NHS ELECT - Key Persons
Having always shown a passion for statistics, Alice joined our Measurement team after graduating with a first class Master's Degree from Cardiff University. Prior to completing her postgraduate studies, Alice spent a year working for the NHS as part of an Undergraduate placement scheme. Her work there focused...
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- Member of the NHS Elect Chair and Advisory Board
- Finance Director at York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
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- Member of the NHS Elect Chair and Advisory Board
- CEO at University Hospitals Coventry and Warkwickshire NHS Trust
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- Co - Production Manager )
Andy is Co-Production Manager at NHS Elect and works across the AEC and Acute Frailty Networks. Andrew has over 20 years' experience in Urgent and Emergency Care, Acute Medicine and Critical Care within the NHS and internationally.
Andy initially developed his clinical career in a...
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- Member of the Learning and Education Network Team
- Programme Manager
Angelean studied Business and Finance at Oxford Brookes University. She joined the NHS in 2008 and has worked at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust throughout that time. She started her 15+ year NHS career within the Finance team gaining experiences in transactional, reporting and project finance, with her...
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- Associate
- Member of the Delivery Team
Biography: Anna is a senior communications professional with 30 years' experience. Anna has held Director of Communications roles in national organisations across the public sector, in healthcare and education at organisations including the Design Council, and an acute Trust, where she led significant service change and reconfiguration communication programmes...
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- Chief Executive Officer
- Member of the Delivery Team
Biography: Caroline has spent her entire career working in the NHS. She has worked in secondary care in operational and strategic management, most recently as an Executive Director at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital. She has a passion for service transformation and in the 1990s she led the operational development...
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- Member of the NHS Elect Chair and Advisory Board
- Executive Director of Health Improvement, Kent and Medway CCG
Biography: Cath joined NHS Elect in October 2022 and has over 20 years' experience working in the NHS, in a variety of sectors including primary care, acute hospitals, mental health, and integrated care systems. Her aim is to nurture the skills and confidence of NHS people.
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- Member of the Learning and Education Network Team
- Senior Project Manager
Christine has been with NHS Elect since August 2022, helping to keep the team on track over various projects, and managing the LEN inbox. She is au fait with the MS Teams suite of applications, always strives to be helpful, and...
Bio graphy: Claire has been managing events for NHS Elect for over ten years now, having returned to work part-time after starting a family. Prior to this, she worked for 15 years in Public Relations in the private sector, both in-house and in PR...
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- Assistant Director
- Member of the Learning and Education Network Team
Claire has been working for NHS Elect since April 2023 as Assistant Director, Clinical Lead for Digital Proficiency Frameworks. She qualified at Manchester University as a Registered General Nurse 2003 with a BSC (Hons) in Nursing Studies.
Claire has spent much of her career within Critical...
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- Associate
- Member of the Delivery Team
Biography: Clementine is an organisational development practitioner; equality, diversity and Inclusion specialist; social researcher; and writer. Her publications include: ‘Dementia Peer Support: Service Delivery for the People by the People'. Her career spans NHS senior management; higher education, local authority; the Not for Profit sector and as a Specialist...
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- Director
- Member of the Delivery Team
- Head of the Coaching Faculty
Biography: Darren's professional background was in pharmacy. He then worked in general management and for over a decade, in operational roles at board level in three different acute hospital trusts.
Recent Accomplishments: Darren is head of the coaching faculty at NHS Elect. He has worked on the design and delivery...
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- Member of the NHS Elect Chair and Advisory Board
- Executive Director of Strategy and Transformation, Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust
- Managing Director at South East London Accountable Cancer Network
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- Associate
- Member of the Delivery Team
Biography: Dawn is a highly skilled facilitator and organisational development consultant with over 25 years of operational experience. She is currently an NHS elect associate and an independent consultant designing and delivering Team and Leadership programmes.
What she can do for you: Dawn is passionate about inclusivity and delivers...
