DEAR-GP - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Member of the Board
- Vice Chairman, GP Partner at Hetherington Practice
Adrian is a GP Partner at Hetherington Practice in Clapham and Chair of the Lambeth Clinical Commissioning Group. He trained at Kings College in 1983 and after qualifying took up a hospital based post in Plymouth before returning to London. During his career he developed an interest in mental health, addictions and healthcare for the homeless.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Senior Leadership Team
- Head of Mental Health at HIN
Aileen is Head of Mental Health at HIN. She has worked extensively in the health and social care sector including: commissioning, service development, workforce development and social work management and delivery. She is also a qualified trainer and a registered social worker.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Senior Leadership Team
- Head of Patient Safety
Alison has extensive experience in NHS clinical leadership and management over 20 years. A state registered dietitian with an MSc in Nutritional Medicine. She was dietetic lead at Guys & St Thomas' NHS Trust worked clinically as a specialist dietitian in numerous areas including intestinal failure and gastroenterology. More recently Alison has delivered a number of at scale transformation programmes across south London in long term conditions and mental health.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Senior Leadership Team
- Programme Director, Musculoskeletal and Healthy Ageing
Andrea worked in NHS management in London for 20 years, including as Directorate Manager at Chelsea and Westminster and Queen Elizabeth Hospital, before joining the HIN in 2013. As well as her MSK role, which has seen her successfully drive the development and national scale-up of ESCAPE-pain with its creator Professor Mike Hurley, Andrea also plays a key role in developing the internal health and wellbeing programme for staff.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Senior Leadership Team
- Physiotherapist
- Head of Evaluation and Implementation Science
Andrew is a physiotherapist by training and has a PhD in implementation science. His role at HIN as Head of Evaluation and Implementation Science involves helping to build the evidence and practice of implementing innovation and evidence-based interventions across health and care in south London (and beyond). He is also a Board member for the UK Implementation Society.
Anna King - Chief Commercial Officer
Job Titles:
- Commercial Director
- Member of the Executives Team
Originally qualified as a Chartered Accountant with PricewaterhouseCoopers, where she advised health and social care clients such as GSK, Roche and Aventis; Anna has previously held number of senior NHS regional commercial and improvement roles, including Commercial Programme Director at the London Commercial Support Unit. Joining HIN in 2013, Anna's focus has been building relationships between NHS and industry. A founder of DigitalHealth.London, she also developed the DigitalHealth.London Accelerator Programme.
Job Titles:
- Clinical Director, Healthy Ageing
Carrie is a freelance practicing GP in Merton. Her previous clinical leadership roles include developing the local end of life care strategy for Sutton and Merton Primary Care Trust and the Nelson Practice; and the Clinical Director for Unplanned care and Older and Vulnerable adults.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Senior Leadership Team
- Programme Director, Insights and Patient Safety
Catherine has over 20 years' experience in the NHS in London, including more than 15 years in quality improvement and transformation roles. Catherine co-leads the National Patient Safety Improvement programme on Managing Deterioration. She has a Masters in Business Psychology and is an expert on co-designing improvements with patients and applying behavioural insights to healthcare.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Board
- Healthwatch Lambeth Chief Executive
Catherine has been the Chief Executive of Healthwatch Lambeth, since its inception in 2013. The charitable organisation works to ensure that the voice of local people is heard. Catherine is also Vice Chair of Lambeth's Safeguarding Adults Board and chairs the Board's Community Reference Group.
