Estelle Kerridge

Estelle retired from NHS management in 2019 after a 40 year career in health and social care. She trained and qualified as a social worker and worked mostly in hospitals as a front line worker and team manager until around 2000 when she was seconded to  Oxleas NHS Trust to set up and run integrated community mental health teams.

From then on she stayed in the NHS, moving from project manager, to service manager and finally to service director. She is particularly passionate about developing older people’s mental health services and also has a strong interest in volunteering having been responsible for Oxleas volunteering teams for many years.

Estelle became interested in the work of the hospice in 2017 after her husband was supported by the community team during the last few months of his life. She has two adult sons and now lives alone in Blackheath and is enjoying finding new hobbies and friends.