Dr Zia Din became the Chief Medical Officer at Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust in December 2024.
Zia trained in Acute and General Internal Medicine and was a Consultant Physician at University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust before joining Walsall. He is a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians (RCP) London. He has vast clinical and medical leadership experience working across different levels and in different health care systems. He is a proud Nye Bevanite since 2020 having successfully completed the Nye Bevan post graduate diploma in Executive Leadership from the Leadership Academy.
Zia has developed and implemented various transformation programmes both at organisational and system levels. He has nearly a decade of digital clinical leadership experience, which includes the complex integration of health information systems and implementation of various digital systems and solutions. Zia successfully completed his Digital Health Leadership Post graduate diploma from Imperial College London in 2023.
His keen interest and focus are integration of care aimed at improving patient care and outcomes, delivered closer to home. He has had the opportunity to lead the transformation of Urgent and Emergency care pathways within Staffordshire Integrated Care System through delivery of same day emergency care services and acute care at home community services.
Zia is passionate about raising standards of care to provide the best patient care, putting patients first and supporting an environment where our people can work to their highest abilities.