Senate Assembly
We are currently taking applications to join the Clinical Senate Assembly. If you are interested in becoming a Clinical Senate Assembly member please complete and submit the application form below.
Eligibility
Regional health and social care professionals of Consultant level or equivalent can apply to become Senate Assembly Members via an online application. These must be approved by the Senate Chair and the Senate management team. Senior non-clinical managers can be co-opted onto the Senate Assembly by existing members of the Senate Council or Senate management team. There is currently no cap to the number of Senate Assembly members.
The Clinical Senate Council draws its membership from the Clinical Senate Assembly. The Clinical Senate Assembly will meet 1-2 times per year to contribute to the work programme for the following year. Current Senate Council Members were appointed from December 2015 for one, two or three years at their discretion. New members will be elected to join the Senate Council from the Senate Assembly using a phased approach in order to retain and handover expertise, aiming for complete renewal of the Senate Council over a three year period.
The Clinical Senate Assembly is a diverse multi-disciplinary collective providing the Clinical Senate Council with access to professionals with a wide range of experience and ability from across the South West. Membership encompasses the ‘pre-conception to death’ spectrum of care across all health and social care settings.
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Angela Abbott | HEE SW Podiatry Workforce Action Plan Project Lead |
Chris Anderson | Consultant Paediatrician~Regional Chair Diabetes Network |
Martin Ansell | Associate Medical Director |
Abbie Aplin | RCM Regional Head South |
Sally Arnold-Jones | Clinical Development Manager |
Graham Bamforth | Physiotherapy Professional Lead |
Teresa Barrett | Social Worker |
Kathryn Bateman | Consultant |
Mary Baulch | Deputy Divisional Nurse Women and Children |
Linda Bedford | Consultant Radiographer |
Jeremy Bewley | Consultant IC~Anaesthesia/UK Intensive Care Society Council |
Christine Blanshard | Medical Director Salisbury NHSFT |
Clare Boobyer-Jones | Director of Allied Health and Psychology Professions |
Rachel Botell | Rehabilitation Medicine Consultant |
Marcus Bradley | Consultant Neuroradiologist |
Marcus Brooks | Consultant Vascular Surgeon |
Sandra Burns | Nurse Assessor |
Christopher Burton | Chair of BNSSG Stroke Board |
Jonathan Campbell | Associate Director of Pharmacy |
Val Clark | Clinical lead Wiltshire IAPT and Banes Talking Therapies |
Jacqui Clinch | Consultant Paediatric Rheumatologist |
Catherine Collin | Clinical Psychologist |
Sarah Cooper | Chief Cardiac Scientist |
Ingrid Cozma | Consultant Orthodontist |
Matthew Cramp | Consultant Gastroenterologist |
Ian Currie | Consultant Surgeon |
Malcolm Dalrymple-Hay | Consultant Surgeon |
Leilah Dare | Consultant in Emergency Medicine |
Peter Davis | Consultant Paediatric Intensivist |
Geraint Day | Regional Co-ordinator |
Eddie Doyle | Consultant Ophthalmologist and Clinical Director |
Robert Dyer | Medical Director |
Claire Edgar | Director of Adult MH Operations |
Sean Elyan | Consultant Oncologist |
Richard Eyre | Consultant Psychiatrist |
Paul Eyres | Vascular Surgeon |
Tara Fleming | Consultant Geriatrician |
Liz Farrington | Consultant Nurse |
Daniel Flannigan | Consultant Physician |
Ed Ford | GP and CCG Chair |