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- Director & Caldicott Guardian )
Biography: Deborah Thompson MSC, Dip HE, RGN is a Director at NHS Elect Director covering Urgent Care Delivery Networks. This involves leading the design and delivery of two large-scale improvement programmes across the UK; The Ambulatory Emergency Care Network and Acute Frailty Network. In addition, she also designs bespoke...
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- Associate
- Member of the Delivery Team
Biography: Chris has over 30 years' experience working in health and with NHS professionals and leaders. He has worked as a GP, medical educator and in leadership positions in NHS Trusts and at the Department of Health. He was Chief Executive of a Local Medical Committee in the Midlands...
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- Director
- Member of the Delivery Team
Biography: Coming from a background as a Chartered Physiotherapist and having been the first non-medical Clinical Director at UCLH, Eilis made the transition to General Management and held posts at UCLH and Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and NWL Strategic Health Authority. She joined NHS Elect in 2004 and has...
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- Associate
- Independent Consultant
Biography: Eleanor is an independent consultant and qualified work-place mediator, executive coach, team coach and facilitator. She has had a varied career, both in the public and private sector. She started out in research and development before moving into service improvement and change management on behalf of public sector organisations,...
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- Member of the Learning and Education Network Team
- Head of Strategy & Associate Director - Transformation Strategy )
Ella studied a Health Psychology MSc at UCL, with a focus on behaviour change. On graduating she worked at an award-winning medical education agency, incorporating academic behaviour change theories. She then spent four years at KPMG in the Healthcare and Lifesciences Strategy team advising the world's leading pharmaceutical companies...
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- Member of the NHS Elect Chair and Advisory Board
- Chief Executive, Herts Community NHS Trust
- Director of Performance & Improvement at NHS England and NHS Improvement - East of England
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- Head of Improvement Networks )
Emma Backhouse has been the Head of Improvement Networks since April 2021, having joined NHS Elect as Urgent Care Networks Manager in September 2015. During her time at NHS Elect, Emma has programme managed a number of externally commissioned programmes including the Emergency Care Improvement Programme (ECIP) for...
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- Director
- Member of the Delivery Team
Biography: Prior to joining the NHS, Gareth worked in the commercial sector and has a strong marketing background. Gareth has worked at a senior level in acute, community and primary care settings and was previously Executive Director of Strategy at Poole Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and at West Suffolk...
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- Member of the NHS Elect Chair and Advisory Board
- Director of Strategy at Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust
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- Associate
- Member of the Delivery Team
- Independent Leadership Consultant
Biography: Jan is an independent Leadership Consultant, qualified Coach, Team Coach and Action Learning Set facilitator with extensive senior leadership experience in the healthcare sector in both strategic and local settings. A Chartered Physiotherapist by background, Jan has over 32 years' experience in healthcare. She has a track record...
Biography: After graduating with Mathematics and Statistics degree in 2015 Jey began his career in NHS finance at Kings College Hospital. He progressed through various finance roles including accounts payable, management accounts and specialist projects in both acute and community trusts. Jey started at NHS elect in January 2019...
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- Associate
- Member of the Delivery Team
Biography: Jim has worked in and around the NHS for more than 30 years, 20 of them at Exec level or equivalent. His Board-level experience has been drawn from roles in several large acute Trusts, a Strategic Health Authority and in the NHS Trust Development Authority. He also spent...
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- Managing Director - Membership
Biography: I'm Jim Timpson and I lead our Organisational Development Faculty. On a day to day basis that sees me dividing my team between designing and delivering leadership development programmes across the NHS and facilitating groups who want to work on issues like team building, culture change, debriefing, strategic...
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- Member of the Delivery Team
- Joint Managing Director - Corporate & Director of Communications and Engagement )
Biography: Joe is a multi-award winning marketing and communications specialist with over 15 years of experience across a range of industries. He has worked for the NHS for the past 10 years, including marketing, communications and engagement roles in both acute and community settings.
He is a compulsive learner...
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- Member of the NHS Elect Chair and Advisory Board
- CEO at Milton Keynes Unisversity Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
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- Associate
- Member of the Delivery Team
Biography: Jude is a highly skilled facilitator, coach and organisational development consultant with over 30 years of public sector service. She was Executive Director of Strategic Development and Partnerships in the NHS, taking the leading in vital modernisation programmes in North Yorkshire. Jude's behavioural science and psychotherapy training enables...
