Rhys Blake
Director of Corporate and Development
Health Innovation West of England
Rhys joined Health Innovation West of England in March 2025 as Director of Corporate and Development. He is a part of the senior leadership team and oversees delivery of corporate and organisational development functions.
Before joining Health Innovation West of England, Rhys worked continuously in the NHS since his first role in 1998 after university, and his posts have covered finance, procurement, cancer services and primary care with his most recent roll being Associate Director for Planned Care with Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board in Wales.
Rhys has been instrumental in the design and delivery of several national health programmes in Wales (newborn hearing, bowel and AAA screening), a major Trauma Network, a national diagnostics programme, as well as significant modernisation initiatives in breast and cervical cancer programmes.
Rhys also supported the establishment of the NHS Executive function, having spent several years supporting NHS Wales chief executives in the then NHS Wales Health Collaborative.
