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Dr Yvonne Statham

Forensic psychologist and chief executive of ProLibertas Care Solutions. Former CQC Compliance Inspection Manager.

Thirty years across health and social care, spent making sure the highest standards are not only reached, but built to hold, through strong leadership and sound governance.

Dr Yvonne works with care providers, owners and boards on complex care, governance, regulatory improvement and service leadership.

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About Dr Yvonne Statham

A clinician who runs a care company, and knows both worlds.

My career has had one thread running through it: making sure vulnerable people get care that actually works, and that the services supporting them are strong enough to keep going.

I trained as a forensic psychologist and spent years in psychiatric, dementia and complex community settings, then moved into regulation as a CQC Compliance Inspection Manager. Today I lead ProLibertas Care Solutions, a CQC-registered specialist care provider, so I understand the pressures of operating a regulated service from the inside.

I help owners and boards move from being the single point on which everything depends, to running a business that is structured, sustainable and commercially sound, with the people being supported kept at the heart of every decision.

Clinical, Regulatory & Care Leadership Expertise

Five places where clinical insight, regulatory experience and real operating knowledge come together.

01

CQC Inspection & Regulatory Insight

A former CQC Compliance Inspection Manager's perspective on regulatory standards, service quality and sustainable improvement.

02

Steadying services in crisis

MBA-qualified, with a record of leading large clinical teams, managing crisis and turning struggling services around.

03

Forensic & complex care

PhD forensic psychologist and CBT specialist across psychiatric and complex settings.

04

Governance, Systems & Operational Structure

Turning what lives in the founder’s head into repeatable systems and policies that protect the business.

05

Board & Leadership Advisory

An experienced non-executive director and mentor, offering constructive challenge and foresight.

Credentials

Academic, clinical and professional standing built over three decades.

PhD, Forensic Psychology

MBA, Business Administration

MSc, Health Psychology

MA, Human Resource Management

BSc (Hons), Psychology

PGCE, Qualified Lecturer

CBT Specialist

NVQ4, Registered Manager Award

Member, British Psychological Society

Member, BABCP

Institute of Enterprise & Entrepreneurs

Diploma, Counselling (Psychodynamic & Rogerian)

Thirty years, across every part of the sector

Present

Chief Executive, ProLibertas Care Solutions

Leading a CQC-registered service specialising in complex care and the Small Supports Framework, using front-line experience to advise other owners in the sector.

2015–2022

CEO, Changing Directions Associates

A consultancy supporting health and social care providers identified by CQC as needing change, helping them meet requirements and improve quality. At its height it worked with 47 specialists and 49 associate providers.

Regulation

CQC Compliance Inspection Manager

Managing inspection and compliance across a large geographical area, with deep insight into regulatory standards and expectations.

Clinical

Senior clinical and management roles

Special Hospital psychiatric care, dementia residential care in the public sector, and complex care in the community, leading large multidisciplinary teams and registered managers across mental health services.

Charity

Charity leadership and governance

Volunteer Chief Executive for women’s refuge services, and a Trustee of East Lancashire MIND.

Get in touch

For consultancy, board and advisory enquiries, or to talk about complex care.

Email

yvonne@prolibertas.co.uk

Phone

07958 113331

Based in

Burnley, Lancashire

Working across

The North West