This snapshot taken on 09/12/2008, shows web content selected for preservation by The National Archives. External links, forms and search boxes may not work in archived websites.
 |
The policy board provides a steer on the direction of travel for both the organisation and policy development. The 27 members comprise a chair and two vice chairs supported by:
Elections are conducted by an independent organisation such as the Electoral Reform Services using a fair and transparent process that is in accordance with the NHS Confederation's policy and in line with best practice. John Rostill - Chair of the Policy Board  John has chaired the policy board since December 2004 and speaks regularly on behalf of employers in the press and at events. His career spans more than 40 years and has included senior positions in personnel and general management. John has been an NHS chief executive since 1990 and was appointed to his current role of chief executive of Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust in September 2003. "One of the successes of NHS Employers has been its ability to start changing the way the NHS works. No longer is there the traditional top-down approach where the Department of Health decides what the service is going to do. Now the service determines what it wants to do. A huge change in roles and relationships has occurred because of NHS Employers" Vice chair of the Policy Board  James Birrell, Chief Executive, Aintree Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Jim was appointed to the policy board in December 2004. Jim is involved in supporting and inputting to the work we carry out around productivity and efficiency. Jim started his career as a qualified accountant and after working in local government he joined the NHS in 1983. He has worked in and around Liverpool as a finance director, as well as 8 years at the North West RHA/Regional Office as director of finance and then performance. Jim has been chief executive at Aintree since 2001.  Vice chair of the Policy Board Daniel Mortimer, Director of Human Resources, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust Danny joined the policy board in November 2006 and chairs the NHS Careers Service Board. He has worked as a HR Director in trusts in Hertfordshire and Sussex and has been HR Director at Nottingham University Hospital since July 2007. His career in NHS HR began in 1993 as a management trainee in North Staffordshire.  Acute trust chief executive representative and Chair of the Policy Board in waiting Simon was appointed to the policy board in December 2004. Simon chairs our Medical Workforce Forum which enables employers to discuss and share knowledge about topical issues that affect the employment and training of doctors in the NHS. Simon has worked in a number of management and leadership posts in the NHS since 1980. After 10 years operational experience in London Simon moved to South Tees Hospitals as director of planning. In 1997 he was appointed chief executive of East Yorkshire Trust and then subsequently CE of York Trust. He was appointed CE of South Tees Hospitals NHS Trust in 2003. Acute trust chief executive representative Joanna Cubbon, Chief Executive, Taunton and Somerset NHS Foundation Trust Jo was appointed to the policy board in August 2008. Jo joined the Taunton & Somerset NHS Foundation Trust as Chief Executive in April 2008. She started out as a Registered General Nurse, has trained as a Health Visitor and has an MBA from Liverpool University. Jo spent a number of years in both clinical and senior management roles also taking up the CEO role at Burton Hospitals before joining East Lancashire NHS Trust, a four site, 7000 staff hospital with an annual budget of £292m in 2005. 
Lorene Read, Chief Executive, Weston Area Health NHS Trust Lorene joined the policy board in August 2008. Lorene commenced her career in 1975 as a Nurse Trainee in Bristol followed by a succession of nursing roles including a period in Switzerland and Australia. She returned to the UK in 1990 and held a number of Nurse Director roles in England and Wales, during which time she became an alternate member of the then EEC Advisory Committee for Nurse Training. Acute trust HR representative  Nicky Ingham, Director of Workforce and Organisational Development, Bolton Hospitals NHS Trust Nicky was appointed to the policy board in November 2005. Nicky is currently working closely with NHS Employers sharing the work at Bolton around continuous improvement using lean thinking. Nicky has worked in the NHS since 1992 in generalist HR roles and as HR director since 2002. Nicky moved to her current role as director of workforce and organisational development at Bolton Hospitals NHS Trust in late 2005. Acute trust HR representative Denise Harnin, Director of Human Resources, The Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals NHS Trust  PCT chief executive representative Mike joined the policy board in December 2004. Mike regularly feeds into the NHS Employers Primary Care Contract team to ensure employer input and accountability to the GMS and PCC agenda. Mike has worked in the NHS for 25 years in roles that include unit general manager and director of a health authority. Mike has been an NHS chief executive since 1995 and was appointed as chief executive of the newly reconfigured Cheshire PCT in August 2006.  