Angiolina is a highly respected public service leader with experience across local and national government and the NHS. She has worked in a range of key policy areas including health and social care, communities and housing.
Angiolina has served as Chief Executive of NHS 24 and Healthcare Improvement Scotland and is currently a Board Member of the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service.
A strong advocate of the contribution of nature, arts and culture to our health and wellbeing, Angiolina is a Trustee with Playlist for Life and a Director of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra.
In 2011 she was awarded a CBE for her contribution to Scotland’s public services.
This one brings together two of my lifelong loves – Leonard Cohen and the Cello
This brought calm to my mother in her later, often agitated, stage of Alzheimer’s. I would climb onto the bed with her and simply hold her. As we listened to it together, it soothed her soul.
This was a bit of an anthem for us when I climbed Kilimanjaro with my son and daughter in 2019. We sang this as we climbed – when we had the breath to spare!
This makes me think of my parents, gliding across the dance floor together, long before Alzheimer’s came to them both.
Reminds me of (many) live Springsteen concerts over the years. Never in a seat, always dancing in a sweaty mass in front of the stage.
