Tracy Ruthven

Tracy Ruthven joined the NHS in 1994 and initially worked for the clinical audit team at North Staffordshire Hospitals NHS Trust. In 1997 she became Clinical Interface Audit Co-ordinator for Leicestershire Fosse NHS Trust before being appointed Deputy Manager at Leicestershire Primary Care Audit Group in 2000.

Tracy joined the NHS with a degree in English and Sociology from Keele University and was awarded a distinction in 1997 upon completing Leicester University’s Certificate in Clinical Audit Support. In the same year Tracy was also awarded a Diploma in Health and Social Welfare from the Open University. In 2006 Tracy graduated from the University of Birmingham with an MSc in Managing Quality in Healthcare.

Tracy has been involved in the delivery of training and education for over 10 years and is a renowned expert in this field. She holds a teaching qualification and currently acts as a moderator for a national academic organisation to quality assure a range of healthcare related courses. In 2004, Tracy collaborated with colleagues at PCAG on “Teaching Clinical Audit the PCAG Way”, a resource pack that over 100 NHS Trusts now utilise to support local audit training programmes. In 2005/6, Tracy helped develop online training materials for the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain.