Shera Chok is a GP in East London and is the former Chief Medical Officer at NHS Digital. She is an experienced national clinical leader who has worked at Board and Director levels since 2000 and has led the redesign and implementation of new models of care in the NHS.
She advised ministers as a member of the NHS Independent Reconfiguration Panel for seven years and worked at Barts Health, the largest acute hospital trust in the NHS as Director of Primary Care for six years, helping to improve patient pathways across organisational boundaries. She started the award-winning national Shuri Network in 2019 as she is passionate about increasing diversity, innovation and safety and to encourage other women from minority ethnic groups to lead and engage with digital transformation.
She has helped to develop and implement health policy as a national clinical advisor on innovative models of care and Integrated Care Systems with NHS England. She is a member of the Sciana Network for European health leaders, sponsored by the Health Foundation.
Shera has volunteered as a clinician in countries including Sudan, Laos, Indonesia and Greece with NGOs working in war and disaster zones and with displaced populations. She studied at the Institute of Healthcare Improvement, Kennedy School of Government and the Harvard School of Public Health on an NHS executive leadership programme, focusing on quality improvement, community engagement and leading change and was seconded by the NHS to work with Crossrail. She has completed an M.B.A., M.A. in Inter-professional Education and a Nuffield Trust Fellowship on cross-organisational learning with Sunderland Athletic Football Club.
