ASHLEY HONEYMAN
Maidstone,United Kingdom
Summary
Executive healthcare leader and Registered Mental Health Nurse with over 20 years' experience delivering strategic operational leadership, quality improvement, governance and organisational transformation across NHS and independent healthcare.
Specialist expertise in neurological rehabilitation, neurobehavioural services, complex care, neurological care in the home and domiciliary services supporting adults with acquired brain injury, progressive neurological conditions and highly complex physical, cognitive and behavioural needs.
A proven leader with extensive executive-level experience driving organisational performance, operational excellence and sustainable quality improvement across specialist healthcare services.
My career combines operational leadership with strategic clinical governance, enabling organisations to improve quality, regulatory performance, patient safety, workforce engagement and financial sustainability. I have successfully led large multidisciplinary teams, managed complex operational services, supported organisational turnaround programmes and delivered lasting cultural change within highly regulated healthcare environments.
As Group Head of Quality and Governance at Inspire Neurocare, I was a member of the Executive Leadership Team, providing Board-level assurance across quality, patient safety, governance, safeguarding, clinical effectiveness and organisational risk.
As the Group Designated Safeguarding Lead, I led the corporate safeguarding agenda, providing executive oversight of safeguarding strategy, complex investigations, serious incidents and regulatory engagement across neurological rehabilitation, neurological care in the home and domiciliary care services.
As Group Clinical Lead for Neurological Conditions at Active Care Group, I provided strategic leadership across a national portfolio of 28 specialist neurological services, including inpatient rehabilitation hospitals and the Neurological Care in the Home division. I provided clinical governance oversight, quality assurance and expert clinical advice to Clinical Leads and operational leaders, supporting the development of innovative service models, strengthening governance frameworks and embedding evidence-based practice to improve patient outcomes and regulatory compliance.
My experience includes leading organisational turnaround, quality improvement programmes, inspection readiness, safeguarding, governance redesign, operational recovery and service development. I have successfully embedded high-performing cultures, strengthened leadership capability, implemented governance systems and delivered measurable improvements in quality, safety, workforce engagement and operational performance.
Alongside executive leadership roles, I have worked as a Specialist Advisor for the Care Quality Commission, contributing expert clinical advice to regulatory inspections across NHS and independent providers, while also holding statutory accountability as a CQC Registered Manager. This combination provides a unique understanding of governance, inspection methodology, regulatory compliance and what defines outstanding services.
I am recognised as a collaborative and values-driven leader with a passion for developing people, improving services and delivering exceptional care. My leadership style focuses on building empowered teams, fostering cultures of continuous improvement and creating organisations that consistently deliver safe, effective, responsive and financially sustainable services.
Driven professional with keen eye for quality. Possesses strong analytical skills and outstanding communication abilities, ensuring seamless collaboration and problem-solving. Committed to elevating operational standards and fostering continuous improvement.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
Work history
Operations Quality Manager
Inspire Neurocare
Nationwide, Nationwide
2026.05 - Current
- Provide executive operational and quality leadership across Inspire Neurocare's specialist neurological rehabilitation, neurological care in the home and domiciliary care services.
- Lead the implementation of the organisational Quality Strategy and Operational Improvement Strategy, ensuring alignment between quality, patient safety, operational performance and commercial objectives.
- Provide oversight of services supporting adults with acquired brain injury, progressive neurological conditions, spinal injuries, neurobehavioural presentations and other highly complex care needs living within specialist services and their own homes.
- Develop quality assurance frameworks that provide assurance to Executive Teams and the Board regarding quality, governance and patient safety.
- Lead organisation-wide quality improvement programmes using audit, outcome measures, incident learning and resident experience to drive sustainable improvements.
- Provide operational support to Hospital Directors, Registered Managers and senior clinical leaders to improve service performance and regulatory compliance.
- Oversee safeguarding, serious incidents, complaints and organisational learning across the Group.
- Support CQC inspection readiness through governance reviews, operational assurance visits and leadership development.
- Develop senior leaders through coaching and mentoring, embedding a culture of accountability, continuous improvement and compassionate leadership.
- Drive standardisation of governance systems, operational processes and clinical standards across neurological and community services.
Interim Turnaround Centre Manager
Inspire Neurocare
Southampton
2026.02 - 2026.05
- Appointed to recover an underperforming specialist neurological rehabilitation service.
- Led comprehensive organisational turnaround across quality, governance, operations and culture.
- Embedded robust governance systems, accountability frameworks and clinical standards.
- Successfully managed a complex multi-agency safeguarding enquiry, working collaboratively with commissioners, local authority safeguarding teams and regulators, resulting in safeguarding concerns being downgraded following evidence of sustained improvements.
- Strengthened leadership capability, workforce engagement and multidisciplinary working.
