Burton Role Name Brief Biography Panel Chair Ruth May Dr Ruth May is NHS England Regional Director of Nursing for Midlands and East. Her previous roles include Chief Nurse for NHS Midlands and East and Chief Nurse for NHS East of England. Ruth has a theatre nursing background and more than 20 years experience of working in the NHS. Patient/Public Representative Norma Armston Norma Armston has a wide range of experience as a patient/carer representative at both local and national level. She has been involved in reviewing cancer services and was a lay assessor in the Clinical Commissioning Group authorisation process. Patient/Public Representative Alan Keys Alan Keys is Lay Member for PPI on the board of High Weald Lewes Havens CCG. He is also a member of various other groups including the British Heart Foundation Prevention and Care Reference. Patient/Public Representative Leon Pollock Leon Pollock is a management consultant with over 30 years experience during which he has assisted more than 250 organisations, including 20 NHS trusts. He is Lay Adviser for Health Education West Midlands and Lay Assessor for the NHS Commissioning Board. Doctor Balraj Appedou Balraj Appedou is a consultant in anaesthesia and intensive care medicine at the Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Balraj is currently Lead for Clinical Governance in the Theatres Anaesthesia and Critical Care Medicine Directorate. Balraj has also been the Patient Safety Champion in the Trust. Doctor Mike Lambert Mr. Mike Lambert is a consultant at Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital and Honorary Senior Lecturer at Norwich Medical School. He has over 30 years of experience of the NHS, formally as a consultant in emergency medicine. Doctor Daren Forward Mr. Daren P Forward is a consultant at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust where he works as part of the Major Trauma Team. He has over 20 years of experience with the NHS and is a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. Junior Doctor Bethan Graf Dr Bethan Graf will be spending the year at the Commissioning Board, specifically working under Professor Sir Mike Richards within Domain One. Bethan is over half way through her Gastroenterology Specialist Registrar training and is passionate about patient centred quality care. Junior Doctor Esther Kwong Dr Esther Kwong is National Medical Director’s Clinical Fellow seconded to NHS England this year. She is a hospital doctor from the London Deanery. She has an interest in health services research and is about to embark on her PhD at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Nurse Suzie Loader Suzie Loader is Director of Nursing, Midwifery & Patient Services at Northampton General Hospital. Prior to this, whilst running her own consultancy business, she worked for United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust, as Nurse Advisor, supporting the trust in improving the quality of nursing care following poor CQC reports. Nurse Sylvia Knight Sylvia Knight is a deputy director (quality assurance) within the Midlands and East region of NHS England. Sylvia has over 8 years experience as a board level nurse in an acute trust, having previously worked in a range of senior nursing and operational roles. Nurse Michelle Rowley Michelle Rowley has been a registered nurse for over 25 years having trained at Barnet and Edgeware Hospital. She has worked in Scotland, Wiltshire and Suffolk where she currently works as Ward Sister on the Emergency Assessment Unit at Ipswich Hospital. Student Nurse Nicola Hendrick Nicola Hendrick is a student nurse in her second year of adult nursing at the University of York. She is hoping to work in the area of critical care in the future. TV Nurse Heidi Guy Heidi Guy is a TV Nurse on the panel. Trust Senior Manager Erica Loftus Erica Loftus is Head of Operations at Heart of England NHS Trust. Erica has over 20 years experience in nursing and general management in both the public and private sector. Coding Specialist Trudy Taylor Trudy Taylor is a Coding Specialist on the panel. CQC Representative Debbie Debbie Widdowson is a compliance manager with the Care Quality Commission and previously Widdowson worked in regulation with the Health Care Commission. Senior Regional Support Gareth Harry Gareth Harry works for NHS England as Regional Head of Planning and Assurance in the Midlands and East Region. Gareth has a background in primary care and community health commissioning and contracting and has managed community and acute hospital services. Gareth was the lead in the Midlands and East for the authorisation of Clinical Commissioning Groups. Senior Regional Support Shelley Bewsher Shelley is Quality Assurance Programme Manager for NHS England Midlands and East. Senior Regional Support Trish Thompson Trish Thompson is Director for Operations and Delivery for NHS England, working in the Area Team covering Leicestershire and Lincolnshire. She has 28 years’ experience working in the NHS starting from a clinical background in speech and language therapy .She has worked in provider and commissioning organisations managing and leading large clinical teams and has had the experience of being an appointed governor at a nearby foundation trust. .