Jon is a qualified social worker by background, and is Director of IMPACT (the UK centre for implementing evidence in adult social care). In 2022, he was also a special adviser to the House of Lords Adult Social Care Committee. Specialising in joint work between health and social care, Jon is involved in regular policy analysis and advice. From 2008 to 2015, he was Director of the University’s Health Services Management Centre (HSMC), where he helped to design and deliver the NHS Leadership Academy’s Nye Bevan programme for senior NHS leaders. From 2015 to 2020 he was Head of the School of Social Policy. He is currently a Non-Executive Director (NED) of Birmingham Community Healthcare Trust and of Birmingham Children’s Trust, has previously served as a NED at University Hospitals Birmingham, at Heart of England Foundation Trust (HEFT) and at Birmingham Children’s Hospital, and is a former trustee of the UK Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE). Jon is also a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences and a Senior Fellow of the NIHR School for Social Care Research.
