Alison Roberts

Alison spent most of her childhood in Greenwich (with a five year break in Zambia) and the last 28 years residing in Bexley. She trained as a nurse at Guys Hospital and then had a career which focused on caring for people; initially for patients with HIV/AIDS, first in a hospice and then in the community as practice nurse and a specialist nurse.

Subsequently, Alison moved into a hospital-based palliative care role.

Alison also worked with Marie Curie Cancer Care as a nurse and then as area manager. Following this she worked in the NHS as a service improvement lead for palliative care. This involved liaising closely with GPs to improve their care of people at home, and leading a large scale palliative care improvement programme in east London.

Latterly, Alison has moved into less clinical roles dealing with contracts for community health services and then became the lead for commissioning (buying) mental health, community and children's health services in south west London.

Alison currently works as a Programme Director for the South East London Children's Health Transformation Programme. In some of her spare time, she volunteers as a mediator, covering workplace and neighbour disputes and also volunteers for her local Parkrun on weeks when she is not running. She also enjoys her weekly Pilates classes and occasional yoga sessions.