James Sinclair

James is our COO and Evaluation Lead. Since joining in 2022, he has led our evaluation practice, building internal capability and delivering large-scale impact, process and economic evaluations of technology-enabled, person-centred care. He has also led major transformation programmes, including remote monitoring in domiciliary care, enhanced roles in social care, and business case development for large-scale care technology procurement.

James has over 10 years experience within NHS and academic research, leading teams and services to expand research across NHS, social care and third sector organisations. Prior to this he worked for 10 years as a carer in domiciliary and home care settings, providing a practical understanding of the issues faced in social care.

James is experienced in study design, research ethics and approvals, qualitative and quantitative analysis, and practical research delivery. As Research Delivery Manager at NELFT he was responsible for a team of 15 researchers recruiting over 1500 research participants annually to a rolling portfolio of over 40 studies focussing on mental health and community health services. 

James recently took a road trip from Nairobi to Rwanda, passing through Uganda to meet the gorillas. He needed a holiday where he was unable to access emails, phone calls, Slack…all forms of work communication, in order to get some proper downtime. He failed…we did receive the odd email from him…but he has returned, with adventures to tell…