CITYCARE - Key Persons
Anita was born in Nottingham and is a Chartered Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development. She has worked in the field of Human Resources and organisational transformation for over 30 years. Early in her career, she was the Head of HR for a large department at Nottingham City Council, before embarking on a national HR role with the children and family court advisory service (Cafcass).
In 2008, she set up her own HR Consultancy and has been privileged to work in a range of sectors, including Health and Social Care, Higher Education, Further Education, Social Housing, Local Government and the charitable sector.
Job Titles:
- Non Executive Board Member
Anne is a graduate of Sheffield University and is a member of the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy. She undertook her professional accountancy training at Trent Polytechnic in Nottingham. She has worked in the NHS for 40 years and has been a board-level director for most of the past 28 years.
Anne's career has included working across different health systems in both provider and commissioning organisations at the local and regional level.
She has held a wide range of positions including Director of Finance and Information, Director of Performance, System QIPP and Transformation Director, Director of Development, Programme Director, Transition Programme Director and Chief Executive. She was Deputy Chair at Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust where she was a Non-Executive Director until December 2019 and she is currently a Non-Executive Director at Sheffield Health and Social Care.
During this time she has acquired a depth and breadth of experience across many disciplines including finance, performance, commissioning, contracting, marketing, information and IT, modernisation, operations, HR, estates, corporate services, governance, turnaround, QIPP, strategic and business planning and partnership working.
Her particular strengths are in partnership working and developing and implementing major change programmes.
Anne is married with 2 grown-up children and 2 grandchildren.
Job Titles:
- Director of Nursing, Allied Health Professionals & Quality
Becky joined us in January 2023 having previously worked in a variety of organisations across the Midlands and North of England most recently as a Deputy Chief Nurse Quality Governance for University Hospitals of Leicester.
Having commenced nurse training in 1992, Becky has worked across NHS acute, community, mental health and ambulance services as well as within the voluntary sector and private care home provision.
As a registered nurse with over 20 years' of clinical experience and active registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council, Becky is committed to providing high-quality care, which is safe, effective and provides citizens with a good experience of services.
With an MA in Healthcare Risk Management Becky has a passion for patient safety and quality and will ensure we have systems in place to provide outstanding patient care and maintain a relentless focus on staff wellbeing.
Job Titles:
- Interim Director of People, Communication and Inclusion
Job Titles:
- Director of Clinical Operations, Digital and Estates
As Director of Clinical Operations, Digital and Estates, Helen leads a large, diverse and critical portfolio of teams, each working to ensure that CityCare delivers the best possible care to our patients. Her priority is to support and develop her teams with a focus on doing the very best for our staff and patients, and she is passionate about the important role that community care plays in the health and wellbeing of the people we serve.
Helen has extensive experience and knowledge of healthcare in Nottingham, having spent a combined 24 years working for CityCare, where she started her community career as a Registered Nurse. She has also worked as a Medical Care Group General Manager for the Cancer and Associated Specialties Division at Nottingham University Hospitals. Helen lives in Arnold with her husband and has two boys, both of whom work for the NHS too. She enjoys travelling, making use of her motorhome to see the best the country has to offer.
Job Titles:
- Nutrition Peer Support Worker
Job Titles:
- Chief Executive
- Director of Finance and Corporate Services
Louise joined CityCare as Director of Finance and Corporate Services in 2019, having previously served as Chief Financial Officer for both NHS Derbyshire CCGs and NHS Nottingham City CCG. Louise is a qualified accountant and studied Industrial Economics at the University of Nottingham. Her track record of improving financial governance, combined with strong financial management skills developed in both the public healthcare and private sectors, lead to her being appointed our Chief Executive in April 2021.
Job Titles:
- Non Executive Director
- Registered Nurse
Lynn is a Registered Nurse, Midwife and Health Visitor. She undertook her Nurse training in Nottingham at the City Hospital and worked as a midwife in the Meadows area of Nottingham and as a Health Visitor in Strelley/Broxtowe before moving into Senior Management.
Through her career spanning nearly 40 years in the NHS, Lynn has worked across health systems in both provider and commissioning organisations at local, regional and national levels.
Lynn has held a wide range of positions in senior clinical roles latterly as Chief Nurse and Director of Quality at Southern Derbyshire Clinical Commissioning Group. She retired from that role at the end of 2016. Her particular strengths are in clinical leadership, quality assurance, governance, safeguarding and patient safety.
Job Titles:
- Chairman of the Board
- Board As Chair
Michael joined the CityCare Board as Chair in May 2018. He was previously Chair of a healthcare social enterprise in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.
Michael worked in Nottingham as the City's Corporate Director (Communities) until 2010 and had responsibility for a wide range of community services, including adult social care.
He champions health and social care working for the benefit of local communities.
Job Titles:
- Director of Finance & Corporate Services
Job Titles:
- Associate Director of Sustainability and Transformation
Simon joined CityCare in Autumn 2021 to lead both the Finance and Corporate Services functions on an interim basis, this included all aspects of information management and business development. He has extensive experience in health sector financial management, having joined the NHS in 2008 as part of the East Midlands SHA finance training scheme.
Since Spring 2022, Simon has taken on the role of Associate Director of Sustainability and Transformation to support key streams of work with our new corporate strategy 2022-2025. Primary amongst these is working with our service teams to review our current services and enact changes that drive the sustainability and quality of both the ongoing service model and the financial balance of CityCare as a whole.
Simon is a graduate of Nottingham Trent University and is a member of the Chartered Institute of Public Finance & Accountancy. Originally from Mansfield, Simon lives in North Muskham and has two young children. He enjoys football and supports Mansfield Town FC.