Birju Bartoli was appointed deputy chief executive in November 2015 and has been director of performance and governance since 2012. She was the project director for the Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital which opened in June 2015, the first hospital of its kind in the UK.
Birju has worked for the trust since 2003 when she joined as an NHS management trainee and over the years has worked in a number of operational areas from manager to deputy director level.
She holds a number of healthcare qualifications including an applied biochemistry degree and a PhD in cancer research
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