Trudy Mills began her career as a nurse/midwife in 1988 and her roles within the NHS have included several commissioning posts across local authorities, clinical commissioning groups and NHS England.

She provides overall leadership for Children and Family Health Surrey and is overseeing the ongoing transformation of its services, which are delivered by partners CSH Surrey, Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust and First Community Health.

Trudy is also the executive strategy lead for women and children’s services within Surrey Heartlands STP, providing executive and strategic support to change management programmes including a single system midwifery management structure across three acute trusts and the standardisation of care pathways for paediatric services.