Professor Carol Baxter CBE joins Centre for Ageing Better

Professor Carol Baxter is currently Principal Research Fellow in the Department of Primary Care and Public Health at Imperial College London and a Trustee at the Employer’s Network for Equality and Inclusion. Prior to this, she was Head of Equality, Diversity and Human Rights at NHS Employers. She was awarded a CBE in 2009 for services to Equal Opportunities and was inducted into the Nursing Times Nursing Hall of Fame in 2010.

Professor Carol Baxter CBE, said: “I am excited to be joining the Centre for Ageing Better and look forward to bringing my professional and personal skills to help provide a better understanding of people’s experiences as they age and ensure that inequalities and issues in minority ethnic communities are addressed. I am passionate about helping Ageing Better achieve its ambition of ensuring that everyone, regardless of their background, can enjoy a good later life.”

“We are delighted to welcome Professor Baxter to the Board of the Centre for Ageing Better. She will bring invaluable insight and experience to help us better understand how we can act to improve people’s lives as they get older. I am thoroughly looking forward to working with her to help us ensure that everyone in the UK is ready and able to enjoy a positive experience of growing old.”

The Centre for Ageing Better Board of Trustees is headed by Lord Filkin, a cross-bench peer active in ageing policy and practice. Professor Baxter is the final trustee to join the board, sitting alongside existing members Nicholas Mays, Dee McIntosh, Sian Lockwood, Cheryl Coppell, Heléna Herklots, Mark Hesketh, Katherine Rake and Michele Acton. They will work closely with Anna Dixon, the Centre for Ageing Better’s Chief Executive who took up post in September 2015 to shape and deliver Ageing Better’s mission.

Ageing Better is supported by funding which includes a £50 million endowment from the Big Lottery Fund. Forming part of the What Works Centres network in England, it will work across the country to strengthen and apply evidence around how people can age better, bringing fresh thinking to the challenges and opportunities that everyone faces as more people live longer.