Becks joined the Nuffield Trust as Director of Research and Policy in July 2024. She is an experienced mixed methods researcher, has published and presented widely, served on multiple national advisory groups, and is co-founder of Next Generation GP – a national leadership programme for early-career GPs. She also spent a year in the US as a Harkness Fellow, researching the organisation and management of primary care. Previously, Becks was a senior policy fellow at the Health Foundation, where she led the organisation’s primary care portfolio. She is also a salaried GP in a deprived urban area.
Becks is honorary Professor of Health Policy and Primary Care at Queen Mary University of London.