Janet worked for the NHS for more than 20 years, starting as a graduate trainee in 1990 in Cornwall and subsequently working in a range of planning and commissioning roles in the NHS in the South and South West of England. She has a particular interest in joining up services across health and social care and between the different aspects of health care in order to make things simpler for those in need of care and support. In 2010 she became Acting Chief Executive of NHS Bath & North East Somerset PCT and Director of Adult Social Care & Housing for B&NES Council, in which capacity she led the early preparatory work on the establishment of an integrated Social Enterprise providing both health and social care. She was subsequently appointed as Chief Executive of what in October 2011 became Sirona care & health CIC and has led the organisation since that time. “Sirona care & health is an organisation I feel very proud to lead. For me, the essence of Sirona is about ‘taking it personally’. I ask all staff who work for us to take personally the commitment we make to deliver care with compassion; to understand that every contact we have with people – whether those who use our services, their carers, our colleagues or our partners – makes a difference”. “When I meet new staff at induction I ask everyone to have a real person in mind who matters – who will be their benchmark for whether what we are doing is good enough. For me it is my grandmother who, although she died a few years ago, is someone I talk a lot about within Sirona. She is my benchmark and when I watched how she was loved and cared for by others, I realised that it was often the small things that tell people we truly care. These small things matter in Sirona and when I see them in action day by day it is this that makes me proud to wear the Sirona lanyard”.