Leading Healthcare Awards 2020 Judges

We are delighted to announce the fantastic people helping to support the Leading Healthcare Awards process:

  • Dr Sunil Gupta, Chair of Castle Point and Rochford CCG
  • Chris Bird, Director of Partnerships, Strategy & Digital, North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust
  • Jacqui Gratton, Joint Head of Communications,Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust
  • Lisa Emery, Chief Information Officer, The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust
  • Louise Stead,  Chief Executive, Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust
  • Diane Wake, Chief Executive, The Dudley Group of Hospitals NHS FT 
  • Charlotte Williams, Group Director for Strategy & New Care Models Mid and South Essex University Hospitals Group
  • Lucy Gardner, Director of Strategy, Warrington and Halton Hospitals NHS FT
  • Andrew Stradling, Clinical Director, Acute & Emergency Medicine, Medway NHS FT
  • Christine Walters, Director of Informatics, St Helens & Knowsley Health Informatics 
  • Caroline Parnell, Director of Communications & Corporate Affairs, Stockport NHS Foundation Trust
  • Sally-Anne Watts, Associate Director of Communications, Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust
  • Dr Minesh Patel, Chair, National Association of Primary Care 
  • Ruth Auton, Head of Education, Learning & Organisational Development, Northumbria Healthcare NHS FT
  • Peter Towns, Associate Director of Nursing, Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS FT
  • Susan Harris, Director of Strategy and Partnerships (Worcestershire Health and Care Trust) and STP Communications and Engagement Lead
  • Siten Roy, Director of Surgery, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, Sandwell and West Midland NHS Trust and Senior Leader, National Leadership Academy
  • Doug Howe, Head of IT Strategy & Projects at Cambridge University NHS Trust
  • Dr Ola Junaid, Associate Medical Director Clinical Transformation, Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS FT
  • Charlise Cuthbert, Associate Director of Operations, Isle of Wight NHS Trust
  • Gary Lupton, Executive Director of Estates and Facilities, Medway NHS FT
  • Dr Hester Wain PhD, Deputy Director of Patient Safety and Risk, Group patient safety and risk department, Royal Free London NHS FT
  • Jagtar Singh OBE, MIFire
  • Ross WighamHead of Communications and Marketing, QE Gateshead
  • Mandy Griffin, Managing Director – Digital Health – The Health Informatics Service – Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust
  • Beth Lawton, Chief Digital & Information Officer, Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
  • Dr Ruth Burnett, Executive Medical Director, Leeds Community Healthcare NHS Trust and Leeds GP Confederation
  • Dr Lona Lockerbie, Director and Lead for Psychological Practice for the Forensic and Specialist Care Group, Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust 
  • Penny Agent, Director of Allied Clinical Sciences, Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Foundation Trust
  • Dan Dring, Deputy Director of Innovation, Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust
  • Christine Devaney, Medical Records Manager, Barnet, Enfield & Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust
  • Carole Spencer, Transformation Director, Innovation Agency North West Coast
  • Charlotte Williams, Group Director for Strategy & New Care Models, Mid and South Essex University Hospitals Group
  • Dan Rennie-Hale, Associate Director of Quality, Croydon Health Services NHS Trust
  • Karen Thorburn, Director of Performance, Surrey Heartlands Integrated Care System
  • Alison Brown, Associate Director for Quality and Safety, East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust
  • Carrie-Ann Wade, Director of Communications and Engagement, North East London NHS Foundation Trust
  • Dr Linda Walker, Associate Lecturer (Nursing) Wales Schools of Health and Social Care (Faculty of WELS) and Science (Faculty of STEM)
  • Anita Day, Non-Executive Director, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, & Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust
  • Patricia Mitchell, Non Executive Director of Sheffield Childrens Hospital NHS FT
  • Jill DeBene, CEO, Sitekit Applications Ltd