Organisation structure
Last updated: Monday 23 September 2024This page provides information on the structure or our organisation and the responsibilities of the directorates within our organisation.
If you require more details on our leadership and structures please email whh.corporategovernance@nhs.net
Trust Board
Our Trust Board is made up of six voting and two non-voting executive directors plus seven non-executive directors (including the chair).
Executive Team portfolios
Dan Moore
Acting Chief Executive
John Culshaw
Company Secretary and Associate Director of Corporate Governance
Jane Hurst
Chief Finance Officer
Portfolio
Management accounts
Financial services
Financial planning
Contracts, performance and commercial development
Clinical coding and service development
Supplies and procurement
Informatics and business intelligence
Alison Kennah
Chief Nurse
Portfolio
Professional leadership for nurses, midwives and AHPs
Clinical governance
Regulatory compliance
Infection prevention and control
Patient safety
Patient experience
Clinical education
Safeguarding
Maternity and children's
Safety champion
Palliative care
Clinical research
Zoe Harris
Acting Chief Operating Officer
Portfolio
Planned care
Unplanned care
Clinical support services
Estates and facilities
EPRR
Transformation
Dr Paul Fitzsimmons
Executive Medical Director
Portfolio
Professional leadership for doctors, dentists and physician associates
Patient safety
Clinical effectiveness and productivity
Learning from deaths
Medicines management
Appraisal and revalidation
Medical education
Digital services
Quality academy
Michelle Cloney
Chief People Officer
Portfolio
Human resources
Recruitment
Payroll
Pensions
Workforce intelligence
Occupational health and wellbeing
Staff engagement
Organisational development
Learning and development
Lucy Gardner
Chief Strategy and Partnerships Officer
Portfolio
Strategy development and delivery
New hospitals
Town Deals - community health hubs
ICS and place developments
Local Health and wellbeing strategy delivery
Anchor programme, including green plan
Partnerships and collaboration
COVID-19 vaccination
Kate Henry
Director of Communications and Engagement
Portfolio
Internal and external communications
Media relations
Community and stakeholder engagement
Freedom of information
WHH charity fundraising
Trust operations
Dan Moore
Chief Operating Officer and Deputy Chief Executive
Zoe Harris
Director of Operations and Performance and Deputy Chief Operating Officer
Neil Gregory
Associate Director - Planned Care Group
Melanie Alsop
Digestive Diseases Clinical Business Manager
Ceri Rogers
Surgical Specialities Clinical Business Manager
Laura James
Women's and Children's Clinical Business Manager
Sharon Kilkenny
Associate Director - Unplanned Care Group
Chris Barlow
Integrated Medicine and Community Clinical Business Manager
Sharon Martlow
Medical Care Clinical Business Manager
Karen Bowman
Urgent and Emergency Clinical Business Manager
Hilary Stennings
Associate Director - Clinical Support Services
Paul Mooney
Chief Pharmacist
Mark Jones
Radiology Services Manager
Michelle Smith
Therapies Manager
Neil Gaskell
Pathology Services Manager
Emma Burraston
Outpatients Services Manager
Sarah Haworth
Associate Director of Integrated Care
Danielle Whittaker
Service Manager - Integrated Hospital Discharge Team
Val Doyle
Interim Associate Director, Estates & Facilities Management
Lee Bushell
Head of Capital Projects
Kieran Beech
Head of Estates Maintenance, Compliance & Risk
Julie McGreal
Head of Facilities
Phil Sloan
Head of Security & Car Parking (LSMS)
Suresh K Arni Sukumaran
Head of Medical Engineering
Val Doyle
Associate Director of Projects & Programme Delivery (Fixed term)
Sarah Jackson
Senior Strategic Project Manager - TIF
(Planned Care) (Fixed term)
Care groups and clinical business units (CBUs)
Dan Moore
Chief Operating Officer and Deputy Chief Executive
Zoe Harris
Director of Operations and Performance and Deputy Chief Operating Officer
Planned Care Group
Neil Gregory
Associate Director
Digestive Diseases
VACANT
Clinical Director
Melanie Alsop
Clinical Business Manager
Lucy Parry
Lead Nurse
Clinical Services
Gastroenterology
General surgery
Upper gastro-intestinal surgery
Colorectal surgery
Endoscopy
Breast surgery
Anaesthetics
Liaison pain management
Pre-operative assessment
Ward A4
Ward A5 Gastro
Ward A5 Elective
Ward B4
Planned Investigations Unit
Theatres
Post- Anaesthesia Care Unit
CT room
