Steph Edusei became a Newcastle Hospitals non-executive director in 2021. Steph is currently chief executive of St Oswald’s Hospice, a large specialist hospice for children and adults based in Newcastle.
Steph started her career at the Freeman Hospital in 1996 and joined the NHS graduate management training scheme in 2001, subsequently holding a number of middle and senior management roles in local NHS organisations including Newcastle Hospitals, the North East Ambulance Service and in commissioning organisations. She helped set up Northumberland Clinical Commissioning Group before leaving the NHS to run Healthwatch Newcastle and Healthwatch Gateshead alongside her management consultancy and leadership coaching business.
She is a strong supporter of her local community having been a leader with Girlguiding UK for over 30 years. Steph is chair of the Eliot Smith Dance company, a not for profit professional dance company based in the North East, a member of the Chartered Management Institute (CMI) women’s committee and director with the North East Chamber of Commerce.
She has a passion for involving the public and patients in healthcare and is a strong advocate for equality, diversity and inclusion. Steph speaks publicly on racism and discrimination, and provides coaching and mentoring support to people from minoritised communities.
