Ruth Poole
Chief Executive Officer
Ruth is a clinical nurse by background, proudly delivering patient care as a cancer nurse specialist. Wanting to have a wider impact on healthcare, Ruth became Group Commercial Director at Healthcare at Home, a start-up which enabled people with long term health conditions to undergo treatment at home rather than in hospital. She was responsible for driving the growth of the start-up business from a team of four with just one patient, up to 2,000 staff with over 150,000 patients and an established part of the health delivery system.
In 2016, Ruth became Director of Speciality at Celesio UK. She was responsible for growing the speciality services that support an integrated NHS including clinical homecare, hospital and community services. Ruth led the company’s relationships with NHS leaders, commissioners and pharmaceutical companies, developing new solutions and new models of care in today’s healthcare system.
Looking for a new challenge, Ruth joined Preventx as CEO in 2020.
As well as her role as CEO, Ruth is also Chair of the NHS Confederation’s Subsidiary Board.