Dr Anna Vondy
Associate Medical Director
Surgical Specialities
VACANT
Clinical Director
Ceri Rogers
Clinical Business Manager
Carol McEvoy
Lead Nurse
Clinical Services
Gastroenterology
Trauma and Orthopaedics
Ophthalmology
Urology
Ear Nose and Throat surgery
Audiology
Maxillofacial surgery
Orthodontics
Ward A6
Ward B3
Captain Sir Tom Moore Ward
Sonia Griffin
Associate Chief Nurse
Women's and Children's Health
Dr Satish Hulikere
Clinical Director
Laura James
Clinical Business Manager
Ailsa Gaskill-Jones
Director of Midwifery
Jill Tomlinson
Lead Nurse Women and Children's and Gynaecology
Clinical Services
Midwifery
Obstetrics
Gynaecology / Assessment Unit
Colposcopy
Paediatrics
Neonatology
Antenatal Day Unit
Antenatal Clinic
The Nest / Birth Suite
C23
Gynaecology Assessment Unit
Ward C20
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Wards B10 and B11
Children and Young People's Outpatients
Unplanned Care Group
Sharon Kilkenny
Associate Director
Medical Care
Dr Laura Langton
Clinical Director
Sharon Martlow
Clinical Business Manager
Claudine Reynolds/Ellis Clarke
Lead Nurses
Clinical Services
Critical care medicine
Cardiology
Respiratory medicine
Cardio-Respiratory
Investigation
Diabetes and endocrinology
Nephrology
Rheumatology
Neurology
Dermatology
Acute Care Team
Intensive Care Unit
Acute Cardiac Care Unit
A3 Acute Respiratory Unit
B18
Ward C21
Dr Mark Forrest
Associate Medical Director
Urgent and Emergency Care
Dr Saagar Patel and Dr Adebole Adebowale
Clinical Directors
Karen Bowman
Clinical Business Manager
Yasmin Habib
Lead Nurse
Clinical Services
Emergency medicine
Acute medicine
Emergency Department
Same Day Emergency Care Unit
Runcorn Urgent Treatment Centre
Acute Medical Unit A1
Ward A2
Patient flow team
Emma Hackett
Associate Chief Nurse
Integrated Medicine and Community
Pradeep Magapu
Clinical Director
Chris Barlow
Clinical Business Manager
Janet Pye
Lead Nurse
Clinical Services
General medicine
Care of the Elderly
Palliative care
Frailty Assessment Unit
Ward A7
Ward A8
Ward A9
Forget me Not Unit B12
Stroke Unit B14
Ward B19
Ward K25
Discharge Suite
Integrated discharge team
Clinical Support Services
Dr Alison Davis
Clinical Director
Hilary Stennings
Associate Director
Nicola Milkins
Matron
Paul Mooney
Chief Pharmacist
Michelle Smith
Head of Therapies
Mark Jones
Radiology Services Manager
Neil Gaskell
Pathology Services Manager
Lesley McKay
Associate Director Infection, Prevention and Control (IPC)
Clinical Services
Haematology
Microbiology
Clinical chemistry
Histopathology
Imaging
Radiology
Breast screening
Infection prevention and control
Outpatients
Pharmacy
Therapies
Nursing and clinical governance
Ali Kennah
Chief Nurse
Tracy Fennell
Deputy Chief Nurse/Director of Clinical Governance
Portfolio
Palliative Care
Patient Experience and Volunteers
Chaplaincy
Military Veterans
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (Patients)
Infection Control Support
Bereavement Services
Patient Safety
Ward Accreditation
Ward Metrics
Clinical Education
Medical Devices
Medicines Improvement
Nursing staff & workforce
Ailsa Gaskill-Jones
Director of Midwifery
Tina Moors
Deputy Director of Midwifery
Sam Emery and Kim Farrell
Matrons
Jill Tomlinson
Lead Nurse for Paediatrics and Gynaecology Services
Joanne MacGlashan
Women's and Children's Matron
Michelle Smith
Lead AHP and Head of Therapies
Emma Hackett
Associate Chief of Nursing - Unplanned Care
Yasmin Habib
Urgent and Emergency Care Lead Nurse
Nichola Burns/David Merriman/Michelle Caterall
Urgent and Emergency Care Matrons
Claudine Reynolds
Medical Care Lead Nurse
Ellis Clarke/Sarah Hargadon/Clare Banks/Joanne Meredith
Medical Care Matrons
Janet Pye
Integrated Medicine Lead Nurse
Janet Rouse/Fiona Flack/Deborah Hammond/Katie Nixon
Integrated Medicine and Care Matrons
Debbi Howard
Associate Chief of Nursing - Corporate Nursing
Michelle Taylor/Vanessa Wallace/Emma Ryan
Patient Safety Nurse
Heather Aston
Tissue Viability
Sonia Griffin
Associate Chief Nurse - Planned Care
Carol McEvoy
Surgical Specialities Lead Nurse
NatalieSlater/Sara Nowell-Vaughan
Surgical Specialities Matrons
Lucy Parry
Digestive Diseases Lead Nurse
Linda Ellison/Rachel Baxter
Digestive Diseases Matrons
Simon Jesson
Chief Nursing and Information Officer and Head of Digital Care
Deborah Hatton
Lead Nurse for Staffing and Workforce Improvement
Rachael Browning
Head of Clinical Education
Claire Grice (covering maternity leave)
Head of Patient Experience and Inclusion