Job Titles:
- Associate Clinical Director for Patient Safety at the HIN
- Associate Clinical Director, Patient Safety
Cleo is currently the Associate Clinical Director for Patient Safety at the HIN. Her ambition is to promote collaborative and partnership working across traditional boundaries for sustainable change. With a background in pharmacy she is passionate about medicines optimisation and its potential to deliver truly patient-centred, safe and effective coordinated care.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Senior Leadership Team
- Head of Finance and Corporate Support
- Head of Finance and Information
Dan is Head of Finance and Information with additional responsibility for a range of bank office functions. He has been with HIN since June 2014, prior to which he was at the NHS London Strategic Health Authority and worked on the South London Healthcare Trust transition programme.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Senior Leadership Team
- Head of Digital Transformation & Technology
Denis graduated as a biomedical engineer in Ireland and worked for medical device manufacturers before joining the NHS Scientist Training Programme and becoming a registered clinical scientist working within Guy's & St Thomas' medical physics department as a medical devices specialist. Since then Denis has undertaken a Darzi Fellowship within NHS England where he worked on improving cancer diagnostic pathways and currently leads the Digital Transformation & Technology team at the HIN, providing technical knowledge and expertise around medical software and hardware development, deployment and governance, ICT and change management.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Executives Team
- Director of Digital Transformation ( Interim )
- Interim Director of Digital Transformation
Dr Amanda Begley is interim Director of Digital Transformation, on secondment from Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust. Amanda's focus is on building partnerships and expertise to deliver innovation at scale and pace for patient, staff and population benefit. She co-founded the award winning NHS Innovation Accelerator (NIA), and - whilst on secondment to OneLondon - helped establish the Health Data Research UK Hub for Cancer - DATA-CAN, where she worked as Director of Strategy and Partnerships. Following her PhD, Amanda joined the NHS as an Assistant and Trainee Clinical Psychologist. She has worked as a commissioner and senior manager across primary, community and secondary care in south East London, as Head of Innovation at London's Strategic Health Authority and Director of Innovation and Implementation at UCLPartners.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Board
- Chief Operating Officer, NIHR Clinical Research Network South London
James's career includes 21 years working to support clinical research and he has been working within the NIHR since it was established. With a background of working in preclinical drug discovery during his PhD and Postdoctoral work, James transitioned to supporting oncology trials with the MRC Clinical Trials Unit. In 2002, James worked to set up one of the regional cancer research networks as part of the National Cancer Research Network initiative, which latterly developed into a joint role that involved both covering the Network activities and being Head of Cancer Trials for UCLH, managing UCL's Experimental Cancer Medicine Centre. Prior to his current role James worked as the Chief Operating Officer for the CRN North Thames.
Job Titles:
- Medical Director
- Member of the Executives Team
In addition to her HIN role, Natasha leads the Implementation and Involvement team of the Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) South London and chairs the AHSN Network's Clinical Executives Group. Natasha is a Consultant in Pain Medicine at University College London Hospitals and an Expert Adviser to NICE and journals such as BMJ Open.
Job Titles:
- Consultant
- Clinical Director, Cardiovascular
Dr Roy Jogiya is a consultant cardiologist trained with sub-specialists interest in disease prevention, heart rhythm disorders and imaging. Alongside his work at the HIN, Roy practices clinically at St Thomas Hospital and Kingston Hospital. He studied at Imperial College and graduated with Honours in Cardiovascular Science (BSc) and Medicine (MBBS). He has published in a number of leading international journals and presented at international conferences. During his training he gained a PgDip in Medical Law and Ethics and completed a PhD in computational accelerated cardiac imaging at Kings College London. He has held a number of senior roles including the Royal College Physicians Tutor, IMT Training Programme Director and Honorary Senior Lecturer at Kings College London.
Job Titles:
- Professor of Community Psychiatry at the Centre for Global Mental Health
Graham Thornicroft is Professor of Community Psychiatry at the Centre for Global Mental Health and the Centre for Implementation Science, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London. He is also a Consultant Psychiatrist at South London & Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, working in a community mental health team in Lambeth. He is a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences, is a National Institute of Health Research Senior Investigator Emeritus and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, Honorary Fellow of King's College London and the Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Psychiatrists.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Board
- HIN Vice Chairman
Hilary is a lawyer and former partner in Denton Hall solicitors. She specialised in intellectual property law and has served on several public bodies. She is currently a Trustee of the Natural History Museum, Chair of National Voices and recently advised on a Review of Access to Innovative Medicines for the Office of Life Sciences.
