Helen Newton is an experienced Prison Health Director with over 20 years of experience managing healthcare in UK prisons. She has a proven track record of successfully leading complex healthcare operations and implementing strategic improvements. Her experience includes overseeing healthcare at several large prisons, managing multi-million pound budgets, and developing integrated healthcare services. She is skilled in areas such as strategic planning, business development, operations management, and partnership building.

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Helen Newton
1 Greenfield Road, Hillcroft Park, Stafford, ST17 0PU
Tel: 01785 661898 Mobile: 07807724520 Email: helennewton66@outlook.com
DOB: 23/05/1966 Marital Status: Married
Personal statement
Influential Prison Health Director, with significant experience and a sustained record of
success across all areas of Prison Health. Extensive background in complex service
development delivery and operation, managing communication and partnership strategically
across all levels. An outstanding team player who through an inclusive approach creates
robust strategy to translate vision into achievement. Strong analytical problem solving and
decision making skills, with a passion for high levels of care and quality. Exceptional
communication skills. Seeking a challenging role within a progressive organisation.
Key Skills
Strategic Thinking – Strategic v ision, ideas development, forward planning, research,
analysis and evaluation, problem solving and resolution, integrated management, business
objectives focused.
Business Development – Change management, creating opportunities, understanding drivers.
Communication – Confident spokesperson, relationship management.
Operations and Logistics – Improving strategy, policy process, project oversight and
management, improving services, reducing costs as appropriate, identifying and implementing
invest to save initiatives, robust contract management .
People management – Communication at all levels, motivating, encouraging, coaching,
training and development, influencing, recruitment, conflict management, identifying
individuals’ strengths, facilitator and builds trust.
Partnership Building – Negotiation, persuasion, needs identification, business cases, improve
services.
Financial Planning – Forecasting, budgetary control improvement and cost savings. Market
Positioning – Strong market awareness, new business identification.

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Professional Career
2015
Healthcare Consultancy -­­ H.M.P Belmarsh, H.M.P Isis & H.M.P Thameside (Oxleas).
Healthcare Consultancy -­­ H.M.P Altcourse (G4S)
2014 -­­ 2015
Head of Healthcare -­­ H.M.P Pentonville
2007-­­ 2014
Director of Healthcare – H.M.P Birmingham
2004-­­2007
Head of Healthcare – H.M.P/Y.O.I Swinfen Hall
2003-­­2004
Prison Health Lead -­­ South Staffordshire, Burntwood, Lichfield and Tamworth. East
Staffordshire Primary Care Trusts.
2001-­­2003
Task Force Lead – West Midlands Department of Health Prison Task Force Team. 1999 –
2001
Prison Health Senior Lead – Staffordshire Health Authority Public Health Department. 1996-­­
1999
Senior Health Promotion Officer – Covering H.M.P. Stafford, H.M.P. Featherstone, H.M.P.
Dovegate , H.M.P. Drake Hall, H.M.P./Y.O.I Brinsford and H.M.P/Y.O.I Swinfen Hall. 1993 –
1996
Senior Health Promotion Officer – H.M.P. Birmingham Health Trust.
Achievements
Transition Lead/Head of Healthcare -­­ H.M.P Pentonville
➢ Oversight of complex transition from NHS to Care UK/BEH.
➢ Recognition for leading upon significant improvements within all aspects of
healthcare provision.
➢ Successful in obtaining substantial additional funding from NHS commissioners.
➢ Within short timeframe led upon the agenda to change the culture of the
department into a forward thinking, outcome based and progressive provider.

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➢ Developed an integrated service which enabled all providers to work together
effectively.
➢ Recognised by the Governor, IMB, Commissioners and HMIP for leadership
which supported sustained improvements.
Director of Healthcare – H.M.P Birmingham Achievements
➢ Took up post in a large failing Healthcare Centre, utilised a wide range of
management skills and competencies to introduce and consolidate sustainable
changes to services, performance and culture.
➢ Introduced realistic achievable delivery plans across all areas.
➢ Introduced robust systems, structures, audits, risk management, policy and procedure.
➢ Integrated teams, eliminated silo working to achieve excellent healthcare delivery
from reception to transfer or release.
➢ Redesigned two dysfunctional inpatient units.
➢ Played an active role in the prison executive senior management team, thus
achieving acceptance of healthcare as a key part of H.M.P. Birmingham’s core
business.
➢ Changed strategy and approach to drive down significant overuse and overspends on
escort, bed watch and constant watch budgets.
➢ Managed a £7.5 million pound budget.
➢ Supported staff, developed and maintained services through a protracted single
tender exercise by the Primary Care Trust. This saw staffing fall to 40% whole time
equivalent levels for a significant time. This required creative and robust daily
management to ensure safe staffing arrangements that could manage delivery and
risk.
➢ Successfully submitted bids to statutory and voluntary agencies to implement o End
of life nursing post and end of life facilities o Kings Fund – enhancing the healing
environment o Primary mental health team funding
o Day-­­care provision
➢ Achieved excellent H.M.C.I.P. report December 2009 – Birmingham recognised as
‘’well managed’’ during unannounced inspection.
➢ Ensured compliance with C.Q.C and all other relevant standards – prison specific and
broader NHS standards.
➢ Health trainers national development team
➢ World Health Organisation Commendation award.

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Additional Achievements
➢ Significant involvement in successful bidding team at H.M.P. /Y.O.I. Swinfen Hall
during large expansion.
➢ Achievement recognised by Dame Anne Owers during her valedictory lecture to the
prison reform trust – 13/07/2010
➢ National Health Promotion Group Lead D.O.H.
➢ Commissioning and contracting experience.
➢ Health Needs Assessments and delivery plans.
➢ Butler Trust Award for improvements to prisoner health care across Staffordshire. ➢
Health Trainers Pilot Group.
Professional Qualifications
MSC/DIP Criminal Justice Studies
Transformational Leadership Course
Management Certificate
Counselling Certificate
Health Education/Promotion Certificate
Senior Investigation Course
Serious Untoward Incident Training – Senior Managers
All Statutory and Mandatory NHS Training (financial and management) 8 O
Levels
Interests
➢ Regularly supporting friends and family with personal and professional challenges they
are facing.
➢ Family orientated. Spend significant time with my children and husband.
➢ Walking, swimming, travelling