Digital health provider Push Doctor has announced the appointment of a strategy and governance advisory board to support its growth as an organisation.

The board will be chaired by Ed Smith, former chairman of NHS Improvement, and brings together experts from across the health sector.

Members include Nicola Blackwood, former parliamentary under-secretary of state for public health and innovation,  Matthew Campbell-Hill, retired GB athlete and non-executive director for the Department of Digital, Culture, Media & Sport, and Dr Marc Farr, director of information at ‎East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust.

The other members are https://healthinvestor.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/logo-social-1.png Lennox, member of NHS England Local Professional Network for Pharmacy, Christine Outram, chair of the Christie NHS Foundation Trust, and Dr Kathryn Patrick, director of primary care at Yeovil District Hospital.

Smith commented: “The important advances being made in digital health care today are fascinating and something I have been keeping a close eye on. So I am delighted to be given this opportunity to chair the new strategy and governance advisory board of such an exciting healthcare provider. 

Push Doctor chief executive and founder Eren Ozagir said: “We are delighted to have formed such a high quality strategy and governance advisory board, the calibre of which, demonstrates the quality and growing influence of Push Doctor in this dynamic and important category.”