Sarah Bailey
Associate Director Level - Healthcare Development Manager - Severe Asthma Biologics @AstraZeneca
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WORK HISTORY
Associate Director Level - Healthcare Development Manager - Severe Asthma Biologics @AstraZeneca
Strategic leadership role pioneering service transformation across half the UK; successfully established as a new role to the organisation, now adopted across other business units.Key Achievements:• Led NHS healthcare professionals to design and deliver hub-and-spoke specialist networks improving equity of care and capacity for severe asthma services.• Led cross-system steering groups and stakeholder workshops to develop new referral pathways aligned with AAC consensus guidance.• Secured funding and approvals for new specialist services, accelerating access to biologics and MDT-led care.• Built trusted partnerships with commissioners, clinicians, and ICB leadership, shaping service design and commissioning outcomes.• Championed population health initiatives to identify high-risk patients, improving diagnosis and referral rates through system-level engagement.• Delivered proof of concept success within 12 months, enabling national role expansion.• Facilitated the increase in new patients accessing specialised biologic therapy by over 200% across the North of England.
EDUCATION
CIM | The Chartered Institute of Marketing
Bachelor's degree level (Advanced Certificate) Level 6, Marketing
Institute of Healthcare Leadership and Management (IHLM)
Healthcare MBA Essentials (mini MBA), Healthcare Management
CIM | The Chartered Institute of Marketing
Master's degree level (Post-graduate Diploma) Level 7, Marketing
BTech
Higher National Certificate (HNC) Level 4, Business and Finance
Healthcare Financial Management Association
Commissioning in Healthcare
The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
Executive Programme, Health Economics and Policy
ABOUT SARAH BAILEY
Strategy | Partnerships | Service Transformation | Operational Excellence | Change…
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