John Craig is Chief Innovation Officer at UCLPartners, leading its work to deliver proven innovations at scale in the NHS. John is also responsible for developing research-translation and innovation capability across UCLPartners. John’s work includes major implementation projects on equality in cancer care, deploying AI for prevention and achieving a step-change in reducing heart attacks and strokes.
John has spent two decades working on public service innovation. Before UCLPartners, he was Chief Executive of Care City, an innovation centre in Barking, North-East London, focused on care and regeneration. John has worked with FutureGov, the Cabinet Office’s Policy Lab, Shelter and Stonewall. Until 2015, John spent five years leading Innovation Unit, an independent non-profit that develops radically better, lower-cost public services.