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- Deputy Director
- Member of the Learning and Education Network Team
Julie is Deputy Director at NHS Elect, leading implementation of workforce and training innovations across healthcare systems. Julie began her NHS career as a paediatric intensive care nurse in 2000. Since 2010 she has been involved in workforce education and training undertaking senior leadership roles that support and advise...
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- CEO at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
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- Member of the NHS Elect Chair and Advisory Board
- Acting CEO at Great Western Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- Chief Executive at Great Western Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
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- Deputy Director
- Member of the Delivery Team
Biography: Leanne has gained experience and knowledge of a range of healthcare settings, having worked within the NHS in England, Wales and also internationally. An Alumna of the NHS Graduate Management Training Scheme, she has a Masters (MSc) in Health & Public Leadership and a Senior Level Management Accreditation...
Biography: Lenah has been working with NHS Elect since September 2018, having previously completed her MSc. in Project Management. Prior to NHS Elect, Lenah has enjoyed working to deliver value-adding projects and programmes, strategic partnerships and continuous improvement across education, NHS and non-governmental organisations.
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- Associate Director
- Member of the Delivery Team
Biography: Linda joined NHS Elect in 2014, she brings considerable organisation and leadership development experience gained in the health, charity, and housing sectors. Prior to joining NHS Elect, Linda ran her own organisation development consultancy for 12 years, working predominantly in the charity sector with organizations such as Medecins...
Biography: Lisa has 30 years' experience in the NHS, and is an experienced leader of transformational change and improvement. Prior to joining NHS Elect as a Programme Director in 2013, Lisa held a variety of executive director roles in acute Trusts and the charitable sector; including the Directorships for...
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- Member of the NHS Elect Chair and Advisory Board
- Director of Education at University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
Biography: Lucky started his medical career in A&E, however he eventually elected to train as a GP in Boston, Lincolnshire. He joined a practice as a partner in 2006 and has worked in the NHS as a clinician for over 20 years. During this time, Lucky completed a postgraduate...
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- Associate Director
- Member of the Learning and Education Network Team
- Specialist
Lydia is an experienced workforce specialist with expertise in clinical education. She has a background as a paediatric intensive care nurse, and extensive experience in NHS hospital trusts, international healthcare systems, academic health science partnerships, and arms-length bodies.
Lydia has designed and delivered interprofessional education, developed regional education networks,...
Mandy is an Associate Director and provides QI support to teams in the Acute Frailty, Specialised Care, Same Day Emergency Care and Patient Flow Networks. She trained at St Thomas' Hospital and has over 30 years' experience in healthcare. She has had an eclectic career working in various nursing...
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- Associate
- Member of the Delivery Team
Biography: Marian's early career was in HR and training management in the NHS, winning NHS trainer of the year. She went onto lead a performance improvement team to support business transformation in local government. She is currently an NHS Elect Associate and Independent Consultant, designing and delivering development and...
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- Member of the NHS Elect Chair and Advisory Board
- CEO Portsmouth Hospital
- Chief Delivery Officer, NHS Executive Group
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- Associate Director
- Member of the Delivery Team
Biography: An experienced commercial practitioner, Mark initially started his career in the Automotive industry within Supply Chain Management, and was actively involved in his organisations world class continuous improvement programme. He then moved on to a variety of senior, and executive commercial posts in the rail, energy and travel...
For the last 19 years Matt has spent most of his time directly supporting healthcare organisations, working with clinical staff, board members, directs and operational managers. Designing, promoting and supporting the delivery of products and services, such as the national analyst training programme (a 12...
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- Director
- Member of the Delivery Team
Biography: Mike Davidge retired from the UK National Health Service in August 2017 which he originally joined in 1979 from the manufacturing industry. In the early 1980's he was jointly responsible for creating the first national performance indicators in England and between 1986 and 1992 pioneered reduced waiting times...
