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The Network Board

The Board was formally established in January 2020 and includes representatives from adult and paediatric services from all 8 trusts across the region, patient and family representatives, primary care and regional NHS England commissioners.


The Board meets four times per year and is chaired by Professor Jonathan Wyllie from South Tees Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. 


The Network Board has representatives from across the region including the Level 1 Specialist Surgical Centre at Newcastle and the other 7 acute Trusts. The board is multidisciplinary including clinicians, nurses, managers, patients, family representatives and regional commissioners.

PATIENT & FAMILY REPRESENTATIVES

Ivan Hollingsworth

Ivan Hollingsworth

Ivan Hollingsworth

Parent

Mark Overton

Ivan Hollingsworth

Ivan Hollingsworth

Adult Patient

TBC

Ivan Hollingsworth

TBC

PPPV Representative

PAEDIATRIC REPRESENTATIVES

Carla Pimentel

Madhu Podalakur

Carla Pimentel

County Durham & Darlington


Yee Mon Aung

Madhu Podalakur

Carla Pimentel

North Cumbria Integrated Care

Madhu Podalakur

Madhu Podalakur

Madhu Podalakur

North Tees & Hartlepool

Lekshmy Prasad

Satyam Veeratterapillay

Madhu Podalakur

South Tees

Satyam Veeratterapillay

Satyam Veeratterapillay

Satyam Veeratterapillay

South Tyneside & Sunderland

Sangeeta Tiwary

Satyam Veeratterapillay

Satyam Veeratterapillay

Northumbria Healthcare

TBC

TBC

TBC

Gateshead Health

ADULT REPRESENTATIVES

Jenny Crilley

Justin Barclay

Justin Barclay

 County Durham & Darlington


Justin Barclay

Justin Barclay

Justin Barclay

 North Cumbria Integrated Care 

Thomas Green

Justin Barclay

Helen Oxenham

 Northumbria Healthcare 

Helen Oxenham

Helen Oxenham

Helen Oxenham

North Tees & Hartlepool

Shahid Junejo

Helen Oxenham

Shahid Junejo

  South Tyneside & Sunderland 

Pamela Brown

Helen Oxenham

Shahid Junejo

 South Tees


Ray Meleady

Ray Meleady

Ray Meleady

Gateshead Health


CLINICAL REPRESENTATIVES

Emily Bell

Michelle Moffatt

Emily Bell

Clinical Psychologist

Freeman Hospital

Paul Moran

Michelle Moffatt

Emily Bell

Fetal Medicine

Royal Victoria Hospital

Michelle Moffatt

Michelle Moffatt

Michelle Moffatt

Paediatric Dentistry

Freeman Hospital

Gemma Barwick

Currently vacant

Michelle Moffatt

Paediatric Social Worker

Freeman Hospital

Graham Walton

Currently vacant

Currently vacant

Adult Dentistry

Freeman Hospital

Currently vacant

Currently vacant

Currently vacant

Primary Care

Vedrana Caric

Vedrana Caric

Vedrana Caric

Fetal Medicine

James Cook

Majd Abu-Harb

Vedrana Caric

Vedrana Caric

Fetal Cardiology

Royal Victoria Infirmary

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