ST CLARE HOSPICE TRADING COMPANY LIMITED - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Trustee
- St Clare As a Trustee
Andrew joined St Clare as a trustee in 2021. He has over thirty years of experience as a solicitor at...
Bob Weston has been a dedicated and long-running ambassador of St Clare, helping to raise over £800,000 for the Hospice...
Job Titles:
- Member of the Senior Leadership Team
Carolanne spent 5 years being Director of Patient Care within St Clare Hospice and has returned, from the birth of her second daughter, in April 2023 to her current role as Director of Clinical Integration.
Carolanne's vision for St Clare and palliative care is that each person who needs palliative care and hospice support are given that by a hospice that works in partnership within a system of care providers who deliver care proactively and seamlessly supporting patients and their families
Carolanne has worked in many areas within healthcare delivery but has mainly specialised in oncology and palliative care in clinical roles and continued in to leadership, education, Quality Improvement and Service Redesign with a real interest in the strategic aspects of care delivery
Carolanne has much experience in strategic growth of hospice services and has a keen interest in broadening hospice access for patients and service users, ensuring that we minimise any inequities within access of hospice care.
Carolanne has worked in many areas within healthcare delivery but has mainly specialised in oncology and palliative care. Her previous...
Dame Claire became a Patron of St Clare Hospice in 2017 and is keen to promote hospice services after St Clare cared for her mother. Claire regularly endorses our work and services by supporting Hospice campaigns and hosting events for other clinical professionals.
She was honoured as Dame Commander of the British Empire in 2018 in the Queen's Birthday Honours List.
Before becoming Deputy Speaker, Eleanor was a member of the influential Political and Constitutional Reform Select Committee and Chairman of the 1922 Home and Constitutional Affairs Committee. Always deeply involved in parliamentary reform, she was a member of the controversial Joint Committee on the House of Lords, the Joint Committee on Parliamentary Privilege and the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission. She has also held a variety of opposition spokesman roles - as Shadow Minister for Constitutional Affairs, Shadow Minister for Equality, Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland, Shadow Education Minister and Opposition Whip.
A graduate of Edinburgh University, where she was the first woman to be elected President of the Union, Eleanor worked as a solicitor in Edinburgh, in the City and in industry. She was until recently Chairman of the Society of Conservative Lawyers.
Eleanor has supported St Clare Hospice by choosing us as her Christmas card charity, and by continuing to campaign on local issues on our behalf.
Dame Eleanor Laing has been the MP for Epping Forest since 1997. She was elected Deputy Speaker of the House...
Job Titles:
- Member of the Senior Leadership Team
- Honorary Consultant in Palliative Medicine at Princess Alexandra Hospital
Qamar graduated from Dow Medical College, Karachi, Pakistan in 1993 after which he moved to the United Kingdom in 1995 to pursue higher training. His initial plan was to train in Cardiology but in 1999, he recognised his passion for holistic and palliative care for patients.
Dr Abbas started as a doctor at St Clare Hospice when its Inpatient Unit started in January 2000. He was appointed as Deputy Medical Director in 2006 and he has also been working as a Consultant at the hospice since 2013. In November 2018 Qamar was appointed as the Medical Director of St Clare Hospice.
Dr Abbas is also an Honorary Consultant in Palliative Medicine at Princess Alexandra Hospital, Harlow; a Senior Clinical Tutor, School of Clinical Medicine at the University of Cambridge; an Associate Lecturer, School of Medicine at Anglia Ruskin University; a Visiting Honorary Lecturer at Muhammad Medical College in Pakistan and a member of Race Equity Committee, Association for Palliative Medicine of Great Britain and Ireland. Qamar is also a Trainer for junior doctors and an appraiser for the General Medical Council.
Qamar has postgraduate qualifications in Palliative Medicine, Medical Ethics and Medical Education. He has published scientific papers and reviews and written chapters for several books. He has participated in regional and national committees for the development of Palliative Medicine and has contributed to the formulation of guidelines in palliative care.
Job Titles:
- Managing Director at Daniel Robinson & Sons
Gary has been the Managing Director at Daniel Robinson & Sons for thirty years.
Job Titles:
- Trustee
- St Clare As a Trustee
Jeff joined St Clare as a trustee in 2021. With extensive experience in clinical leadership, including 20 years dedicated to...
Job Titles:
- Trustee
- Chartered Secretary
Jill is a Chartered Secretary, who has worked as a governance professional in the private, public and charitable sectors....
John's involvement with St Clare Hospice started in 1989 with a public meeting at Latton Bush, and he says that...
