Kate Vaughton

Kate joined the East of England Ambulance Service as their Director of Integration and Deputy CEO in February. In this role, she is leading their integration with the newly formed Integrated Care Systems which includes workforce rotations and improved partnerships with the third sector. Prior to this, she has been the Director of Integration for West Suffolk FT and the Chief Operating Officer for West Suffolk CCG since 2016.

She later joined the North-East Essex CCG Board as Chief Operating officer supporting the turnaround of Colchester Hospital.

Kate has led on significant large-scale redesign and recovery programmes and is passionate about the scale of the opportunity that integration gives to address inequalities and transform services for the communities.