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- Director
- Member of the Delivery Team
Biography: Nicki had been an Associate with NHS Elect for several years before joining as a Director in February 2022. She began her career as a nurse and is passionate about improvement. She has held national improvement leadership roles in both England and Scotland, including Associate Director and National...
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- Director
- Member of the Delivery Team
Biography: Nicola Chandler is a director at NHS Elect and is an experienced QI practitioner and senior improvement coach who has supported multi-disciplinary teams to deliver national initiatives, such as 18 weeks and Enhanced Recovery, and supported teams participating in the Ambulatory Emergency Care collaborative.
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- Director
- Leader
- Member of the Delivery Team
- Senior Manager
Biography: Piers Young is a Senior Manager and leader in healthcare, with a proven track recording in supporting NHS organisations, the Department of Health and NHS England in improvement and NHS operational management. Piers has experience at executive and board level and has worked at Chief Operating Officer level...
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- Associate
- Member of the Delivery Team
Biography: Richard is an Associate at NHS Elect, working three days a week with the team and at a coffee shop in Reading he owns for the remaining two days.
He spends the majority of this time facilitating sessions on topics such as Resilience, Leadership, Teams and Difficult Conversations. Prior...
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- Member of the Delivery Team
- Joint Managing Director - Corporate )
Biography: Having worked in various senior NHS management roles, Robin combines a realistic outlook with the latest change management thinking to achieve results. He has a genuine understanding of the competing demands of operational health care management and the challenge of meaningfully engaging clinicians in quality improvement. He is...
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- Senior Project Manager
- Head of PMO
Rosdip is an accomplished senior project manager and brings together diverse expertise in fundraising, the third sector, and currently NHS. His interest lies in leading multidisciplinary programmes and solving strategic challenges for better healthcare.
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- Associate
- Member of the Delivery Team
Biography: Ruth has 20 years HR and OD experience in the public and private sector, leaving the NHS in 2012 to set up her own business ‘Enjoy Work' and specialises in creative leadership development and executive coaching.
Ruth works internationally coaching and running residential leadership programmes for global organisations...
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- Deputy Director
- Member of the Delivery Team
Biography: Sally started her career as an NHS General Management Trainee in 2006, gaining an MSc in Healthcare Leadership and Management as part of this programme. She has worked in various operational management roles across mental health and acute services since then, mainly in London teaching hospitals. More recently...
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- Associate
- Member of the Delivery Team
Biography: Sheryl has been professionally facilitating and coaching for about 15 years and has worked with NHS Elect on a number of leadership development and strategic review programmes since 2012. Working for the NHS for 30 years, Sheryl has worked from ward to board as a therapist, manager, executive...
Biography: Values and results driven senior strategic and operational leader in a variety of NHS, third sector and education organisations. Commissioning and provider experience in acute, community and primary care services. Led complex multi-site services with a track record of delivering improved quality, better value combined with...
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- Director
- Member of the Delivery Team
Biography: Sue Kong joined NHS Elect in April 2005 as their Director, leading on the marketing of NHS Services and assisting the Department of Health with the Gastroenterology 18 weeks commissioning pathways. Prior to joining NHS Elect, Sue was Executive Director for Strategy and Planning at North West London Strategic...
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- Member of the Learning and Education Network Team
- Lead Programme Manager )
Tania has an MSc in International Health Management and expertise in patient advocacy and medical education.
During her career she has worked closely with underrepresented and often marginalised communities, including LGBTQ+ and BAME communities, women, drug users, and migrants, to gain a greater understanding of their unmet needs and...
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- Member of the Learning and Education Network Team
- Digital Content Creation and Configuration Manager
Tim works across a wide range of projects within NHS Elect, contributing tailored solutions and guidance pulled from his experience across web development, data modelling, media production, animation, and automation. His work prioritises accessibility and ease of use, and he advocates for digital literacy and the benefits of digital...
Biography: Toni started at NHS Elect in December 2005 on a 5 week contract and either as a penance or a stroke of good luck (depends on what kind of day she is having) she has been here ever since. Her background is in HR and she was an HR...