Members of the Clinical Reference Group are:
Sarah Andrews CBE
Director of Nursing, NHS Eastern and Coastal Kent
Sarah has worked in the NHS and independent sector for over 40 years. She has considerable experience in general, community and primary care nursing practice as well as clinical education as a senior lecturer in nursing and health studies. Sarah also has extensive experience in management having held a variety of senior nursing executive posts in primary care and community care organisations since the early 1990's. Sarah has also been widely published.
In her current post Sarah has responsibility for patient safety, safeguarding, care quality and infection prevention and control. She is the lead director for programmes of care and treatment for people with long term conditions commissioned and jointly commissioned for her local population. In addition, Sarah has previously held positions as Professor of Workforce Development at Middlesex University, as Trustee of Marie Curie Cancer Care and as Trustee, Vice Chair and Member of Council & Committees for Action on Elder Abuse. Sarah was awarded the CBE in 2009
Shelley Dolan
Chief Nurse, The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust
Prior to 1990, Shelley worked in Critical Care exploring specialities such as Trauma, Burns and Plastics, Coronary Care, Children's ITU, Neonatal ITU and General ITU in major units across the UK, moving in 1990 to the critical care of the cancer patient. In 2000 Shelley was the first Nurse Consultant to be appointed in Cancer: Critical Care at The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust. Shelley was appointed Chief Nurse of The Royal Marsden in June 2007.
Shelley's holds an English degree, an MSc in cancer care and advanced practice, and is completing a Doctorate in Nursing Science. Shelley has been published widely and also lectures and teaches across the UK and worldwide.
In 2005 Shelley was appointed as Non Executive Director and Vice Chair of the Board of the 'Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency' (MHRA) of the Department of Health, and also to the Board of the International Society of Nurses in Cancer Care, and as Chair of the Royal College of Nursing's Cancer Nursing Forum. In 2007 Shelley was appointed to the Clinical Advisory Group for Healthcare for London.
Professor Graham Layer
Consultant General & Breast Surgeon, Royal Surrey County Hospital NHS Trust
Graham has been a consultant surgeon since 1993 and is now a Consultant Breast and General Surgeon at the Royal Surrey County Hospital as well as being their Director of Professional Standards. He is also Professor of Surgical Sciences at Surrey University. Graham was previously Joint Medical Director of the Trust between 2007 and 2008 and is widely published.
Currently, Graham is Treasurer and Trustee of NCEPOD (National Confidential Enquiry into Patient Outcome and Death), President of the Section of Surgery of the Royal Society of Medicine, member of the Specialist Advisory Committee in General Surgery of the Joint Colleges, UK Governor of the American College of Surgeons and Chair of the Intercollegiate Pan-Speciality Committee on Recertification (CPD) and Secretary of the Intercollegiate Specialty Examination Board in General Surgery.
In addition Graham is also a member of the Regional Committee for Clinical Excellence Awards and was a Foundation Trainer for NEW START sentinel node biopsy procedures of the Royal College of Surgeons of England with Cardiff University and the Department of Health.
Andy Murdock
Pharmacy Relations & Governance Director, Lloydspharmacy
Andy Murdock graduated from Nottingham University in 1979, and undertook his pre-registration training on a split between the London Hospital, Whitechapel, and Wellcome Plc. He then joined Wellcome, working in tableting technology, before leaving in 1982 to become superintendent pharmacist of a small community pharmacy company.
In 1995, Andy became pharmacy services manager for Hills Pharmacy with responsibility for contracts, complaints and pharmacy development. He was appointed to the Lloydspharmacy Board as director of pharmacy and superintendent pharmacist in 1997 and is currently the pharmacy relations & governance director for Lloydspharmacy.
Andy is Board director of the Company Chemist Association, Community Pharmacy Wales and a member of the Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee. Andy was a member of the Department of Health's task group on Medicine Concordance during 2003-2005 as well as the expert group on Choosing Health for 2004-2005 and Lord Darzi's NHS Review Primary and Community Care Advisory Board in 2007-2008.
Dr Alan Nye
Principal General Practice, Oldham
Alan has been a principal in general practice for over 20 years, working in his practice in the centre of Oldham. He is also Chief Executive and a GPSI of a primary care based integrated assessment and treatment service in rheumatology, orthopaedics and chronic pain which has been delivering services since 2006.
In addition Alan is a Department of Health clinical adviser for elective care and a member of the National Audit Office Expert Panel for Rheumatoid Arthritis.
Dr John Scarpello
Principal General Practice, Oldham
John worked as a Consultant Physician in General Medicine with a specialist interest in endocrinology & diabetes at University Hospital North Staffordshire for 27 years, retiring last year. During that time he was the Director of North Staffordshire Clinical Audit Dept for 14 years.
He was an international member of the Council of European Association for study of diabetes and is currently the Director of Invited Services Review for the Royal College of Physicians.
Professor Matt Thompson
Consultant Vascular Surgeon & Clinical Director, St George's Healthcare NHS Trust
Matt is Professor of Vascular Surgery at St George's University of London and Honorary Consultant Vascular Surgeon at St George's Hospital. Matt was Clinical Director for Surgery at St George's from 2004-2008 and currently leads the St George's Vascular Institute, which integrates clinical, research and educational activities within a single organisational structure across St George's Healthcare Trust and St George's University of London. Matt is widely published and is active in both clinical and non-clinical research.
Matt has been a specialist advisor to NICE and a member of the NICE guideline development group on surgical wound infection. In addition, for the last 18 months Matt has been the Clinical Director of the Major Trauma Project for NHS London and is also a member of their Clinical Advisory Group. In May 2009 Matt became the Clinical Director of a project to review the provision of cardiovascular care in London.
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