ASSOCIATE

Key skills

- Systems leadership and healthcare commissioning
- Public involvement and participatory design
- Community partnership development
- Equality, diversity and inclusion strategy
- Strategic planning and statutory compliance
- Volunteer and patient programme development
- Mentoring and leadership development

Experience

always possible: Led participatory design for Sussex Bay, a major marine conservation and coastal community engagement project.

NHS Sussex (2022–2025): Deputy Director, Working with People and Communities / Associate Director of Public Involvement & Community Partnerships – leads public involvement strategy, EDI initiatives, and VCSE commissioning.

Sussex NHS Commissioners & Clinical Commissioning Groups (2003–2022): Head of Public Engagement / PALS & Engagement Manager – established and developed PALS services, led public engagement strategies.

Community Health Council & NHS hospital: Early leadership roles, including developing one of the first Patient Advice and Liaison Services (PALS).

Associate Professor, Brighton & Sussex Medical School: Teaching on healthcare leadership, commissioning and systems leadership.

Qualifications

BA (Hons) Sociology & History

Postgraduate qualifications in:

Patient & Public Involvement in Healthcare
Social Marketing
Healthcare Leadership & Commissioning

Honours and contributions

- Trustee of a local charity supporting homeless and insecurely housed people (4 years)
- Key contributor to the development of PALS services, NHS public engagement strategies, and the Expert Patients Programme