
Richard Benson
MD of Premier, part of Totally plc’s Planned Care Division
Richard Benson has been MD of Totally’s Planned Care Division since August 2019. Prior to that he was the CEO of About Health.
Richard began his career in the NHS and worked in a variety of roles across England. More than half of his 15 years in the NHS was spent at Board level. During that time Richard was appointed as an Associate of the NHS Modernisation Agency, and spent a year on the faculty if the Health Service Management Centre at Birmingham University where he taught on the Health Management MA programme. His last NHS post was at Poole Primary Care Trust where the teams he managed won two national quality awards.
After leaving the NHS, Richard was a founder Director of About Health from 2008 until its acquisition by Totally in 2016.