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Debbie Smith, Director of Operations and System Partnerships

Debbie Smith, Director of Operations and System Partnerships

Debbie started in the NHS in 1987 in Derbyshire where she trained as a mental health nurse before moving to Staffordshire working in a number of clinical roles in both adult and older people’s services. After returning to Derbyshire as a service manager in 2001, she then joined Rotherham, Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust in 2005 as an Assistant Director for Older People’s Mental Health Services and then as Deputy Director of Operations. In 2013, she was appointed Mental Health Service Director and completed anMBA with the Open University. In 2016 Debbie became Chief Operating Officer before joining CPFT in 2020 as the Director of Operations and System Partnerships. 

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