Senior Fellow at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement & Former National Clinical Director for Scottish Government

Glasgow, UK

Jason Leitch Biography

Jason Leitch is an international expert on health care quality, systems improvement and crisis communications. He is a Director of Leitch Health Ltd. Leitch is a Senior Fellow at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, the US based global organization responsible for health systems improvement around the world. Leitch has advised countries including Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Australia, Singapore, UAE, Canada and many others.

From January 2015 to May 2024, Leitch was The National Clinical Director for the Scottish Government. He worked for Government from 2007 as the National Clinical Lead for safety and subsequently, for Quality. Leitch was the principal clinical communicator in Scotland to the public, stakeholders and parliament during the Covid pandemic. He was praised for his ability to speak accessibly to many diverse audiences and appeared daily on TV and radio. The National Clinical Director was responsible for quality in the health and social care system, including patient safety and person-centered care, NHS planning, and implementing quality improvement methods across the government and the broader public sector.

He was appointed CBE in the 2019 Queen’s Birthday Honors. He was elected to the US National Academy of Medicine in 2022, a rare accolade for a non-US citizen. He is an Honorary Professor at the University of Dundee and a Visiting Professor at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow. He was a 2005-06 Quality Improvement Fellow at IHI.

Leitch is a non-executive Board member of the Medical and Dental Defense Union of Scotland, a Board member of The Nazareth Trust which runs an acute hospital providing care in Northern Israel and the West Bank and a trustee of the Indian Rural Evangelical Fellowship (UK) which runs a children’s’ home and schools in southeast India. He qualified as a dentist in 1991 and was a clinical academic and Consultant Oral Surgeon in Glasgow. He has a doctorate from the University of Glasgow, a Masters in Public Health from Harvard and is a fellow of the three UK surgical Royal Colleges. He is an internationally recognized speaker and adviser on health and care improvement, public health and crisis communications.

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Speaker profile last updated by AAE Talent Team on 12/17/2024.

Jason Leitch Speaking Topics

  • Leading in a Crisis

    This talk covers Jason’s experience of public leadership across Scotland and the UK during the Covid pandemic and lessons learned from working at the heart if Government and communicating directly with the public every day for many months.

  • Moving from the Repair Shop to Population Health

    This talk covers Jason’s experience and increasing realization that optimizing the present health and care systems around the world is not enough. Demand is already outstripping supply globally. We’re short of skilled workers and of resources. Is there another way? Yes, improving the population health is that way.

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Jason Leitch Videos

Plenary Presentation: Jason Leitch

Plenary Presentation: Jason Leitch

JASON LEITCH National Clinical Director Scottish Government Jason has worked for the Scottish Government since 2007 and in January 2015 was...

Jason Leitch answers Covid-19 restriction changes on STV News

Jason Leitch answers Covid-19 restriction changes on STV News

Jason Leitch answers questions live on the STV News at Six after First Minister Nicola Sturgeon announced Covid-19 restriction changes at Holyrood.

Leitch: I'm comfortable with forward-momentum out of restrictions

Leitch: I'm comfortable with forward-momentum out of restrictions

National clinical director Jason Leitch comfortable with forward-momentum out of coronavirus restrictions.

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Jason Leitch is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics such as Leading in a Crisis, Moving from the Repair Shop to Population Health, Large Scale Transformation, They Said It Couldn’t Be Done and How to Behave as a Leader. The estimated speaking fee range to book Jason Leitch for your event is $20,000 - $30,000. Jason Leitch generally travels from Glasgow, UK and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are Bob Kocher, Sylvie Leotin, Errol L. Pierre, Dr. Erkeda DeRouen and Leon Howard. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Jason Leitch for an upcoming live or virtual event.

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