Lesley McKay
Associate Chief Nurse for Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) and Associate Director of IPC
Nicola Milkins
Acting Matron Clinical Support Services
Katie Clarke
Lead Nurse Safeguarding Adults/Children Mental Health and Learning Disability
Cathy Umbers
Deputy Director of Clincial Governance
Portfolio
Clinical Governance
CQC Compliance
Health and Safety Risk Management
Audit
Legal Services
Quality Academy
Safeguarding Mental Health and Learning Disability
Medical cabinet
Dr Paul Fitzsimmons
Executive Medical Director and Chief Clinical Information Officer
Debbie Mallett
Medical Cabinet Business Manager
Dr Paula Chattington
Director of Medical Education
Kate Davidson
Medical Education Manager
Anne Robinson
Responsible Officer
Dr Thara Raj
Director of Population Health and Inequalities
Dr Eshita Hasan
Deputy Medical Director
Dr Alison Davis
Clinical Director
Clinical Support Services
Dr Mark Forrest
Associate Medical Director - Unplanned Care Group
Dr Laura Langton
Clinical Director - Medical Care
Dr Pradeep Magapu
Clinical Director - Integration Medicine and Community
Dr Adebola Adebowale and Mr Saagar Patel
Associate Clinical Directors Urgent and Emergency Care
Dr Anna Vondy
Associate Medical Director - Planned Care Group
VACANT
Clinical Director - Surgical Specialities
VACANT and Dr Andrew Langton
Clinical Director - Digestive Diseases
Dr Satish Hulikere
Clinical Director - Women's and Children's
Portfolio Associate Medical Directors
Dr Lalitha Chinnappan
Associate Medical Director for Patient Safety
Dr Kevin Tan
Deputy AMD for CE - Procedural Safety
Portfolio
VTE
Medicines governance
Infection control/Sepsis/UTI
CQUINS
Discharge
Communication
Diagnostic testing policy
Incident investigation
Patient safety specialist
Mortality, learning from deaths
Serious incidents
Mr Mithun Murthy
Associate Medical Director for Clinicial Effectiveness
Dr Tim Furniss
Deputy AMD for CE-Research & Development
Portfolio
Clinical audit and improvement
NICE
LocSSIPs
Consent
Clinical Ethics Committee
Research
7 Day Services
Trust wide trauma group
Cancer
Mr Pranesh Nagarajan
Associate Medical Director - Clinical Productivity and Strategy
Portfolio
Clinical productivity
Getting it Right First Time (GIRFT)
Strategy
Dr Hilary Furniss
Associate Medical Director – Medical Appraisal and Revalidation
Portfolio
Medical appraisal standards
Responsible Officer (RO)
Documentation and reporting
Support for doctors
Revalidation
Support and professional development for doctors
VACANT
Chief Nursing Information Officer and Head of Digital Care
Dr Rita Arya
Associate Chief Clinical Information Officer – Women’s and Children’s Health
Dr Damian Stansfield
Associate Chief Clinical Information Officer – Medical Specialties
Dr Phyu Wai
Associate Chief Clinical Information Officer – Medical Specialties
Mr Gareth Stables
Associate Chief Clinical Information Officer – Surgical Specialties
Miss Virag Varga
Associate Chief Clinical Information Officer - Surgical Specialties
Portfolio
Clinical Information
Finance
Jane Hurst
Chief Finance Officer
Janet Parker
Deputy Chief Finance Officer
Alison Jordan
Associate Director of Information
Chris White
Head of Enterprise Solutions
Portfolio
Business intelligence
Statutory reporting
Governance of data quality
Digital analysis
Data warehouse
Enterprise solutions
VACANT
Associate Director of Finance - Strategy
Heather Farrington
Head of Financial Planning
Portfolio
Financial planning
Clinical income
PLICS/benchmarking
Service line reporting
Overseas patients
Private patients
Strategic business cases
Reference costs
Contracts & SLAs
Charitable funds
Paul Brereton
Head of Clinical Coding and Service Development
Portfolio
Clinical coding
Service development
Internal/external training
Internal/external audit
Clinical engagement
Quality improvement
Claire Leather
Head of Finance (GIRFT)
Portfolio
CIP/GIRFT/Improvement business cases
Bids and tenders
Benefits realisation
Commercial development
Performance assurance framework
Use of resources
Finance systems
Alice Forkgen
Associate Director of Finance - Operations
Lynn Simpson
Head of Management Accounts
Portfolio
Budget setting
Budget management
Forecasting
Costings and financial information
Corporate benchmarking
Service improvement
Internal monthly reporting
Finance systems
Karen Spencer
Head of Financial Services
Portfolio
Financial accounting
External financial reporting
Financial controls
Treasury management
