Business-to-Business relationships with multiple companies and the NHS regarding the.
• I Chair a National NHS England thematic group ‘People manager disability equality training’.

Remote From London

I provided short-term specialist consultant Programme Management support for a National NHS priority Programme: Clinical Pathways Improvement Programme in the East of England as part of the Getting It Right First Time (GIRFT) agenda, rethinking and implementing the programme governance and assurance structures.

Remote From London

• I specialised in end-to-end people, delivery, and value-focused programme management approaches, implementing a portfolio of specialist digital and pharmacological products and healthcare programmes negotiating the.
• I successfully increased the number QbTest's by 80% to 1000+ tests per year and increased the sites by 80% in ten months. I am projecting an increase to 1800+ tests per year within the next 12 months.
• I set up the FREED service for the EIED programme across all five eating disorder services in the Eastern area within ten months, aiming to deliver the programme 16 months early.

London, England, United Kingdom

• I relocated to London to support the NHS efforts during Wave one of the Covid-19 pandemic. I supervised the COVID-19 information flows within the NHS incident room and compiled the daily report for the Department of.
• I worked in a matrix fashion, utilising my programme management skills to develop incident management protocols, set up processes, and coordinate guidance development and sign-offs according to daily priorities and.
• I responded to data requests from the Secretary of States' Private Office, NHSE/I senior leaders, Downing Street, Regional ICCs. I dealt with any ad-hoc requests for information while supporting the Senior Incident.
• I ensured that the information governance policy was adhered to and maintained throughout the incident and developed data-sharing agreements between national stakeholders. And most importantly, ensuring the team's.

Cambridge, United Kingdom

• I delivered the Maternity transformation programme across the Midlands and East of England. I effectively achieved programme governance across 17 NHS project teams via a mixture of waterfall and agile methodologies. I.
• I improved maternity services for over 10 million people by utilising multiple research methods and embracing a fail-fast methodology. I interpreted data from my work and formed strategic recommendations for the board.
• I influenced the programme's direction through my ability to communicate a concise, single message to all. Onboarding people and bring them together to deliver value.
• I developed systems that translated raw data analysis and meaningful intelligence reports into easy-to-read graphics (heatmaps, one pager's, & infographics) and then used the data to develop solutions and shape.
• I introduced quality improvement systems into the maternity programme. Developed strong governance structures utilising the National Decision-Making model. My templates have been held as exempla of best practice.
• I developed systems, set roadmaps/timelines and produced clear and robust governance review processes. I report performance to the Regional East of England Maternity Programme Board and the national team. The East of.

Cambridge, United Kingdom

• I organised and executed the delivery of multiple national research programmes throughout the NHS Mental Health Trust, conducting psychometric assessments and obtained biological samples, including orchestrated their.
• I facilitated the CRN Eastern: Essentials of Clinical Research and the Good Clinical Practice course and used my knowledge and experiences to help develop others in the wider CRN team.
• I presented at research events for the CRN, such as; Psychologist training day, research training events at Cambridge University and public events such as the Festival of Science.
• I liaised with Research & Development departments, both internal and external, Patient Public Involvement teams and local stakeholders, alongside the primary research team to assist in the ethical and practical.
• I pioneered novel recruitment methods, developing different recruitment campaigns. I started a new promotional campaign called 'Ask about Research' and used digital technologies, including Twitter, QR codes and.

East Of England

As an extra aspect to my role within the NIHR CRN, I volunteered on top on my normal duties on the workforce development team facilitating on the Essential of Clinical Research course along with the Principle Investigator course. In this role I worked to develop other colleagues in order to improve the services that we could offer to patients.

Peterborough, United Kingdom

As a Clinical Studies Officer I actively recruied participants for research projects, conducted research assessments, providing information and support for patients involved in clinical research projects supported by the CRN: Eastern team. I assisted in promotion of CRN: Eastern work and carried out administration for research projects and maintain.

Cambridge, United Kingdom

I was the Project Manager on a NHS database project. I was designing and implementing a new clinical and research database for the eating disorder team in CPFT. I had to work closely with the consultants, nursing and administration team to ensure that the product I was delivering was fit for purpose and was delivered in a timely fashion. The Database is.

Cambridge, United Kingdom

My role within S3 was diverse and dynamic. The role was primarily to act in a supporting role for the service users being an initial point of contact. Furthermore, I provided emotional support and encouraged healthy eating habits within the service users. I acted to support service users on a 1:1 and group bases, running a therapeutic clinical group once a.

Nottingham, United Kingdom

The role required the team to conduct a systematic review of the literature into pain, anxiety and depression in Osteoarthritis. We were in the final writing stage of the articles with the intentions of publishing two papers. My duties included; liaising with lead research supervisor and team on different aspects of the project, reviewing the literature.

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Psychology, Not Obtained Due To Funding Constraints

The Addiction to Body Image (ABI) model was first delineated by Foster, Shorter and Griffiths (2014) as a construct to introduce a.

Master Of Science (Msc), Psychological Research Methods

The course is approved by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), counting as the +1 stage for a 3+1 PhD studies. The course.

Bachelor Of Science (Bsc), Psychology With Criminology, 2:1

Activities and Societies: Rowed for NTUBC 1st Boat 2010-2011 Level Two rowing coach part of NTUBC student Coaching squad 2011-2012.

Access To Higher Education (Health & Social Care), Criminology, Psychology And Sociology, Pass

Fnd And Nd, Public Services & Engineering