Sandra Kelley

Sandra became a Trustee in 2013, having been a director and senior manager in both Health and Social Services, working in information and systems programmes for more than 25 years. She worked in Birmingham Social Services from 1985, initially managing the innovative Special Needs Registers which, for the first time recorded, on a computerised system, the needs of all adults with severe learning disabilities and their families and which was extended to include statutory registers for other disability groups.  She was later involved in introducing new Community Care legislation. In 1997, she joined the NHS, working in mental health services. In 2003, she became Director of ICT at Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health Trust and then Director of Strategic Systems Programmes. She has extensive experience of strategic development, ICT programmes and management, and national contracting and information reporting requirements. Sandra is also a Trustee at Age UK Droitwich Spa.