- Introduced sustainable operational systems and performance measures that significantly improved service quality and inspection readiness.
- Led the service through a CQC inspection following substantial improvements in governance, culture and clinical quality.
Group Head of Quality and Governance, Designated Safeguarding Lead
Inspire Neurocare
Nationwide
2025.04 - 2026.01
- Executive Leadership Team member responsible for organisational quality, governance, safeguarding and regulatory assurance across specialist neurological rehabilitation services.
- Reported directly to the Executive Team and Board, providing assurance regarding clinical quality, patient safety, governance, organisational risk and regulatory compliance.
- Led the development and implementation of the organisation's Quality Improvement Strategy and governance framework.
- Provided executive oversight of neurological rehabilitation hospitals, neurological care in the home and domiciliary care services.
- Corporate Designated Safeguarding Lead with executive responsibility for safeguarding governance, organisational learning and complex safeguarding investigations.
- Led organisational responses to serious incidents, complaints, regulatory concerns and safeguarding enquiries.
- Redesigned governance systems, audit programmes and quality assurance processes to improve organisational oversight and Board assurance.
- Developed executive dashboards and quality metrics supporting strategic decision-making.
- Led inspection readiness programmes aligned to the CQC Single Assessment Framework.
- Supported digital transformation through implementation of governance systems including RADAR and Nourish.
- Developed corporate policies, standard operating procedures and governance standards across the organisation.
- Worked collaboratively with operational leaders to improve service performance, quality ratings and patient outcomes.
Interim Centre Manager
Hamberley Neurocare
Basingstoke, Hampshire
2025.02 - 2025.04
- Identify quality concerns and implementing governance processes at the service
- Leading and developing a culture where the very highest standards of safety, quality and excellent patient care are consistently delivered
- Developing and maintaining strategic external relationships
- Driving recruitment and retention plans on site
- Reviewing any audit or inspections reports ensuring compliance with all statutory regulatory bodies
- Having accountability for the financial and operational performance of the hospital. This includes setting the standard by leading the Hospital Senior Management Team (SMT) and taking ownership for cost control, budgeting, and ensuring regulatory requirements are satisfied
Group Clinical Lead Neurological Conditions
The Active Care Group
Nationwide
2022.01 - 2024.11
- National clinical leadership role across 28 neurological rehabilitation services.
- Organisational Subject Matter Expert for Neurological Rehabilitation.
- Strategic clinical leadership across inpatient neurological rehabilitation services and the Neurological Care in the Home division.
- Provided clinical governance oversight, quality assurance and expert clinical advice to Clinical Leads and operational leaders.
- Supported operational leaders to improve quality, governance and patient outcomes.
- Developed neurological service models and new clinical pathways.
- Led quality improvement programmes using audit, outcome measures and research.
- Chaired the National Neuro Clinical Network.
- Led implementation of evidence-based practice across neurological services.
- Supported regulatory compliance and service development.
- Developed Falls Strategy and organisational Falls Policy.
- Promoted innovation, research and contemporary neurological rehabilitation practice
- Working across the Active Care Group and is the organisational subject matter expert and representative for the neuro division
- Have participated in quality improvement, the collection and use of outcome measures, research and innovation, and the governance structures around these activities
- To be assured that the organisation is using evidence-based interventions and keeping up to date with the latest significant research and guidance within the field
- Support services, where required, to improve their quality in supporting the people we care for with neurological behaviours or injuries services
- As required, will support the business in developing existing models as well as developing new pathways and service models, considering workforce requirements
- Identify and priorities' opportunities to improve the delivery of patient / resident care
- Demonstrate outstanding patient commitment and promote patient safety
- Demonstrate and lead a commitment to quality of care and outcomes
- Chair the specialist clinical network for the neuro division across the Group and to champion contemporary and evidence-based practice as well as sharing good practice
- Demonstrate good practice leadership
Hospital Director (Registered Manager)
The Active Care Group
Blackheath, London
2021.12 - 2024.11
- Leading the Senior Management team on site on all aspects of day-to-day business and managing 140 colleagues across the service
- Leading and developing a culture where the very highest standards of safety, quality and excellent patient care are consistently delivered
- Developing and maintaining strategic external relationships
- Driving recruitment and retention plans on site
- Reviewing any audit or inspections reports ensuring compliance with all statutory regulatory bodies
- Having accountability for the financial and operational performance of the hospital. This includes setting the standard by leading the Hospital Senior Management Team (SMT) and taking ownership for cost control, budgeting, and ensuring regulatory requirements are satisfied
