Daren Mochrie1,2
1North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust
2Association of Ambulance Chief Executives
Daren will address how ambulance services have changed over the years to be more integrated in wider healthcare and how the role is likely to develop over the years to come, giving special focus to:
- The development of UK ambulance services over the years, exploring the need to change, the drivers for change and influencing the change to be part of the health care system.
- The modern role of the ambulance sector, the developments in paramedicine and future planned developments (no longer just a transport organisation).
- The key enablers, opportunities, and risks to making ambulance services a key health care system leader and system solution in urgent and emergency care.
Biography:
Daren Mochrie, QAM, is Chief Executive of North West Ambulance Service and also Chair of the Association of Ambulance Chief Executives; a membership body for all UK Ambulance Services and Crown Overseas Territories.
With over 34 years’ experience in the NHS, 31 years in the Ambulance Sector, Daren is a registered Paramedic, holds a Master’s degree in Business Administration from Napier University, a Diploma in Immediate Medical Care from the Royal College of Surgeons, and an Honorary Doctorate in Health Care.
Daren has been an inspection Chair and Specialist Advisor with the Care Quality Commission, and Trustee of a Charity Air Ambulance and has worked in a number of UK Ambulance Services at Executive Director/ CEO level.
He has led transformational change in several Ambulance Services and improved their CQC ratings and continues to champion nationally the voice of the Ambulance Sector. In 2013 he was awarded the Queens Ambulance Medal for distinguished service.