Beccy Ashton

Beccy has worked at The King's Fund since 2007, first as Adviser to the Chief Executive and now as Policy Manager co-ordinating the Fund's work on the reform and performance of the health and social care system.

She has a background in the NHS and social care, and before joining the Fund was Associate Director for Service Improvement at South East London Cancer Network. Prior to this she spent two years in San Mateo County, California, developing a model of integrated health and social care funding and delivery for older people. She began her career as a researcher and undertook a variety of roles in older people and mental health services, including a short secondment to the Department of Health to work on the development of the National Service Framework for Older People.

She has an MSc in Health Systems Management from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

Beccy is also a trustee of Young Minds, the national charity for children and young people's mental health.