The CCG Governing Body

From 30 June 2022, this website will not be updated

For the latest local health and care information, visit the new websites for Integrated Care Board hertsandwestessex.icb.nhs.uk or the Integrated Care System hertsandwestessexics.org.uk

From 1 July 2022, Clinical Commissioning Groups will be cease to exist. Commissioning functions and information that has been previously held by East and North Hertfordshire CCG is transferring to the new NHS Hertfordshire and West Essex Integrated Care Board (HWEICB) on 1 July 2022.

HWEICB will become the new data controller. Any questions about the use of data (including patient data) by the new ICB should be directed to hertsvalleysccg.hwecorporategovernance@nhs.net

There are no changes to how local residents access NHS frontline services in Hertfordshire and West Essex as part of these changes.

The CCG Governing Body

Each CCGs core is driven by its elected membership. In March last year we wrote to all member practices concerning the extension of elected posts within the CCG. This extension was sought due to organisational restructure and ensuring certain roles that could only serve for a defined term, continued as the CCGs transitioned. To ensure stability remains during this period of transition, and with the time for this transition having been delayed nationally and now anticipated for the 1st July 2022, we are writing to each member practice confirming that the all current elected member posts including the CCG Chair, Vice Chair and GP Leads (excluding clinical lead duties) will be extended until the CCGs are disestablished. Each member practice has been written to individually over the above.

