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Dame Professor Helen Stokes-Lampard has held some of the most senior positions in the UK public health system - and is now Health New Zealand's National Chief Medical Officer.
She has worked for decades in senior roles within the NHS and was honored in the 2022 New Year Honours for services to general practice.
She's a former Chair of the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges, Chair of the Royal College of General Practitioners, a Professor at the University of Birmingham and a frontline NHS GP throughout the pandemic.
She has seen NHS funding cuts, ballooning waiting lists, doctor burn-out and workforce shortages.
Dame Helen recently took up the role of National Chief Medical Officer based in Auckland. She talks to Kathryn about what she hopes to achieve.
