LEEDS COMMUNITY HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Member of the Board of Directors
- Non - Executive Director
Alison was appointed as a Non-Executive Director in December 2020. She chairs the Charitable Funds Committee and is a member of the Quality Committee and Nominations and Remuneration Committee.
Alison has worked for voluntary organisations for nearly 30 years including as Chief Executive of Touchstone, a mental health charity in Leeds and wider West Yorkshire for nearly 20 years.
Alison is currently the Deputy Mayor for Police and Crime in West Yorkshire. Alison has also been involved in local government for 29 years as a local councillor representing Armley and she was Deputy Lord Mayor in 2003/04. Alison was made an Honorary Alderwoman of Leeds in 2020.
Alison has substantial experience in developing inclusive leadership teams and was awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws by the University of Leeds for her contribution to Equality, Diversion and Inclusion across 30 years working in the region.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Board of Directors
- Interim Executive Director of Operations
Andrea has over 40 years' experience of working in Leeds, starting her career as a nursing assistant at Meanwood Park Hospital, whilst waiting to begin her nurse training. After qualifying in 1984 with a registration in what would now be referred to as learning disability, Andrea developed a passion for person centred care, supporting the closure of the hospital and a move into the community for the people who lived there.
Andrea then went on to train as a social worker specialising in working with people with a physical disability or acquired brain injury. It was while working for the Local Authority that she started to question the ‘false' distinctions between health and social care, fighting for people to receive services and funding that truly met their needs.
After choosing operational leadership as her career path Andrea used her influence to challenge ‘the system', pushing organisational boundaries, and introducing new ways of working across health and social care. She went on to study Health and Social Care leadership at Huddersfield University, always with the aim of improving services for the people of Leeds.
As General Manager for the Specialist Business Unit, she was responsible for a broad portfolio of services including those supporting people in the criminal justice system and others marginalised within society. Andrea is passionate about developing services that reach all communities and has led several successful tenders for new business.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Board of Directors
- Interim Executive Director of Finance and Resources
Andrea joined LCH in January 2024 as Interim Director of Finance and Resources. Based in Tameside she has over twenty years' experience as a qualified accountant, gained mostly within the hospital sector. In 2016 she moved to work within mental health and community services, where she found her passion for this area of healthcare.
With a strong focus on listening to the staff voice to affect change, Andrea is also a keen advocate for health equity, she describes it as a privilege to use her financial experience to support some of the most vulnerable people in our communities, many of whom have long-term or lifelong illnesses.
Outside of work Andrea is married with two daughters. She enjoys swimming and cycling and has worked as a volunteer for her local mental health service.
Job Titles:
- Chairman
- Chairman of the Board of Directors
- Trust Chair
Brodie was appointed as Trust Chair in August 2020 and had previously been a Non-Executive Director at the Trust since September 2014. He chairs the Nominations and Remuneration Committee and is a member of the Charitable Funds Committee. Brodie has had extensive public sector experience with 32 years in the Prison Service and nine years in the UK Border Agency. His experience has included governing prisons, responsibility for the high security prison estate and latterly he developed and successfully led the UK Border Force through a modernising programme with security and risk at it's core.
He is experienced in dealing with large scale complex national and international risk activity and in delivering transformational change agendas within demanding operational settings. He was awarded the CBE in 2010 for his work on UK border security.
He is a strong believer in the power and voice of local communities and seeks to support that through his role with the Trust.
Job Titles:
- Executive
- Medical Director
- Member of the Board of Directors
Ruth qualified as a GP in Oxford and, alongside mainstream practice, worked as the Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) Locality Lead for Urgent Care and as a GP with an Extended Role (GPER) in musculoskeletal medicine. She continues to see patients in practice.
She became the Medical Director for Buckinghamshire MSK community service in 2011 and then stepped into a national Medical Director role in 2013. Before taking up her current post, she worked for six years as a Medical Director across a mixture
Job Titles:
- Member of the Board of Directors
- Non Executive Director
- Vice Chair
Helen was appointed as a Non Executive Director in May 2019. She is Vice Chair of the Trust, Chair of the Quality Committee and a member of the Business Committee. Helen is also the Trust's Senior Independent Director which includes duties such as providing support to the Chair, co-ordinating the Chair appraisal process, intervening to resolve issues of concern on the Board, and taking part in the succession planning process
Job Titles:
- Member of the Board of Directors
- Non - Executive Director
Khalil was appointed as a Non-Executive Director in December 2020.
He chairs the Audit Committee and is Deputy Chair of the Business
Job Titles:
- Member of the Board of Directors
- Director of Workforce ( Job Share )
Job Titles:
- Associate
- Member of the Board of Directors
- Non - Executive Director
Rachel was appointed as an Associate Non-Executive Director in December 2020. She is a member of the Business Committee and the Nominations and Remuneration Committee.
Rachel is a qualified lawyer with over 20 years' experience of working in
health and social care. A litigator by background she spent several years
at DLA Piper, a global commercial law firm where she specialised in health
Job Titles:
- Member of the Board of Directors
- Non - Executive Director
Richard was appointed to a Non-Executive Director role on the Trust's Board commencing April 2016. Richard chairs the Business Committee and is Deputy Chair of Audit Committee. He acts as Board champion for the Freedom to Speak Up Guardian work at the Trust.
Through his own consultancy business, Richard specialises in digital healthcare transformation; designing and delivering complex programmes. He is a specialist in programme delivery and commercial management, particularly centred on patient record and population health management solutions. Over his career Richard has held senior positions with PwC, IBM, PA Consulting and Deloitte where he headed the UK Human Capital Healthcare team. He has led work across the UK, Europe and the Middle East. Richard has a degree in Economics and is a qualified
Job Titles:
- Member of the Board of Directors
- Interim Chief Executive
Born and raised in Leeds, Sam became Interim Chief Executive in August 2023, her previous role was as Executive Director of Operations at the Trust, a position she has held since it began in 2011. Before this, she was responsible for establishing the Trust as an official NHS provider, something she achieved in her role as Managing Director of NHS Leeds Community Healthcare.
Sam brings to the role a wealth of health and social care experience, specifically serving the people of Leeds. She has worked across all sectors of the NHS including community, mental health, commissioning, and acute services. From 2020 onwards, as part of the national drive to protect people against the global pandemic, she successfully led the Covid 19 Vaccination Programme for the City.
Passionate about ‘Team Leeds' and working in a way that patients and their families can understand, she has led many partnerships across the city, collaborating with both the public and voluntary sector to improve access and outcomes for people in need of care and support.
Sam holds an MBA from the University of Durham Business School, gained after studying with the Open University. As her leadership career began with few formal qualifications, she remains committed to harnessing potential through workforce training and development and to creating an inclusive culture for all.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Board of Directors
- Executive Director of Nursing and Allied Health Professionals
Stephanie was born and has spent most of her working life in Yorkshire. She trained as a nurse in Calderdale. As well as being a Registered Nurse for adults, she also holds qualifications in children's nursing, district nursing and a Master's degree in advanced practice and is a non-medical prescriber.
She is currently leading on the National District Nurse Apprenticeship Standard and is the
Chair of the Trailblazer group for this work. She has held a number of senior leadership
posts within nursing across provider and commissioning organisations. Her current role