Chris Bruce

Chris Bruce has been a member of the Thistle Board since 2017 and became Chair in June 2019.

Chris tries to contribute to local community life through the Community Council and Village Hall in rural East Lothian where he lives with his wife and two high school children.

A learning disability nurse by background, Chris led the Personal Outcomes work within the Joint Improvement Team, seeking to support a focus on what matters to people in the work of staff in health, social care and housing, in performance systems, and in commissioning. He is part of the Pioneering Collaborative Leadership work sponsored by Workforce Scotland, with a particular interest in the deepening and broadening of the use of u.lab in Scotland. As a real job, he is the NHS Lothian Lead on Equalities & Human Rights, and Lead for Healthcare Improvement Scotland’s work on Neighbourhood Care – testing the principles of Buurtzorg. He is also a keen cyclist!