	Dr Prag Moodley, CCG Clinical Chair Prag has been a GP for over 20 years and a GP Partner in Stevenage since 2004. Prag took up the role of CCG Chair in September 2018, and has held various roles in CCG commissioning over the last ten years. Prior to becoming CCG Chair, Prag’s Governing Body responsibilities were Mental Health and Learning Disabilities.
	Dr Ashish Shah, Deputy Clinical Chair, Prescribing Lead and GP Governing Body Member, Welwyn and Hatfield Ashish has been GP principal at Wrafton House surgery, Hatfield since 2009 and an appraiser. He has been the prescribing lead for the CCG and locality lead for Welhat since 2014 and was elected as the Deputy Chair in 2018. He has a special interest in cardiology, respiratory medicine, cancer and frailty. He is the GP Board member on the Primary Care Commissioning Board, Governance and Audit Committee and Remuneration Committee. His other commitments at the CCG include being the Research and Frailty lead and Lead GP for the pathology procurement for the ICS. He is also the lead for Workforce and Education, and locality provider board for Welwyn and Hatfield.
Governing Body GPs
	Dr Sarah Dixon, GP Governing Body Member, Stort Valley and Villages Sarah has worked as a GP Partner at South Street Surgery in Bishops Stortford since 2001. She is the Workforce and Education lead for her locality and is also a GP Trainer and Appraiser. Sarah is a member of the Quality Committee.
	Dr Russell Hall, GP Governing Body Member, Stevenage and Interim GP Governing Body Member for Lower Lea Valley Russell has an MBA (Masters in Business Administration) from Strathclyde Business School. He has worked as a full time GP in Stevenage since 1999. Before joining the CCG Governing Body, he was the prescribing lead for Stevenage. Russell is the CCG’s Quality lead. He has previously been a GP trainer and on the LMC in Scotland.
	Dr Rini Saha, GP Governing Body Member, Stevenage Rini qualified from Imperial College London and has practised as a GP since 2002. She has been a partner at King George Surgery in Stevenage since 2005 and worked as the prescribing lead for the locality until 2019 . In addition, she is the ENHCCG lead for Mental Health and Learning Disabilities.
	Dr Rupal Shah, GP Governing Body Member, Upper Lea Valley Since qualifying in 2009, Rupal has been working in Hertfordshire as a General Practitioner. She is currently working at Hanscombe House Surgery and has a keen interest in diabetes and mental health. Rupal is a member of the locality provider board. She also enjoys doing charitable work and travelling in her spare time.
Secondary Care Clinician
	Dr Dermot O'Riordan Dermot is a Consultant General Surgeon at West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust and previously was Medical Director for 5 years and interim-Chief Executive Officer. Dermot is also Chief Clinical Information Officer.
Lay Members
	Dianne Desmulie, Lay-member for Primary Care Commissioning (Freedom to Speak-up Guardian) Dianne has a career background in local government and the NHS. She has experience at director level in Housing, Family Health Services Authority (NHS) and was awarded an MBA (Master of Business Administration) in 1990. Her work as a freelance consultant includes Equality and Human Rights Commission, Department of Health, NHS Modernisation Agency, Hertfordshire Constabulary and Multiple Sclerosis Society. Dianne was a local councillor in East Herts for 8 years and in 2001 was Mayor of Hertford, where she has lived since 1982. She is a member of Hanscombe House Surgery Patient Participation Group and volunteers for Carers in Hertfordshire as a Hub Lead in Hoddesdon.
	Linda Farrant, Lay-member for Governance and Audit (Conflicts of Interest Guardian) A qualified accountant, Linda spent much of her career in local government working on finance, regeneration policy and practice and developing devolved public sector services. She has undertaken various non-executive director roles in the voluntary and public sectors and became the Lay Member for Governance and Audit at the CCG in April 2013.
	Alison Gardner, Lay-member for Public and Patient Involvement Alison spent the first 22 years’ of her professional life as a Civil Servant, in the Ministry Of Defence, Home Office and then Department of Trade, mostly as an IT Specialist. After completing a Masters Degree in Change Management she enjoyed a lengthy period of self-employment working as a Change Facilitator and Coach, specialising in transformational and behavioural change, mostly working on projects for the Health Sector in Ireland and for the Royal College of Nursing in the UK. In 2013 Alison joined Herts Valleys CCG as their Lay Member for Patient and Public Involvement - a role she continues to perform. Alison has been a Hertfordshire resident for over 25 years
Executive Team
	Dr Jane Halpin, Accountable Officer (jointly with Herts Valleys CCG and West Essex CCG and lead officer for Hertfordshire and West Essex ICS) Dr Jane Halpin is a qualified Public Health doctor with over 25 years’ experience in the NHS in the area, including roles as a Medical Director, PCT Chief Executive and NHS England Area Director. Dr Halpin also has significant private sector experience and was most recently the Clinical Lead for an international consultancy firm. Jane lives in Hertfordshire.
	Alan Pond, Chief Finance Officer (Senior information Risk Owner - [SIRO]) Alan has been a Finance Director/Chief Finance Officer since 2001. During this time he has worked for numerous NHS commissioning organisations. He has over 30 years’ experience in the NHS in both provider and commissioner organisations and 2 years at the Department of Health. He has a broad range of experience within the finance function and also other areas, having been involved in strategy development and implementation and with direct operational responsibility for financial management, costing and pricing, contract negotiation, contract management and business case preparation.