PCT chief executive representative Prem was appointed to the policy board in December 2004. Prem is chair of our Healthcare Professions Forum which aims to influence the policy development and implementation of modernising nursing careers and other healthcare profession workforce changes. Prem took up his current post as chief executive of Central & Greater Derby PCTs (now Derby City PCT) in January 2004. Prem has worked in health and social services for 31 years in total. He began his career in nursing - both general and psychiatric nursing. He has operated at executive/board level for over 16 years and has been a chief executive for well over 5 years. Prem has particular interests in human resources, leadership development and in equality and diversity issues.  PCT HR representative Tina was appointed to the policy board in December 2004. Tina is a member of the NHS Employers' Equality and Diversity reference group. Tina has 17 years of experience working within HR including working in Local Authorities and the NHS. Tina has worked in social services, education and corporate services as well as a large acute NHS hospital. Tina was director of HR at West Hull PCT from 2003 and was appointed in November 2006 as Director of HR and organisational learning for the new Hull PCT. Tina also sits on the NHS Confederation council of members.  PCT HR representative Chris Stocks, Head of Human Resources, Sheffield PCT Chris joined the policy board in August 2008. Prior to his current role Chris has over 25 years experience within the NHS, most recently the Director of Human Resources for the Sheffield Children's NHS Trust. Chris is a Fellow of the CIPD and has taken very active involvement on the NHS Employers Assembly, which has included participation in the Age Diversity Reference Group and the Equalities and Diversity Core Group looking at the development of a new diversity strategy for NHS Employers. Senior mental health representative  Sandy joined the policy board in October 2007. Sandy commenced his career in the NHS in 1965 as a nurse and has held various clinical and managerial posts in Scotland, West Midlands, County Durham and North Yorkshire. Sandy was appointed as Unit General Manager to Bradford Priority Services Trust in 1991 taking the unit forward as a 2nd wave Trust in 1992. He was Dorset Community Trust Chief Executive from 1997 to 1998 then joining the newly merged County Durham and Darlington Priority Services Trust in 1998. He was a council member and trustee of the NHS Confederation and chaired the NHS Confederation's mental health policy committee for a number of years.  Senior mental health representative David joined the policy board in October 2007. David was appointed as Director of Nursing and Integrated Governance in 2002 and was formerly a Clinical Director in Oldham. He has held several general management posts over a period of 20 years. David is a qualified nurse and has played a leading part in redesigning nursing and medical roles within mental health services. He led the work to introduce an efficient system of employing locum psychiatrists and other temporary staff. He is currently leading a project to introduce changes into In-Patient areas. In 2008 David was awarded an MBE for services to healthcare in Greater Manchester.  Care trust senior executive representative Sandra rejoined the policy board in October 2007 as our Care Trust representative. Sandra has worked in the NHS for over 20 years in a variety of Human Resources, Corporate and Organisation Development roles. She joined Bradford District Care Trust in May 2007 as Director of Human Resources after five years in Bradford City Teaching Primary Care Trust as Director of Corporate Development.  Ambulance trust senior executive representative Chris joined the policy board in December 2004. Chris is a member of the Pay Negotiating Council. He also sits on the NHS Employers Pay Reference Group. Chris worked as an HR Director in both Acute and Community settings in the north of England before moving to Corus (formerly British Steel), working in a number of senior HR roles for 5 years. Chris has been in his current role since May 2002.  Chair/NED representative Richard was appointed to the policy board in October 2007. He is also chair of NHS Employers' European forum. Richard was appointed as Chair of Essex Rivers Healthcare NHS Trust in December 2005. He is also Chair of Essex Shared Services Agency which is a hosted NHS provider of Finance and IT services. He was previously the Chair of Essex Ambulance Service for nearly two years. Richard works as a management consultant working for trade unions, local authorities and health trusts. He still does occasional projects and is an accredited Gateway Reviewer. He is former Head of Strategy at Royal London Group having previously been Programme Director for their 5 year transformation programme. Richard is a member of Essex County Council. He has been a Director of a small family business for 20 years and was a Senior Trade Union Representative for over 20 years.  Chair/NED representative Gerald joined the policy board in February 2008. Gerald is Managing Partner of The Focus Group, business and management consultants. He has wide experience of the public sector. A former Cambridge City and Cambridgeshire County Councillor, he joined Cambridge Health Authority as a Board Member in the early 1980s. Over the past 25 years, he has acted in a professional capacity for a number of health and local government organisations and government departments in areas such as strategy and policy review, communications, feasibility & modelling, human resources, performance management and public consultation. Gerald also sits on the NHS Confederation council of members. Nurse director representative Liz Childs, Director of Nursing and Quality, South Devon Healthcare NHS FT  Nurse director representative Eileen Sills, Chief Nurse/Chief Operating Officer, St. Thomas' Hospital Eileen joined the policy board in August 2008. Eileen has been in her current post at Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust since January 2005. She started her nursing career in 1983 and went on to specialise in Accident & Emergency nursing working her way up to a number of senior nursing/general management posts across London. She was appointed Director of Nursing in 1999 at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital. Eileen received a CBE in the 2003 New Years Honours list.  