Cash flow/cash office
Internal & external audit
Annual accounts
Accounts payable/receivable
Counter fraud
Capital accounting
Alison Parker
Associate Director of Procurement and Deputy Chief Procurement for the ICS
Paul Foster
Deputy Associate Director of Procurement
Portfolio
Tendering and commercial contracts
Order processing
Stores receipt and distribution
Materials management
Workflow procurement
Services to Bridgewater Community
People
Michelle Cloney
Chief People Officer
Jennie Dwerryhouse
Deputy Chief People Officer
Carl Roberts
Associate Chief People Officer
Gemma Leach
Head of Workforce Systems and Intelligence
Louise Rylett
Head of Employment Services
Portfolio
Payroll
Recruitment
Medical bank and agency
Pensions
Workforce intelligence
Learning and development
Widening participation
Laura Hilton
Associate Chief People Officer
Jo Pickstock
Head of HR and Organisational Development
Mike Grogan
Staff Side Chair
Portfolio
Human resources
Employee relations
Organisational development
Rebecca Patel
Associate Chief People Officer
Caroline Eardley
Head of Occupational Health and Wellbeing
Anita Kirkham
Mental Health and Wellbeing Hub Manager
Adam Harrison-Moran
Head of Culture and Inclusion
Portfolio
Staff engagement
Workforce culture and inclusion
Mental health wellbeing service
Occupational health and wellbeing
Digital services
Dr Paul Fitzsimmons
Executive Medical Director & Chief Clinical Information Officer
Dr Tom Poulter
Chief Information Officer (SIRO)
Sue Caisley
Deputy Chief Information Officer
Stephen Deacon
Head of Digital Compliance
Portfolio
Information Governance
Cyber security
Digital compliance
Emma O’Brien
Head of Digital Programmes
Portfolio
EPR project managers/support
Training team/administrator
RA (Smartcards)
Optimisation
Release management
Tracie Waterfield
Head of IT Services
Portfolio
Infrastructure/Desktop
Management/Service delivery
Simon Jesson
Chief Nursing Information Officer
Portfolio
Digital care (clinical informatics)
Clinical safety
Strategy and Partnerships
Lucy Gardner
Chief Strategy and Partnerships Officer
Dr Hayley Heard
Deputy Director of Strategy and Partnerships
Megan Wainwright
Strategic Project and Team Support Officer
Portfolio
Overall strategy development and delivery
New Hospitals
Anchor programme, including Green Plan
Clinical strategy development
Acute collaboration
Population health
Shared Prosperity Fund
C&M Pathology Collaboration
C&M relationships and ICS development
UEC system improvement
Warrington and Halton integration
Wider determinants of Health Halton
Carl Mackie
Halton Healthy New Town and Strategic Programmes Manager
Viv Risk
Strategic Projects Manager (New Hospitals)
Portfolio
Overall strategy development and delivery
Runcorn Town Deal - Health & Education Hub
Shopping City development
Halton Levelling Up
One Public Estate
Halton Place Development
Health and wellbeing strategy delivery
Halton relationships
Warrington Place estates
Strategic capital projects
Steve Bennett
Head of Strategy and Partnerships
Caroline Lane
Strategic Projects Manager
Lefteris Zabatis
Senior Strategic Projects Manager (CDC)
Portfolio
Overall strategy development and delivery
Warrington Town Deal - Living Well Hub
Community Diagnostics Centre (CDC)
Warrington Place development
Health and wellbeing strategy delivery
Warrington relationships
Warrington Virtual Hub
Communications and Engagement
Kate Henry
Director of Communications and Engagement
Hayley Smith
Deputy Director of Communications and Engagement
Alison Aspinall
Head of Communications and Engagement
Portfolio
Working with People and Communities
Public affairs and consultations
Stakeholder/community engagement
Campaign development
Internal communications
Media relations
Digital communications
Patient information
Film, photography and design
Helen Higginson
Head of Fundraising
Portfolio
Income generation
Community engagement
Corporate partnerships
Legacy and in memory management
Grants, institutes and foundations
Staff charity involvement ambassadors
Capital campaigns
Gaming and trading
Patient funded projects/impact
Staff funded projects/impact
Council of Governors
As a Foundation Trust we have a Council of Governors which includes the Trust's chair, public governors elected by members, staff governors elected by staff and partner governors.
Visit the Council of Governors page to see governor details.
Declarations of interest
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