	Jane Kinniburgh, Director of Nursing and Quality (Caldicott Guardian) Jane trained as a nurse at Guy’s Hospital, gaining further qualifications in Community Specialist Practice and an MSc in Advanced Clinical Practice. For over 20 years’ she has worked as a District Nurse in south east London, Harlow and Uttlesford. She has held several senior management positions including Director of Nursing for Uttlesford PCT and Assistant Director for Clinical Service Redesign at Mid Essex PCT, where she led the re-design of integrated community services and palliative care service improvement. In addition Jane joined West Essex CCG in March 2014 as Director of Nursing and Quality and was recently appointed to the Hertfordshire Director of Nursing and Quality role working across the health economy with local communities and partners to embed high quality services and the best possible outcomes for Hertfordshire residents.
	Sharn Elton, Managing Director Sharn is the CCG's Managing Director. She originally trained as a nurse and moved into general management in 2003, working in a variety of hospital services across surgery, medicine, women’s and children’s specialities. Through developing her networks beyond the hospital Sharn became interested in the broader aspects of health and subsequently moved to work for NHS England across Hertfordshire and the South Midlands in 2013. Sharn has worked for the CCG since 2015 and was appointed the post of Managing Director in July 2020.
	Dr Rachel Joyce, Director of Clinical and Professional Services Rachel is a medical doctor, who is both a GP and a public health consultant by background. In the past she has worked as a Director of Public Health and a Medical Director in Bedfordshire, and has been working in the Hertfordshire health system for over 10 years. Rachel has particular expertise in clinical effectiveness (ensuring health services are as safe and effective as possible), the redesign of services from a clinical perspective, including the development of pathways and the prioritisation of scarce resources, wellbeing and the prevention and early identification of illness.
	Avni Shah, Director of Primary Care Transformation Avni is a pharmacist by profession. She has a Master’s degree in Public Health and has worked in the NHS across acute, community and medicines optimisation teams. Avni has over 10 years’ experience in commissioning, transformation and procurement across various programmes, initially in London before joining Herts Valleys CCG in 2013. She is passionate about working collaboratively to redesign end-to-end patient pathways, commission new models of care and transform services across organisation boundaries in order to improve outcomes for patients
Executive Team (Advisory Capacity)
	Frances Shattock, Director for Performance and Delivery Frances brings a wealth of experience having previously worked at NHS England and NHS Improvement as Director of Strategic Transformation. At NHSE/I she was responsible for relationship management and oversight of performance which included four acute trusts, three mental health trusts, one community trust and five CCGs. Prior to that she was Director of Delivery and Improvement at NHSE with oversight of 12 trusts and also worked at Deloitte for a number of years.
	Beverley Flowers, Director of Integration and Systems Transformation Beverley joined the East and North Hertfordshire CCG in April 2014 from NHS England. Previous to this she held a range of commissioning, partnership and contracting roles across health and social care organisations in London and the East of England. Beverley was Chief Executive of the CCG from December 2015 until June 2020. From July 2019, Beverley was the Joint Interim Executive Lead for the Hertfordshire and West Essex Sustainability and Transformation Partnership (STP), successfully leading it to full Integrated Care System (ICS) status. Since July 2020 Beverley has become the ICS Director of Integration and Systems Transformation.
	Jo Burlingham, Interim Director of Operations Jo is a registered nurse, midwife and Health visitor and has 28 years of experience in the NHS. Following a number of operational and managerial roles across hospital and community services she joined East and North Herts Clinical Commissioning Group in 2016 to drive and improve both the quality and accessibility of local services. Jo enjoys working collaboratively across organisational and inter-professional boundaries to commission and support the delivery of high quality patient care and was appointed as Interim Director Of Operations in June 2020.
	Hein Scheffer, Director of People Transformation Hein has more than 30 years’ experience in Human Resources and Organisational Development. He managed both a human resources and employment law consulting firm and a hospitality management company before relocating to the UK from South Africa in 2009. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development; holds a LLB (Hons) from the Open University (OU) a Master’s Degree in Personnel and Development from the University of Central Lancashire (UCLAN) and is currently reading for a Professional Doctorate in Education with Reading University. Hein is currently a Board Member of NHS Clinical Commissions and before joining Herts Valleys CCG, he worked as director of human resources and organisational development at Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust, and was previously the deputy director of human resources at Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

	Adam Lavington, Director of Digital Transformation Adam was previously Deputy Director of IT and Programme Management Office at Sheffield, Barnsley and Bassetlaw CCGs and Sheffield Health and Social Care Foundation Trust. He has 20 years’ IT experience in a range of roles in the private sector and health and social care settings. He joined the NHS in 2011 and has since been responsible for various operational IT and digital transformation roles predominately in primary care and mental health. He is passionate about IT and how digital can improve patient outcomes by providing clinicians with the appropriate technology to enable them to deliver the best possible care to patients.