Andy Newton

Chairman of Council & Executive Director 

QAM FC Para, PhD, Consultant Paramedic  &

Chief Executive at Newton London

Andy serves as Chair of Council meetings for HPAC and as an Executive Director on the Board, supporting the organisation’s mission to uphold professional standards in health practice for registrants, patients, the public interest and other stakeholders. As an executive director, he works under the strategic leadership of the Chief Executive Officer, providing his time voluntarily to HPAC.

Andy has extensive experience in the ambulance service sector. In September 2005, he was appointed as the UK’s first Consultant Paramedic and has held key roles with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) and other influential organisations.

Previously, Andy served as Chairman of the College of Paramedics and spent 11 years as an NHS Executive, working as Chief Clinical and Operations Director for South East Coast Ambulance NHS Foundation Trust. In recent years, he has focused on developing and advancing educational programmes for paramedics, including the critical care paramedic and paramedic practitioner pathways and played a key role in the transition of paramedic preparation from a training to an educational model.  Current, he works in consultancy, providing a range of services including acting as an expert witness, for government agencies, regulators and a variety of law firms.