Sam Barrell
{{Short description|English physician}}
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Dr Sam Barrell CBE is an English doctor. She joined the medical research charity LifeArc as chief executive officer in October 2024.{{Cite web |last=Butterworth |first=Natalya |date=2024-04-19 |title=Dr Sam Barrell CBE appointed as CEO of LifeArc |url=https://www.lifearc.org/2024/dr-sam-barrell-cbe-appointed-as-ceo-of-lifearc/ |access-date=2025-01-23 |website=LifeArc |language=en-GB}} Previously, she was Deputy Chief Executive Officer at the Francis Crick Institute in London{{Cite web |title=Sam Barrell promoted to Crick Deputy Chief Executive Officer |url=https://www.crick.ac.uk/news/2022-08-10_sam-barrell-promoted-to-crick-deputy-chief-executive-officer |access-date=2024-01-12 |website=Crick |language=en}} where she was responsible for strategic management and operational leadership, as well as deputising for the Director, Sir Paul Nurse.
She was appointed Chief Executive of Taunton and Somerset NHS Foundation Trust in February 2015.{{cite news|title=Dr Sam Barrell named new chief exec at Musgrove Park Hospital|url=https://www.somersetcountygazette.co.uk/news/11633659.dr-sam-barrell-named-new-chief-exec-at-musgrove-park-hospital/|accessdate=21 March 2025|newspaper=Somerset County Gazette|date=30 November 2014}} In September 2016, the Trust was one of 16 acute hospitals named by the Department of Health as a digital exemplar for the NHS.{{Citation needed|date=March 2025}} In December 2017 the Care Quality Commission rated the trust "Good" overall, and outstanding in its care. From 2012 she was chief clinical office at South Devon and Torbay Clinical Commissioning Group where she called for the suspension of Dr Paula Vasco-Knight, chief e of South Devon Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust who was accused of nepotism.{{cite news|title=Torbay Hospital boss should be 'immediately suspended' says health chief|url=http://www.torquayheraldexpress.co.uk/Torbay-Hospital-boss-immediately-suspended-says/story-20584388-detail/story.html|accessdate=5 May 2015|publisher=Torquay Herald Express|date=8 February 2014}}
Barrell was previously a GP in Brixham where she led GP commissioning in Torbay, and promoted the town's integrated commissioning and provision arrangements nationally.{{cite news|title=Sam Barrell named as South Devon and Torbay CCG accountable officer|url=http://www.hsj.co.uk/hsj-local/care-trusts/torbay-care-trust/sam-barrell-named-as-south-devon-and-torbay-ccg-accountable-officer/5050079.article#.VUi5wPlViE0|accessdate=5 May 2015|publisher=Health Service Journal|date=3 October 2012}} She was a member of the Joined-up Health and Care Cabinet which was a pioneer of integrated care in the English NHS.{{cite news|title=Race for the prize: achieving integrated care|url=http://www.hsj.co.uk/sponsored-information/race-for-the-prize-achieving-integrated-care/5060117.article#.VUi6IflViE0|accessdate=5 May 2015|publisher=Health Service Journal|date=28 June 2013}}
She was appointed a CBE in the 2014 Queen's Birthday Honours, and was named one of the 50 most inspirational people in healthcare by the Health Service Journal which described her as one of the new breed of clinical leaders spearheading transformation of the NHS.{{cite news|title=HSJ Inspirational Women 2013|url=http://www.hsj.co.uk/resource-centre/supplements/hsj-inspirational-women-2013/5061279.article#.VUi8O_lViE0|accessdate=5 May 2015|publisher=Health Service Journal|date=17 July 2013}}
Barrell is a non-executive director for Assura plc{{Cite web |date=2021-04-06 |title=New faces join our board |url=https://www.assuraplc.com/news-items/new-faces-join-our-board |access-date=2024-01-12 |website=Assura |language=en}} and a member of British Land's Innovation Advisory Council.{{Cite web |date=2023-05-31 |title=British Land establishes Innovation Advisory Council to support continued growth in life science and innovation sectors |url=https://www.britishland.com/news/press-releases/british-land-establishes-innovation-advisory-council-support-continued-growth-life-science-and-innovation-sectors |access-date=2024-01-12 |website=British Land |language=en}}