Dr Ruth Gray is Assistant Director for Quality Improvement and Innovation in SEHSCT. Ruth has 20 years’ experience in healthcare in prison as the clinical lead for prison dentistry and leading the public health and health engagement work. Ruth’s focus is applying population health and coproduction principles to healthcare provision. She has extensive research experience and is interested in the interface of public health and quality improvement to build evidence base and challenge health inequity. She is tasked with implementing the Quality 4 All Strategy in SEHSCT and creating the conditions for innovation though partnership.

Ruth was awarded Fellowship through Distinction by the Faculty of Public Health and sits on the exec committee of the National Association of Prison Dentistry and on the European Federation of Prison Health and has been a member of the WHO Health in Prisons Programme steering committee.