Siobhan Heafield
Non-Executive Chair of Quality and Safety Committee

Siobhan started her nursing career in the Midlands region at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham. She has a clinical background in intensive care and undertook intensive care training at University Hospitals Birmingham. She completed her Masters in Health Science while working as the Professional Development Sister across the critical care units and held an honorary position at Birmingham University as a Lecturer during 1999 – 2003. Following her work in critical care she moved into risk management and clinical governance.

Siobhan has previously worked at a regional level as the Deputy Regional Nurse at the East Midlands Strategic Health Authority (SHA) and has held a Director of Nursing position at an NHS community trust. Siobhan joined the NHS Trust Development Authority (TDA) in 2014 and became NHS Improvement’s Regional Nurse for the Midlands and East in April 2016. When NHS England and NHS Improvement merged in April 2019 to become a single organisation, Siobhan was appointed to the position of Regional Chief Nurse for NHS England Midlands region.

Since retiring from the NHSE Regional Chief Nurse role, Siobhan has represented the Chief Nursing Officer for England team, providing strategic advice to the National Adult Critical Care Programme which is designed to implement the learning from the Covid-19 pandemic. She is also Vice Chair of the Beth Johnson Foundation.

Siobhan was awarded an MBE in the Queen’s Birthday honours 2021 for her services to nursing and the Covid-19 response. 

Her appointment as Non-Executive Chair of Quality and Safety Committee for NHS Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Integrated Care Board was announced in June 2025, with her role commencing November 2025.