Karen Hawkins - Plan for Neighbourhoods Hartlepool Board Members
Name
Karen Hawkins
Organisation
Integrated Care Board
Bio
Karen is currently the Delivery Director within NHS North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board (NENC ICB).
Karen has lead responsibility for out of hospital care, including palliative care, urgent care and primary care. Her role spans across Tees Valley after over 25 years’ experience working in the public sector with most of her career progressing in Teesside where she resides. Karen has a strong commissioning, service transformation and contracting background and has held a variety of senior positions in the NHS, including leading health service developments and transformation schemes across the area working in partnership across organisational boundaries.
Karen is inspired by working in partnership with others who have a similar desire to improve local health and care services whilst also addressing the wider determinants, Karen has been a member and vice chair of Hartlepool Health and Wellbeing Board for several years and is committed to working together across organisations and people to make a difference in Hartlepool, whilst ensuring residents and communities are at the heart of our focus.
