Andrea Astbury has been employed in the NHS for over 20 years and currently divides her time between two roles – Deputy Director of Strategy at NHS Liverpool Place, and Programme Director for Data Into Action across Cheshire & Merseyside. Throughout her time in the NHS she has worked across nearly all settings of care and enjoys working on system redesign and improvement challenges. She is a passionate advocate for the power of linked data in making a real difference to people’s lives.

Andrea has worked with a number of Graphnet products within the Data Into Action programme which has resulted in a broad range of transformational programmes and the creation of a Population Health Management Academy. She has also been part of the team developing a Complex Households methodology and approach within Cheshire & Merseyside, which is designed to improve outcomes and streamline interventions for vulnerable families.