Professor Stephen Singleton is Regional Director of Public Health, Medical
Director and Chief Knowledge Officer of the North East Strategic Health
Authority.
From a background as a rural GP and Director of Public Health in
Northumberland he has been Medical Director of NHS North East since its
inception, previously being in the post for the former Northumberland, Tyne
and Wear SHA. Stephen has a long term interest in knowledge
management and is Vice Chair of the NHS Evidence Advisory Board
(NICE). For NHS North East he leads on strategy, leadership
development and public health. As a senior civil servant with the
Department of Health he also has a formal liaison role with the Department
of Work and Pensions.
He is a Visiting Professor of Applied Epidemiology in the Institute of
Health and Society at Newcastle University and has research interests in
quality, safety, medical education and informatics.
He is Chair of the Trustees of the Children’s Foundation.
