Pathway is delighted to announce that Professor Kamila Hawthorne MBE and Dr Crystal Oldman CBE have been appointed to its Board, Kamila as Chair.
With the Government’s National Plan to End Homelessness recognising the crucial role the healthcare system has in preventing and addressing homelessness, these appointments come at an important time for healthcare for people facing the worst health inequalities. Pathway is committed to working with Government and our partners across the NHS to turn the ambitions in the plan into a reality. Kamila and Crystal’s experience on the frontline and in national leadership roles make them excellent appointments for Pathway at this critical juncture.
Professor Kamila Hawthorne MBE
Kamila brings a wealth of experience including clinical research, 31 years of front-line clinical practice in some of the UK’s most deprived communities and national leadership, most recently as Chair of the RCGP Council. An academic medical educator as well as a GP, she has been Head of the Graduate Entry Medicine Programme at Swansea University and is currently on the Trustee Boards of the Kings Fund and Moondance Cancer Initiative, and Chair of the National Academy for Social Prescribing. Kamila is also a Bevan Commissioner and a Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales.
Kamila has a long-held commitment to action on health inequalities.
Having wide experience of general practice and running community projects in deprived communities with high prevalences of diabetes and heart disease, Kamila has been named ‘GP of the Year’ twice and was awarded an MBE in 2017 for services to General Practice.
Dr Crystal Oldman CBE
Dr Crystal Oldman was Chief Executive of the Queen’s Institute of Community Nursing for over a decade, retiring in June 2025. She guided the development of the QICN’s highly acclaimed portfolio of programmes and networks increasing the national profile of community nursing and providing training and support to thousands of frontline nurses.
Crystal worked in the NHS for 18 years in community nursing, working with some of the most disadvantaged communities in West London. She also had an extensive academic career at Buckinghamshire University, a role which included developing partnerships with a variety of public services to support workforce development and research.
Crystal was awarded a CBE in 2017 for services to community nursing and her leadership of the QNI and in 2020, she was awarded Fellowship of the Royal College of Nursing.