EEDA - East of England Development Agency

Karen Livingstone

Board member

Karen Livingstone is director of strategic partnerships at the East of England Strategic Health Authority.

Karen is Director of Strategic Partnerships for the East of England NHS.  She supports the work of the regional health authority and the Public Health Team to promote closer working across all government.  Key areas of work Karen leads are the Staying healthy at Work (SHAW) programme that promotes and accredits health in the workplace; innovation programmes including the Small Business Research Initiative (SBRI) where small enterprises are developing technology solutions for healthcare problems and the work of the health community in the Regional Strategy Board where the regional strategy will be developed.

Karen is a member of the Regional Strategy Board and supports the Chief Executives work in leading the Social and Community Development and Implementation Board.

Karen is also a member of the board of the east of England Development Agency where she represents the trades unions in the region.  Karen chairs the Audit Committee where she has been a member for 6 years.  Karen also leads for EEDA on equal opportunities and developing enterprise and opportunity for women she chairs the women’s steering group. Karen has recently joined the board of Business Link East – the support service for local businesses.

Before joining the team at the regional health authority Karen worked as a special adviser to the then Secretary of State for Health – Patricia Hewitt MP. With a specific remit to handle media and communications she also had responsibility for managing relationships with national stakeholders representing employer, patient and community interests.  

Prior to her role in Westminster Karen was a campaigns and communications adviser to several national Trades Unions, the Labour Party and some voluntary sector organisations. 

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