The cross-faculty nature of the Better Health and Care Hub combined with its ambitious vision to spearhead research that solves global challenges in health and care is what drew me to this role. As someone who has experienced the benefits of diverse research collaborations, I believe that research is most transformational when we work together across disciplinary boundaries. I'm excited to work together with the many brilliant colleagues from across Kings and its partnering organisations on this new initiative.
Dr Juliette Malley, Reader within the Better Health & Care Hub
18 February 2026
New appointment strengthens Hub's mission to transform health and care
Dr Juliette Malley will join the Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery & Palliative Care’s Better Health & Care Hub from 1 March 2026. She'll be based in the Cicely Saunders Institute of Palliative Care. Her appointment further strengthens the Better Health & Care Hub’s academic leadership and supports its mission to transform health and care for people with complex illnesses.
Juliette has over two decades of experience of directly shaping adult social care and health policy and practice, in collaboration with policymakers, practitioners and people with lived experience. Her appointment follows a highly competitive national and international search.
Juliette’s work spans the evaluation of complex interventions, mixed-methods research, outcome measurement and innovative care systems. She has led national evaluations of digital care technologies and research–practice partnerships in care homes, combining qualitative insight with robust evaluation designs.
Her work strongly aligns with all three clusters of the Better Health & Care Hub's work:
- Communities, through her engagement with people with lived experience and her leadership in developing the Adult Social Care Outcomes Toolkit (ASCOT) to assess quality of life and outcomes
- Frugal Innovation, through her extensive evaluation of innovative care systems and digital care technologies
- Careforce, through her role as Co-Director of the NIHR-funded Social Care Rapid Evaluation Team, which conducts rapid evaluations of social care innovations to inform decision‑making and strengthen practice.
Juliette’s leadership, expertise and experience in turning research into meaningful change will support the Hub to achieve its mission of transforming health and care locally, nationally and globally.
Juliette’s research is characterised by its methodological rigour, policy relevance and commitment to producing evidence that is both practically useful and academically sound. This blend of rapid-evaluation expertise and sector leadership aligns so well with the mission of the Better Health & Care Hub. Juliette will be well-placed to help the Hub generate actionable insight, improve care quality and, crucially, deliver better outcomes and experiences for patients, carers and families across health and social care at international, national and local levels.
Professor Irene Higginson, Director of the Better Health & Care Hub
Juliette’s appointment strengthens our leadership in applied health and care research at a time when the need for high-quality, policy-relevant evidence has never been greater. Her expertise in evaluation, outcomes and social care innovation will be a major asset to the Faculty and to our partners across the University and the health and care system
Professor Richard Harding, Executive Dean, Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery and Palliative Care