Sarah Mckellar Email & Phone Number

Newcastle Upon Tyne, Gb

As a freelance consultant I worked for North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) delivering a variety of projects for NHS England. This included: · Developing and delivering a communications strategy to support the launch of a national Clinical and Pharmaceutical Waste Framework for NHS England (December 2015 to 31 March 2016). · As Interim GP Workforce Communications Lead at NHS England, I developed an integrated communications strategy for NHS England and Health… Show more As a freelance consultant I worked for North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) delivering a variety of projects for NHS England. This included: · Developing and delivering a communications strategy to support the launch of a national Clinical and Pharmaceutical Waste Framework for NHS England (December 2015 to 31 March 2016). · As Interim GP Workforce Communications Lead at NHS England, I developed an integrated communications strategy for NHS England and Health Education England to support the delivery of commitments set out in the General Practice Forward View (April 2016 to July 2016). · I developed and delivered a communications and marketing plan for a Return to General Practice campaign working closely with strategic communications teams within NHS England and Health Education England (September 2016 to March 2017). Show less

As Head of Communications, reporting to the Trust’s Board, I led and developed a well regarded communications function for this high profile London NHS trust. I was also the designated communications lead for the merger of NWLH with Ealing Hospital NHS Trust (now London North West Healthcare NHS Trust).

Responsible for a range of accounts for a number of NHS organisations including acute, specialist and mental health NHS trusts. I was responsible for managing all day-to-day media enquiries for clients, providing advice on crisis and issues management as well as internal communication issues, and producing a wide range of publications including annual reports, staff newsletters and patient literature. My role included providing press office on-call service for more than 20 NHS organisations as… Show more Responsible for a range of accounts for a number of NHS organisations including acute, specialist and mental health NHS trusts. I was responsible for managing all day-to-day media enquiries for clients, providing advice on crisis and issues management as well as internal communication issues, and producing a wide range of publications including annual reports, staff newsletters and patient literature. My role included providing press office on-call service for more than 20 NHS organisations as well as event management and new business development. Show less

In this role I was responsible for key aspects of internal and external communications for the Health Authority.