Job Titles:
- Chairman
- Chairman of the Board
- Investor
- Member of the Executives Team
Hitesh Thakrar is an experienced investor in the technology sector, having spent over 25 years investing in public equities in the life sciences, information technology and innovation sectors. Since 2015, he has moved into early stage venture investing. Hitesh is currently a Partner at Syncona Limited (a Wellcome Trust backed early stage venture fund), a Governance Board Member of KQ Labs at the Francis Crick Institute, an accelerator with the Turing supporting next generation businesses in data science and life sciences, and the Chair of the Investment Committee for Newable Ventures (a pre-Series A deep tech fund). Hitesh is also an advisor to UKRI's Science and Technology Funding Council (SFTC) that helps early stage companies spin out from UK universities, He recently joined as a Trustee of the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital Charity. Previous NED roles include work with Desktop Genetics and Tropic Biosciences, both companies using CRISPR technology in gene editing. Prior to 2015, Hitesh has worked at various public market institutions in global equity research and fund management including at ADIA (Abu Dhabi's sovereign wealth fund), JP Morgan, Aviva Group, Dresdner Bank and New Star Asset Management. Hitesh has a degree in chemistry from Kings College, London, an MBA from Cranfield University and a CFA from the American Association of Investment Analysts and has previously held a position as Innovation Fellow at the University of Cambridge.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Board
- Chief Executive and Chief Medical Officer Guy 's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
- Medical Officer of Guy
Ian became Medical Officer of Guy's and St Thomas' in January 2011. He joined the Trust as a consultant renal physician and honorary senior lecturer at King's College London in 1994 and has had a distinguished clinical and academic career, which has included a broad range of senior management positions. In addition to his clinical work, Ian has played a key role in the development of Clinical Academic Groups, the management units of King's Health Partners, and was closely involved in work to integrate with Lambeth and Southwark community services.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Board
- Chief Transformation Officer, St George 's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
James joined St George's from the Department of Health, where he was an advisor to the Secretary of State for Health. James is an experienced NHS and commercial director, having held roles in NHS commissioning, as well as at West Middlesex University NHS Trust, and Chelsea and Westminster NHS Foundation Trust.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Board
- Principal of St George
- Principal, St George 's, University of London
Professor Jenny Higham is Principal of St George's, University of London and represents universities on the HIN Board. She took up appointment at St George's on 2 November 2015, where she also practices clinically as a Gynaecologist in the Trust . She is also the first female Chair of the Medical Schools Council, a position she was elected to in August 2016.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Board
- Director of Performance and Delivery at King 's Health Partners
- Managing Director King 's Health Partners
Jill is the Director of Performance and Delivery at King's Health Partners. She was Service Director for the Behavioural and Developmental Psychiatry CAG in South London and Maudsley NHS FT. Previously, she was Director of Cancer Waits and Heart Team Capital Programme at DH. Previous roles include Chief Executive of a London PCG and Director of Commissioning in a PCT.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Board
- Chief Executive Officer TechUK
Julian has spent over 30 years in the tech industry including roles at IBM as Vice President for Small and Medium Business and Vice President for Public Sector. As CEO of techUK Julian leads a 60 strong team in representing 800+ member companies, ensuring that the digital tech industry is at the heart of a modern society and economy in Britain.
Job Titles:
- Director of Communications
- Member of the Senior Leadership Team
Kerry has 13 years' experience in the NHS, having worked in hospitals and at a system level focusing on strategy, marketing, digital communications and stakeholder management. She is passionate about demonstrating how clear communications can deliver strategically important campaigns which improve people's lives.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Senior Leadership Team
- Programme Director, Innovation
Lesley has worked in NHS and public sector roles for over 20 years. She has worked in senior business and strategy roles in mental health and community trusts, and experience in community engagement, programme management, business development, bid writing and service re-design, all delivered in collaboration with a variety of partnerships.
Job Titles:
- Clinical Director, Patient Safety
- Nurse at Great Ormond Street
Linda trained as a nurse at Great Ormond Street and the Royal Berkshire Hospitals, before working for many years in children's services. She also has expertise in clinical leadership, risk and safety, strategic development and service improvement at board level. Her passion for children's services also led her to undertake roles as Chair of Heartline Families, Trustee for the National Children's Bureau and Trustee for the Infant Trust.
Job Titles:
- Director of Operations
- Member of the Executives Team
Mark's career has focused on health and social care improvement, with over 10 years management experience working with local, regional and national health bodies to drive improvements in service delivery. He has a keen interest in public health and has held various roles at the London Ambulance Service, South East London ICS, NHS England and the Department of Health before joining the HIN.
Job Titles:
- Clinical Director, Musculoskeletal
Mike's research career started in 1988 at University College London. In 1990 he moved to the Physiotherapy Department, King's College London, completed a PhD in 1992. He was there as Lecturer, Reader and Professor in Physiotherapy until he moved to the School of Rehabilitation Sciences at St George's University of London in October 2010.
