Dr Navina Evans

Chief Workforce, Training and Education Officer NHSE April 2023

Navina is the Chief Workforce, Training and Education Officer at the new NHS England, leading the Workforce, Training and Education (WT&E) Directorate. This means that NHS England has now taken on responsibility for all activities that were previously undertaken by HEE. This includes planning, recruiting, educating, and training the health workforce; ensuring that the healthcare workforce has the right numbers, skills, values and behaviours in place to support the delivery of excellent healthcare and health improvement to patients and the public.

Dr Navina Evans was HEE CEO from October 2020 to April 2023, HEE was part of the NHS, and work with partners to plan, recruit, educate and train the health workforce.

Previously Chief Executive of East London NHS Foundation Trust (ELFT) from 2016 to October 2020

Navina has over twenty years of clinical experience in psychiatry, medicine and paediatrics and previously held the positions of Deputy Chief Executive and Director of Operations. Navina has worked as the Clinical Director for Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services at ELFT. She has also been involved in medical education and provided pastoral care to medical students.

Navina acts as a trustee for Think Ahead Organisation which developstraining programmes for mental health social work. She was awarded an honorary fellowship by the Royal College of Psychiatrists in 2020. She is a senior fellow at the Institute of Healthcare Improvement. Navina uses her voice in support of staff wellbeing and coproduction with patients, advocating for the best possible quality of life and creating a culture of enjoying work for staff. She was awarded the Commander of the British Empire in the 2020 New Year’s Honours List for services to NHS Leadership and the Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic community.