Preventx
Ruth Poole is an accomplished healthcare executive with extensive experience in leadership roles, currently serving as the Chief Executive Officer at Preventx since February 2020. Prior to this position, Ruth held various significant roles at Celesio UK as the Director of Speciality, focusing on driving growth and innovation in specialty medicines, and at Healthcare at Home, where responsibilities included Group Commercial Director, Group Clinical Director, and Managing Director of Clinical Services, emphasizing integrated commercial strategies and clinical leadership. Ruth's earlier career included serving as Operations Director at Healthcare at Home, refining operational capabilities and people management skills. Educational qualifications include nursing and advanced management studies at Frenchay School of Nursing and Warwick Business School.
Preventx
Preventx is the largest provider of remote sexual health testing in the UK. We are a trusted partner, supplier and adviser to the NHS and local authorities. Our SH.UK (www.sh.uk) service provides people across England with free online sexual health services, including testing, contraception and treatment. Through Sexual Health London (www.shl.uk) we partner with the NHS to run the largest publicly funded remote sexual health testing programme anywhere in the world. We empower people to access reliable, trusted remote sexual health services through our adaptable digital platform, efficient self-sampling and in-house specialist diagnostic laboratory.