Nottingham

Executive Board

    • Roddy Nash

    Roddy Nash

    Clinical & Executive Board Chairman

    Roddy joined the Treatment Centre as the Clinical Chairman. He has worked in the NHS for 37 years, 25 as a consultant surgeon with his clinical expertise in General and Vascular Surgery. He took a major role developing undergraduate education within his previous Trust and he also held senior management positions as Medical Director and Chief Executive. Roddy's role within the Treatment Centre is to drive the development of Clinical Leadership and Teams and he Chairs the Operations Board and the Clinical Governance and Risk Management Committee.

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    • Rachael Magnani

    Rachael Magnani

    General Manager

    As General Manager, Rachael is responsible for the overall performance of the Treatment Centre and delivery of its strategic objectives including compliance with all regulations, targets and standards. Rachael has 20 years operational experience having started her career as a Radiographer. She has spent the last 12 years in NHS management working at a Director level in both Primary Care and the Acute Trust sector. Before joining Circle, Rachael worked at Nottingham University Hospital as Director of Strategy leading the merger and integration of the two Nottingham Hospitals and the reconfiguration of some clinical services.

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    • Lynn Andrews

    Lynn Andrews

    Lead Nurse

    Lynn qualified as a Registered Nurse in 1981 at The Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh, Scotland.  She worked in general surgery and urology before moving south to England and a career in adult critical care.  Following a period working as a critical care advisor in private industry Lynn returned to the National Health Service and was instrumental in developing new ways of working in Cardiothoracic Care through advancing nursing skills and practice. Lynn has held a number of senior nursing and management roles in acute NHS Trusts across the Midlands supporting developments in professional practice together with attainment of a MSc in Health Policy.  This experience led to more strategic Assistant and Deputy Director of nursing roles within both acute trusts and latterly at the Strategic Health Authority.  Her role at Circle ensures quality care through improved patient experience and professional leadership for nursing and allied health professionals.

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    • Nick Armitage

    Nicholas Armitage

    Clinical Lead Digestive Diseases
    Nicholas graduated from St. Bartholomew's hospital in 1975 and after training , much of which was in Nottingham, was appointed to the Staff in Nottingham in 1989.  From then he has developed his own skills and a Colorectal Unit with a National reputation at Nottingham University Hospitals. He has been involved with the Treatment Centre from the beginning, including input into planning. Since the Treatment Centre opened in 2008 he has been Clinical Lead for Digestive Diseases.  This department has developed an excellent team and includes a number of specialist services e.g. Hernia, Functional bowel Disease. Nicholas is committed to involving all the members of the team in improving patient experience and becoming a " Beacon of Excellence" for Digestive Diseases.
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    • Bruce Braithwaite

    Bruce Braithwaite

    Clinical Lead Cardiology, Vascular & Respiratory

    Bruce has worked in the NHS for over 20 years.  He has been a Consultant Surgeon since 2000 and has been a member of the Executive Board from the day the Nottingham Treatment Centre opened.  He is the Caldicott Guardian for the Hospital and Chairs the Clinical Governance and Risk Management Committee.  He is also the Clinical Lead for  Cardiology, Respiratory and Vascular Services where he helps to develop the skills of staff in order to help them provide a great service to patients.

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    • Rachel Clarke

    Rachel Clarke

    Administration Lead

    Rachel has 19 years experience in the NHS starting on a Youth Training Scheme and gaining knowledge on many NHS systems throughout the years. Rachel has worked in Primary Care and Secondary Care sectors of the NHS and held management roles throughout, most recently Rachel's role has been the implementation of the National Choose and Book system for one of the local county's PCT which also involved secondary care providers. Rachel's current role ensures that the whole Patients Pathway Administration functions at the Treatment centre are efficient for all the specialties provided. This includes the management of the Administration staff.

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    • Nick Downing

    Nick Downing

    Joint Clinical Lead Orthopaedics Top
    • Lyn Gregory

    Lyn Gregory

    HR Lead

    Lyn is responsible for providing business focused HR solutions to the management team of the Treatment Centre. Lyn has over fifteen years HR related experience, previously working as Personnel Manager at Rushcliffe PCT and Nottingham Community Health. Prior to that she worked in HR in the engineering and education sectors, as Training Manager at Midland Software Ltd. and in customer services at IBM (UK) Ltd. She is a graduate from Nottingham University and a Member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD).

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    Rob Kerslake

    Clinical Lead Diagnostics Top
    • Mark Lacey

    Mark Lacey

    Deputy General Manager

    Mark worked in retail banking for 15 years, rising to Branch Manager, before leveraging his interests in productivity, performance, and process measurement into operational project management in a number of roles within the commercial sector and the NHS. Prior to joining Nations he held the Board-level position of Chief Operating Officer at a commercially funded healthcare organisation, where he led commissioning of an acute hospital and a number of independent clinics across the UK, along with the successful acquisition of a leading market competitor.

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    Sheelagh Littlewood

    Clinical Lead Dermatology

    Sheelagh was appointed as a Consultant Dermatologist in 1987 and has worked at the Queens Medical Centre since 2002, having previously worked in a District General Hospital.  Her practice is medical dermatology with a specialist interest in genital disease.  Dermatology was the first speciality to transfer to the Treatment Centre in July 2008 and she has been Head of Service for Dermatology and Clinical Lead at the Treatment Centre since January 2009.