- Responsible for the delivery of day-to-day services in line with legal requirements
- Responsible for the operational management and lead the overall function of the Hospital, including full P&L accountability
- Responsibility for effectively implementing hospital policies and procedures to enable the provision of a high-quality service, both in respect of patient care and employee engagement
- Rating Good by the Care Quality Commission
- Managing budget and occupancy levels
- 2 wards one a neuro behavioural unit and the other neurological services
- Managing a staff profile of 140 including non clinical, therapists, nurses
Specialist Advisor
Care Quality Commission
Nationally
2015.10 - 2024.02
- Support the inspection team
- Provide specialist advice on inspections
- Ensure that CQC's judgements are informed by up-to-date and credible clinical and professional knowledge and experience
- Have inspected over 30 care providers in the role as specialist advisor (independent/NHS)
- Have been involved in well-led inspections with organisations
- Provided detailed reports on my findings as a specialist advisor
Head of Nursing and Quality
The Active Care Group
Blackheath, London
2017.11 - 2021.12
- Providing expert leadership to the Lead Nurses in the delivery of Quality Assurance and Improvement
- To advise clinical leaders and senior managers on all aspects of Brain Injury and Mental Health
- To provide expert senior nursing leadership to nurses working within Blackheath and The Active Care Group
- To provide nursing leadership and clinical advice to multi-professional teams working in all clinical settings, to ensure the continuous development of their knowledge
- An expertise in relation to quality and value management, to ensure safe, effective person centered and value added care
- To provide an education function by identifying training needs and overseeing the development and implementation of a training plan thus contributing to the continuous professional development of multi-disciplinary staff
- To contribute to the development of and delivery of programmes of education in collaboration with the Training Academy thus ensuring that training and development programmes prepare teams to undertake quality improvement using the model for improvement
- To develop local training and education programmes for clinical staff that come from the assurance, standard that are based on a the most up-to-date evidence and on a training needs analysis and ensure that these programmes are in keeping with clinician's continuous professional development needs
- To establish and guide the development of monitoring systems and audit tools to ensure that clinical practice is safe and effective and based on key local and national guidelines
- To lead, develop and review a quality assurance programme which will monitor, evaluate and ultimately improve clinical outcomes for patients and ensure safe and effective, value-added patient care
- To develop the quality improvement capacity in senior nurses to enable them to fully contribute to the implementation of assurance
- To promote the use of the model for improvement and outcome based standards, advising on the development of team competency and approaches to achieve person- centered care
- Responsible for taking data from multiple sources, and analysing results of run charts, feedback, observational studies, trend analysis and make recommendations for areas of improvement, ensuring improvements are actioned and completing the quality management cycle
- Developed a Nursing Strategy for Blackheath, which was based around the nurses voice
Education
Safeguarding Level 5 - Designated Safeguarding Lead
Safeguarding Level 4 Specialist Roles - Named Professional for Safeguarding
Gateway Training
Master of Art - Nursing Leadership and Quality
Chester University
ChesterIHI Open School Basic Certificate Program - undefined
Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI)
Certificate of Higher Education - Transcultural Mental Health
Queen Marys University of London
City of LondonNVQ Level 4 - Management Qualification
Institute of Management
LondonBachelor of Science - Mental Health Nursing
Greenwich University
LondonSkills
- Quality measures
- Key performance indicators
- Safety processes and procedures
- Quality Improvement and assurance
- Clinical training
- Outcome Measures
- Nursing Leadership
- Service delivery improvement plans
- Holistic care
- Safeguarding Level 4
- Safeguarding Level 5 (DSL)
- Operational Management
- Healthcare systems
- Acute Mental Health wards
- Secure Services
- Neurological Services including Neuro behavioural
Interests
Team sport, Reading, Travels
Timeline
Operations Quality Manager
Inspire Neurocare
2026.05 - Current
Interim Turnaround Centre Manager
Inspire Neurocare
2026.02 - 2026.05
Group Head of Quality and Governance, Designated Safeguarding Lead
Inspire Neurocare
2025.04 - 2026.01
Interim Centre Manager
Hamberley Neurocare
2025.02 - 2025.04
Group Clinical Lead Neurological Conditions
The Active Care Group
2022.01 - 2024.11
Hospital Director (Registered Manager)
The Active Care Group
2021.12 - 2024.11
Head of Nursing and Quality
The Active Care Group
2017.11 - 2021.12
Specialist Advisor
Care Quality Commission
2015.10 - 2024.02
Bachelor of Science - Mental Health Nursing
Greenwich University
NVQ Level 4 - Management Qualification
Institute of Management
Certificate of Higher Education - Transcultural Mental Health
Queen Marys University of London
IHI Open School Basic Certificate Program - undefined
Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI)
Master of Art - Nursing Leadership and Quality
Chester University
Safeguarding Level 4 Specialist Roles - Named Professional for Safeguarding
Gateway Training