Acute trust medical director representative Hugo was appointed to the policy board in December 2004. Hugo is a member of the NHS Employers Non Consultant Career Grade negotiating team feeding employers views into current negotiations. He is also a member of NHS Employers' Medical Workforce Forum. Hugo was a consultant geriatrician before moving into medical management in 1991. Hugo has since taken on a number of strategic and development roles including director of commissioning at Leeds Health Authority. Hugo was appointed to the post of executive medical director of the Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust in 1998.  PCT medical director representative Maureen Swanson, Medical Director, Western Cheshire PCT Maureen joined the policy board in August 2008. Maureen worked as a GP in Cheshire for 15 years before moving into full time medical management in 1994. She was appointed as Medical Director to Western Cheshire PCT when it was formed in October 2006. Maureen's main area of interest is the quality of the clinical care provided by General Medical Practitioners, General Dental Practitioners, Community Pharmacists and Optometrists.  AHP/HCS Senior representative Suzanne was appointed to the policy board in August 2008. Suzanne qualified as an Occupational Therapist and began her career in the acute hospital sector, moving to practice in community and primary care in a general management role. In 2001 she became Clinical Services Director/Deputy Chief Executive of South and East Dorset Primary Care Trust and was one of the first AHPs to hold a substantive Primary Care Trust Director of Nursing post. Suzanne was appointed to the post of Director of Patient Care Improvement for Dorset Primary Care Trust in 2006 and whilst holding the Board portfolio for Nursing/AHPs, is also responsible for medical performance matters. Her current remit ensures that services commissioned are effective and high quality and includes facilitating providers to develop new ways of work within the current contractual frameworks whilst demonstrating positive staff engagement.  SHA workforce lead representative Anne was appointed to the policy board in November 2006. Anne has worked in health for over twenty years both in general management and in human resources roles. She first became an HR director in the NHS in 1995 holding a number of board level positions in London. Anne joined the Department of Health in 2001 holding various roles, including director of human resources. In December 2006 Anne was appointed as director of people and organisation development in NHS London. Anne is member of the SHA board with responsibility contributing to the corporate management and strategic direction of the London health and social care economy and is specifically responsible for the development of London-wide workforce strategy, leadership and organisation development and education commissioning. Anne has a masters degree in strategic HR and a doctor of business administration which focused on culture and culture change in the NHS. She is a regular public speaker on strategic HR and change and is a member of the national social partnership forum. SHA chief executive representative This post is vacant.  Special health authority senior executive Ian Stone, Adviser to CMO England, HR Adviser to NCAS, National Clinical Assessment Service (NCAS) Ian was appointed to the policy board in August 2008. Ian is currently leading work for the National Clinical Assessment Service on exclusion, suspension, disciplinary, capability issues and alert notices concerning doctors and dentists and other health professionals. He is also the Specialist HR Adviser to NCAS. Ian joined the NHS in 1972 as manager of training for Guys Hospital and been an HR Director for 30 years. He was National President of AHHRM in 1998-9 (now the Health People Management Association). He is also a previous Chair of NHS Partners, an NHS in-house HR consultancy. Finance director representative  Ian Hollows, Finance Director, Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS FT Ian was elected to the policy board in August 2008. Ian joined Moorfields Eye Hospital in London as Finance Director in March 2008, having previously served as a non-executive director and Chairman of the Audit Committee at Moorfields since December 2004. He has over 30 years Board-level experience of major multinational companies as a partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers for over 16 years and subsequently as a consultant to companies such as Lloyds TSB and ABN AMRO. His experience includes finance, risk and general management and a range of industries: energy, oil and gas, insurance, consumer and financial services. He is a graduate of the University of Cambridge, a chartered accountant and holds advanced qualifications in internal and IT audit. Last reviewed 6 Oct 2008 |
|