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    • Simon Page

    Simon Page

    Clinical Lead Endocrinology

    Simon joined the Treatment Centre team as the Endocrinology Clinical Lead in the summer of 2010 following the migration of all adult endocrinology services from Nottingham University Hospitals.  He has worked in the NHS since graduating from Bristol University in 1982 and has been a Consultant Physician and Endocrinologist in Nottingham since February 1995.  In the early years of his Consultant post Simon was heavily involved in the Nottingham Undergraduate curriculum and contributed to the evolution of the medical and surgical teaching attachments in years 3 and 5 of the medical school training programme.  He then was appointed to Clinical Director in Medicine and Acute Medicine at NUH for a 4 year period during which he helped to manage the impact of the merger of the two hospitals in Nottingham on acute medical services in the Trust.  In his role as Clinical Lead for Endocrinology Simon works closely with his excellent Gateway E administration and management team and with consultant colleagues who collectively deliver a high quality patient experience.

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    • Nicola Parry

    Nicola Parry

    Senior Operations Manager

    As Senior Operations Manager, Nicola is responsible for supporting the Clinical Unit Leadership teams in Day Case, Digestive Diseases and Endoscopy to deliver exceptional patient care, performance and compliance. She has 18 years operational experience working with both NHS and private patients. Nicola has a wealth of experience in delivering efficient clinical and non-clinical processes, service improvement modelling and facilitation and embedding process redesign.

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    • Martin Powell

    Martin Powell

    Clinical Lead Gynaecology

    Martin was appointed as a Consultant Gynaecologist in 1993 at University Hospital Nottingham.  He has pioneered the development of minimal access surgery in his speciality.  He was Clinical Director of the Obstetric and Gynaecology department for 5 years and then the Head of Service for 18 months. He then became the Clinical Lead for Gynaecology at the Treatment Centre where he helps to develop the skills of staff in order to help them provide a great service to patients.

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    • Krish Ragunath

    Krish Ragunath

    Clinical Lead Endoscopy

    Krish was appointed as Clinical Lead for Endoscopy at the Nottingham NHS treatment centre in March 2010. He qualified in the southern Indian city of Chennai (1986) and after completing internal medicine training subsequently underwent higher specialist training in Gastroenterology and Endoscopy in the UK. He was appointed as Senior lecturer in 1993 and now occupies the position of Associate Professor and Reader in GI Endoscopy at the University of Nottingham.  He is also the Head of Endoscopy and Honorary Consultant Gastroenterologist at Nottingham University Hospitals Trust and sits on the British Society of Gastroenterology Endoscopy Committee and Research Steering Group. With his extensive experience in endoscopy training, teaching and high quality service provision he leads the Endoscopy Gateway (Gateway H) working closely with his excellent administration and management team delivering high quality clinical care and patient experience.

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    • Paul

    Paul Sillandy

    Finance Lead

    Paul is a chartered accountant and qualified with PwC. During his seven years there he reached manager level, working in the audit, growing business & insolvency departments, prior to joining Bass plc, latterly in a business purchased by Coors. During his 13 years there, he undertook a wide range of roles, initially in the central finance team, but for the most part in commercial finance roles in the sales, marketing and export functions. Paul has worked for Nations in Nottingham since February 2006, and is responsible for Finance & Performance for the business.

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    • Helen Tait

    Helen Tait

    Senior Operations Manager

    Helen has 8 years experience in Independent healthcare management, formerly working in Business Development and Operational roles at The Midlands NHS Treatment Centre and Spire Leicester Hospital (formerly BUPA Hospitals).  Helen began her career working for a distribution subsidiary of WHSmith, spending 5 years in Marketing and Account Management roles in the News and book trades. This was followed by 3½ years as a National Account Manager for UniChem, working to develop the businesses of independent Pharmacies and Pharmacy groups.  Helen is responsible for supporting the Clinical Unit Teams in the Gynaecology, Diagnostic Imaging, Private Patients and Cardiology, Vascular and Respiratory gateways.

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    John Ward

    Clinical Lead Daycase

    John is a Nottingham Medical Graduate and has been a Consultant Anaesthetist since 1998.  He has worked and trained in the UK, New Zealand and Australia.  His last overseas post was as a department Clinical Director and he has worked at the Queens Medical centre since 2000.  Current clinical interests include anaesthesia for Day Surgery, Vascular and Orthopaedic Surgery, as well as use of regional techniques enabled by ultrasound.  Clinical safety is a top priority for John and as an Advanced Life Support provider he supports the urgent response team in the Treatment Centre.  In 2005, John gained a Post-Graduate Certificate in Public Service Management (with distinction) from Nottingham Trent University Business School.  As the Clinical Lead for the Day Surgery Unit at Gateway G, John has worked hard with the team on service improvement and they always aim to put patient's priorities first. Regular audits and patient feedback is always being used to enable staff to enhance patient care.

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    • Tony Westbrook

    Tony Westbrook

    Joint Clinical Lead Orthopaedics Top