Lynne Carter is Head of Equality and Diversity at NHS Bradford and Airedale. She joined the equality and diversity team at NHS Bradford and Airedale in July 2008, her first job within the NHS, after a 23 year career in further education. She began as a teacher of ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages) and worked in several colleges in West Yorkshire and eventually joined the senior management team at Keighley College. There she had responsibility for equality and diversity in addition to her main job as director of teaching and learning. In her current role, Ms. Carter supports colleagues across the commissioning organization to embed equality and diversity in their work. She runs training, supports teams to carry out equality impact assessments and leads a wide variety of projects.
