Emma Walker

Fellow

Emma works for Aqua (Advancing Quality Alliance, and NHS Improvement organization based in Manchester, UK). Emma set up and led Aqua’s work in the area of Personalised Care, focusing on shared decision-making and self-management support over the past 10 years, embedding it into practice with teams and organizations across the North West of England and Nationally. Previously as National Head of Service Development at NHS Direct, Emma led innovation, long-term conditions, and Shared Decision Making. Here, Emma developed online decision aids for the NHS Right Care Programme and attended the Dartmouth Summer School in the USA on Shared Decision Making.