Lawrence joined the Board in June 2022, wanting help a local organisation that makes a real difference to families across...
Job Titles:
- Member of the Senior Leadership Team
Louise joined St Clare in 2022. She has worked across health and social care delivering system-wide transformation in both in-patient and community settings.
Having worked locally in West Essex for over 10 years, in leadership roles for Essex County Council and West Essex CCG, Louise joined St Clare to focus on supporting the Hospice to deliver our Strategy 2022+.
Louise is passionate about delivering high quality local services to meet the needs of local people, and aspires to put St Clare Hospice on the map as a thriving place to work in health and care.
As Director of Digital and Transformation, Louise is continually exploring how technology can strengthen the specialist end of life and palliative care support provided by the Hospice, and how we can maximise the use of our resources as we adapt in an ever-changing environment.
Mark has been a trustee since December 2018 and brings over two decades' experience from the Fundraising sector...
Melissa Jones lives in Saffron Walden, where she is an active community member. ...
Michael is the former Chair of the St Clare Hospice Board of Trustees. He became a patron in 2015....
Monica joined our Board of Trustees in November 2019. Monica is a Consultant Gastroenterologist at Princess Alexandra Hospital Trust Harlow,...
Muntazir joined the Trustee Board in June 2023, bringing with him over 20 years of experience working in the financial...
Job Titles:
- Member of the Senior Leadership Team
Soorya, joined St Clare Hospice as Director of Finance & Resources in May 2023 with lead responsibility for Finance, Information...
Nik has been a trustee since August 2018. For almost three decades he has been proudly involved in work ensuring...
Phil has been a trustee since 2018 and brings over 30 years' experience from the commercial sector including Strategic and...
Robert lives in Harlow, and was first elected Member of Parliament in 2010. ...
Job Titles:
- Member of the Senior Leadership Team
- Director of Income Generation & Communications Rosie
As Director of Income Generation & Communications Rosie is responsible for our fundraising, lottery, retail activities and our hospice wide communications and marketing. She joined St Clare because it was the perfect opportunity to bring together her fundraising skills with her passion for healthcare and supporting people to live well.
Rosie joined St Clare Hospice in January 2020, having previously worked for almost 10 years in fundraising for both large and small charities. Prior to working in fundraising, Rosie had a career in retail management, as well as experience in working within the NHS. Coming from a Director of Development role at Villiers Park Educational Trust, Rosie has broad experience across a range of fundraising disciplines as well as organisational stakeholder management. Her specialism is in Philanthropy, having developed a deep understanding of major donor and trust fundraising at Alzheimer's Research UK.
Rosie is passionate about providing excellent care for everyone whom St Clare Hospice serves, whatever point they are at in their journey. Rosie focuses on building meaningful relationships with supporters of the charity, ensuring that everybody feels genuinely valued and empowered to support St Clare, knowing the difference that their help makes to their Hospice and local people in the community.
Sarah Howe joined the Trustee Board in 2023, with a background of 24 years in financial services. Sarah was most...
Job Titles:
- Member of the Senior Leadership Team
Sarah joined St Clare in May 2017 with 11 years experience in the hospice sector.
Prior to St Clare, Sarah was part of the Senior Management Team at St Joseph's Hospice in Hackney for four years and before that, she was Director of Fundraising at the Hospice of St Francis in Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire for seven years.
She has significant experience in strategic development and growth of hospices, community engagement work (including responsibility for the award-winning Compassionate Neighbours project in East London) and securing significant income. She completed an MSc in Voluntary Sector Management, graduating with distinction in 2013. She is also a very proud mum of two young sons.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Senior Leadership Team
Sheona graduated from South Bank University with a BSc (Hons) in District Nursing and qualified as a Registered Nurse in 1996. Sheona practiced District Nursing in Barking and Dagenham and then West Essex before managing multi-disciplinary teams in both West Essex and Tower Hamlets.
Before joining St Clare, Sheona's managed a multidisciplinary community team at Farleigh Hospice. She has also worked with Macmillan, NHS Clinical Commissioning Groups, private specialist care providers and care homes.
Sheona has significant experience in operational management, service development, clinical governance and quality improvement. She is currently working towards a Masters degree in Voluntary Sector Management at City, University of London, which she finds extremely motivating and she is keen to put her knowledge into practice at St Clare.
Sheona is passionate about supporting the teams at St Clare to continue to deliver excellent care to patients and their families, and is looking for opportunities to improve and expand our services.
Sheona graduated from South Bank University with a degree in District Nursing and qualified as a Registered Nurse since 1996....