Chris Spark

Chris brings 20 years health and care experience with a strong focus around performance delivery, programme management, design for integrated solutions across health and care, commercial redesign and transformational leadership within NHS commissioning, provider trusts and across wider systems.

Chris is effective in building Board and organisational capability, is results orientated and is passionate about improving outcomes for individuals and populations. Chris is a strategic thinker, with an innovative, evidence based, collaborative and rigourous approach.  Chris has a collaborative leadership style and an award-winning track record of delivering tangible results in challenging environments.

Chris’s deep experience of integration, especially in out of hospital services, and programme management are demonstrated through the following engagements: (i) Chris worked with three ICSs and an Ambulance Service to help establish a collaborative approach to Integrated Planning and Delivery of Integrated Urgent Care Services, breaking down barriers between commissioners and providers;  (ii) Chris designed a Provider Alliance approach for a group of Mental Health providers in the North of England, setting out a realistic journey to delivery; (iii) Chris is developing a business case for three acute Trusts to establish a Pathology Partnership.  Alongside this work Chris is programme managing a c.£250m collaborative procurement to secure a new managed service contract for pathology equipment; and (iv) Chris supported the North Lincolnshire health and care system with Out of Hospital Transformation Programme which transitioned to an Integrated Care Partnership.

Chris is an Associate Director in Attain and leads the internal Communities.