Preston, England, United Kingdom
Strategic Healthcare Leader | Service Transformation | Commissioning | Partnerships | Quality & Culture Improvement With more than 35 years’ experience across the NHS, I have led service transformation, operational delivery, and strategic development across Primary Care, Secondary Care, Specialist Services and system-level programmes across the North West. My work has focused on improving outcomes, redesigning services, and shaping strategy that delivers real change for patients, communities, and staff. I’m passionate about building strong partnerships across the voluntary, public, and private sectors and champion co-production — ensuring the voices of service users and carers drive improvement. I have extensive experience in commissioning and contracting, major service transfers, governance, culture improvement, and leading complex change programmes. I thrive in environments where collaboration, clarity of purpose, and good communication drive success. MSc in Senior Leadership (Distinction) – Lancaster University; ILM Level 7 Executive Coaching & Mentoring. I value authentic leadership, curiosity, and creating positive organisational cultures where people and ideas can thrive. Always happy to connect with colleagues, system leaders, and organisations with shared values around transformation, innovation, and improving health outcomes.
Established in 1998, Maundy Relief offers a range of services including food, accommodation, mental and physical health services and benefit advice. Our intention is to bring about sustainable change to those experiencing social exclusion, financial hardship and ill health, and also to support those individuals who lead chaotic and chronically unstable lives, for whom radical change in lifestyle is not currently possible. Our approach is informal and we call the people using our services our guests, and aim to treat them as such.
Leading the project to implement a Psychosocial Pathway for cancer patients across LTHTR and UHMB, a service funded by Macmillan Cancer Support that provides vital psychological care for people living with and beyond cancer. The pathway offers tailored, compassionate support to individuals at every stage of their cancer journey — from diagnosis, through treatment, and into survivorship or palliative care. It recognises that cancer affects not just the body, but every aspect of a person’s life: their emotional wellbeing, relationships, identity, and sense of control. By integrating psychological care into the wider cancer pathway, we aim to reduce distress, promote resilience, and support people to live as well as possible, for as long as possible.
Executive Director Coaching & Mentoring Executive Leadership Coach | Board-Level Mentor | Supporting Executive Directors and Senior Leaders to Lead With Influence, Clarity & Confidence I specialise in coaching Executive Directors and senior system leaders who are navigating the complexities, pressures, and visibility that come with leading modern organisations. Drawing on 35+ years of senior leadership experience across the NHS — including governance, strategy, transformation and culture improvement — I support leaders to think strategically, communicate with influence, strengthen executive presence, and lead with clarity, emotional intelligence, and resilience. I work with leaders who want to: ⚪ Strengthen impact at Board and system level ⚪ Navigate organisational politics with confidence and integrity ⚪ Lead through uncertainty, scrutiny and change ⚪ Build psychologically safe, high-performing teams ⚪ Develop a leadership identity that is trusted and authentic ⚪ Balance delivery, innovation, and personal wellbeing My coaching style blends strategic insight, reflective challenge, and a supportive partnership — empowering leaders to uncover blind spots, sharpen decision-making, and unlock the confidence to show up as the leader they aspire to be. Whether stepping into an Executive Director role, transitioning between sectors, or seeking to strengthen leadership impact, I help leaders create clarity of direction, confidence in communication, and the mindset to thrive, not just perform. If you are an executive ready to explore your next chapter, leadership impact or strategic influence — I’d welcome a conversation.
Atlas BFW Management Ltd (Atlas), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust The Head of Business Management is responsible for ensuring that the Company meets its statutory, regulatory, governance, commercial and contractual obligations, whilst continuing to provide effective, safe, high-quality services.
The Professional Standards Team (NW) supports the statutory functions associated with professional standards including appraisal and revalidation of GPs, Higher Level Responsible Officer, performer lists and professional performance of independent contractors in primary care. • Managing the team’s business support function, including developing and managing the team’s annual business plan, progress and dashboard reporting and risk and issue management. • Develop and implement systems to ensure information is effectively managed and best practice is shared • Take a lead in the coordination of training and development and recruitment activity across specific Programmes / Directorate. • Oversight of all programme budgets • Developing and implementing governance arrangements to monitor compliance with regulatory requirements. • implementation of the Improvement Plan. • Establishing partnership working regionally and nationally, and the ICBs etc. across the northwest. • Manage and monitor any Service Level Agreements in place e.g., Induction and Returner GP Scheme. • Undertake horizon scanning in relation to national, regional, and local changes that impact on the team and their processes and ensure that these are reported and acted upon. • Ensure that the regional Professional Standards Team’s brand, visibility and service offer is developed including development of the team’s regional website. Successes ✓ Development of the Suspensions Payment Standard Operating Procedure considering the National Audit Office Recommendations, shared, and adopted by all Regional Teams ✓ Implementation of a Governance Structure, allowing the Regional Medical Director oversight to all areas of work in the Professional Standards Department. Audit established, for the end of the year. ✓ Established regular partnership meetings and flow of information across the 3 NW ICB’s. Identification of the key players ✓ Audit of all suspension payments – corrective action implemented.