Job Titles:
- Clinical Director, Mental Health
Muj is a Consultant Liaison Psychiatrist at King's College Hospital. He is interested in areas where mind and body illnesses overlap or co-exist. He also specialises in persistent physical (including medically unexplained) symptoms at the Maudsley Hospital's Persistent Physical Symptoms Unit. He is a former NHS Medical Director's Clinical Fellow and past Chair of committees for doctors in training at the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges and Royal College of Psychiatrists.
Job Titles:
- Clinical Director, Diabetes
Neel qualified from University College London and is a GP at Springfield Medical Centre in Lambeth. He is also the Diabetes Lead for Lambeth CCG and a GPSI in Diabetes for the Lambeth Diabetes Intermediate Care Team.
Job Titles:
- Deputy Children & Young People Clinical Director, Mental Health
- Principal Clinical Psychologist in Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust and Clinical Lead for the ASD
Nicola is a Principal Clinical Psychologist in Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust and Clinical Lead for the ASD and ADHD pathway​. Nicola has worked in CAMHS and Specialist Children's Services for over ten years. Previously a Fellow on the Digital Pioneer Fellowship, Nicola has a keen interest in developing digital ways of working.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Senior Leadership Team
- Programme Director, Cardiovascular Disease Prevention and Mental Health
Oliver has worked in healthcare since 2006, most recently leading the diabetes transformation programme at South West London Health and Care Partnership. He has an interest in digital health and long term conditions and led the South London "You & Type 2" project under the NHS Test Bed Programme. Previously he has worked in operational management in the NHS and a health tech SME.
Job Titles:
- Clinical Director, Digital
Paul is a retired GP and Professor Emeritus of Primary Care at UCL has clinical academic career spanning more than 30 years. He is a founding member of the European Society of General Practice/Family Medicine and a Fellow of the Royal College of General Practitioners and the Faculty of Public Health Medicine at the Royal College of Physicians. In 2013 he was awarded the RCGP President's Medal.
Job Titles:
- Chief Executive
- Member of the Executives Team
- Chief Executive of the Health Innovation Network
Rishi Das-Gupta is Chief Executive of the Health Innovation Network. He has worked to improve healthcare, patient experience and outcomes for over 20 years in a variety of roles focused on shaping and implementing government policy, working with health and care providers and redesigning services. He is passionate about the use of technology to enable clinical and operational change and to empower patients to manage their own conditions. Rishi's experience spans UK and US healthcare systems and he is a fellow of the Sciana programme collaborating with German and Swiss healthcare leaders. Prior to this role he has held executive roles at NHS trusts as CITO, Director of Innovation and as Director of Operations and worked as a medical doctor. Rishi also has experience working as a strategy consultant at Oliver Wyman and McKinsey and Company. In addition to his primary medical qualification (M.B.,B.S.). Rishi holds an M.A. in law (University of Cambridge) and an M.B.A. (London Business School).
Job Titles:
- Member of the Board
- Chief Executive Officer Demelza, Hospice Care for Children
Ryan has been Chief Executive of Demelza since 2015. He has worked in the voluntary sector for over 20 years, with much of this time spent delivering services to vulnerable people, and alongside service users, families and carers, campaigning for their rights and dignity.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Board
- Director of Planning and Commissioning, NHS South East London Clinical Commissioning Group
Sarah has worked in the NHS for her whole career, most of it in NHS commissioning and in south east London. She has worked at the borough, pan borough and SEL level and has covered all aspects of commissioning from strategic and operational planning and delivery, through to contact negotiation and management and from primary through to tertiary care across physical and mental health.
Job Titles:
- Clinical Deputy Director, Diabetes
Sophie is a Diabetes and Endocrinology specialty trainee and completed a PhD investigating barriers to structured education for adults with Type 1 Diabetes (the BUD1E study). She led the co-creation of t1resources.uk and inputs into local and national expert groups on structured education. She is also a member of the young diabetes and endocrinology forum (YDEF).
Job Titles:
- Member of the Board
- Head of Health Policy and Partnerships, Greater London Authority
Stephen currently works for the Greater London Authority's health team where he heads up health and care policy and partnership working, supporting the Mayor of London's role in championing and challenging the NHS to deliver safe and consistent services to Londoners. Stephen had previously worked at NHS England (London Region) leading the specialised services transformation programme.