Introducing Magda Moorey
Magda qualified as a Speech and Language Therapist in 1978. She has developed and led services for people with learning disabilities, deaf people, and continues to work at a Children’s Centre in South East London. Magda is a member of the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists and is registered with the Health & Care Professions Council. She has worked as a lecturer at the National Hospitals College of Speech Sciences (now part of UCL) undertaking teaching, clinical supervision and professional development. Her clinical roles have always included significant responsibilities for training and developing health and social care staff
Magda was a member of the Professional Executive Committee of Lewisham PCT for 10 years; she became one of the first non-medical PEC Chairs in 2004. In this capacity she was also a member of the Trust Board and represented the PCT nationally and internationally. She combined this role with the post of Director of Governance, leading on performance, risk, safeguarding, equalities and organisational development.
Magda completed the NHS Institute’s programme of Coaching for the NHS in 2007 and has worked as a coach, mentor and mediator.
She has, through Cognitive Connections, undertaken consultancy work for several London Boroughs and Clinical Commissioning Groups. Her contracts have included organisational development, client group commissioning, service redesign, strategic planning, coaching and risk management.
She holds a number of voluntary roles including Member of the Audit and Risk Committee of the Office of the Children’s Commissioner, Chair of Trustees for a not for profit company supporting adults with learning disabilities and is a School Governor.
Magda recently completed with distinction a Masters in Healthcare Commissioning at the University of Birmingham Health Service Management Centre, where she is hoping to complete her doctoral studies.
Qualifications
Licentiate of the College of Speech Therapists
MSc Human Communication (City University 1986)
MSc HealthCare Commissioning (University of Birmingham 2013)
Prince2 Practitioner