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Emily McDougal

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Assistant Director of Delivery - Platform Modernisation at NHS England
📍 United Kingdom

Emily McDougal is an innovative senior healthcare leader at NHS England, focused on transforming complex clinical and digital delivery. Drawing on extensive experience in clinical research and trial management, she leads business-critical platform modernization. Colleagues and partners describe her as highly efficient, engaged, and inspiring.

Emily is deeply committed to improving the patient and public experience through safe and compliant clinical trials. She is a passionate advocate for nurses and believes strongly in fostering team well-being and professional integrity. Her work is driven by a motivation to form, lead, and coach teams to excel.

Unique fact: Emily was a Nursing Times Award Finalist for developing a Research Triage Service in an Emergency Department.

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Experience
22 Years
Current Role
Assistant Director of Delivery - Platform Modernisation
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
United Kingdom
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Digital Health Transformation
Currently leads a platform modernization programme at NHS England to improve patient and service user experience through data and analytics.
Decentralized Clinical Trials
Managed a multi-million-dollar portfolio of decentralized trials across 80+ countries, scaling operations and ensuring multi-jurisdiction regulatory compliance in a previous executive role.
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Career

Work history

10-2024
Assistant Director of Delivery - Platform Modernisation
NHS England
2-2024 - 10-2024
Operational Development Manager - Integrated Research
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
4-2023 - 2-2024
Executive Director - Clinical Services
Medical Research Network
1-2022 - 4-2023
Executive Director of Nurse Management
Medical Research Network
8-2020 - 1-2022
Associate Director of Research Nursing
Illingworth Research Group
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Education
2001 - 2003
Post Graduate Diploma in Adult Nursing
The University of Sheffield
1996 - 1999
BA (Hons)
University of Leeds
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