James Fraser | Consultant in Paediatric Intensive Care |
Sanjay Gandhi | Professor of Radiology |
Joanna Garrett | Patient Safety Improvement Officer |
Greg Garrett | Clinical Lead for Rapid Response |
Katrina Glaister | Quality Directorate Facilitator |
Dorothy Goddard | Consultant Breast Radiologist |
Claire Gorzanski | Head of Clinical Effectiveness |
Samir Guglani | Consultant Clinical Oncologist, GHT Director |
Steve Hams | Director of Quality and Chief Nurse |
John Hancock | Consultant Gastroenterologist |
Sian Harris | Consultant Paediatrician |
Tim Harrower | Consultant Neurologist |
Ulrike Harrower | Consultant in Population Healthcare and PH |
Helen Harvey | Clinical Manager, Prosthetics & Orthotics |
Jonathan Haynes | Consultant Psychiatrist |
Sean Hegarty | Clinical (Paramedic) Advisor |
Andrew Hollowood | Consultant Surgeon H & N |
John Hyslop | Radiologist |
Stephen Iles | Consultant Physician |
Carol Inward | Paediatric Nephrologist |
Sarah Jackson | Consultant Geriatrician |
Sally Jarmain | Mental Health Nurse |
Nevila Kallfa | Consultant in Public Health |
Joanna Kasznia-Brown | Consultant Radiolologist |
Phil Keeling | Consultant Cardiologist |
Umraz Khan | Plastic Surgeon |
Adam Kimble | T&O~General Surgery Lead |
Richard Krysztopik | General Surgeon |
Richard Laugharne | Consultant Psychiatrist/td> |
Michael Lennox | CEO Somerset LPC/td> |
Dhushy Mahendran | Consultant Obstretrician |
Michael McGibbon | Consultant Obstretrician |
John McGrath | Urological Surgeon |
Brendan Mclean | Consultant Neurologist |
Priyanka Mehta | Consultant Haematologist |
Sheila Meldrum | Chief Nurse & Deputy Chief Executive |
Nicholas Michell | Consultant Gastroenterologist |
Jane Mitchell | Physiotherapist/AHP |
Nicholas Michell | Consultant Gastroenterologist |
Teresa Middleton | Deputy Director of Quality |
Martin Moody | Consultant Urological Surgeon |
Dawn Morrall | Maternity |
Stephen Morris | Clinical Lead at the Bristol Paediatric Spine Service |
Maria Morris | Clinical Team Lead |
Stephen Morris | Clinical Lead at the Bristol Paediatric Spine Service |
Vivien Mortimore | Head of Midwifery Services |
Debesh Mukherjee | Consultant Geriatrician |
Jonathan Mutimer | Consultant Orthopedic Surgeon |
Carolyn Nation | Head of Countywide Community Services |
Andy Nevill | Consultant Clinical Scientist |
Louise Newell | Consultant Dermatologist |
David Newhall | Consultant Anaesthetist |
Claire Oatway | GP |
Mark Pietroni | Director of Public Health |
Elizabeth Price | Consultant Rheumatologist |
Jackie Pridham | Clinical Psychologist |
Steve Pritchard | Clinical Psychologist |
Steve Pritchard | Physiotherapist |
Ananthakrishnan Raghuram | Consultant Respiritory Physician |
Emma Redfern | Consultant in Emergency Medicine |
Ann Remmers | WEAHSN |
Sandra Richards | Maternity Transformation Midwife for BSW LMS |
Zoe Ridgeway | Consultant Anaesthetist |
Genevieve Robson/td> | Consultant Geriatrician |
Gina Sargeant | Head of Therapies, Lead AHP, CSO & CCIO |
Mark Scheepers | Consultant Psychiatrist |
Mark Selman | GP |
Adam Smith-Collins | Consultant Neonatologist |
Jasmeet Soar | Consultant Intensive Care Medicine & Anaesthesia |
Jon Standing | Director of Pharmacy and Accountable Officer for Controlled Drugs |
Deborah Stevens | Medical Director |
Rehan Symonds | GP |
Alison Tavare | GP |
Myles Taylor | Consultant Obstretrician & Gynaecologist |
Matthew Thorpe | Consultant Paediatrician |
Anthony Timoney | Consultant Urological Surgeon |
Elizabeth Toy | Consultant Clinical Oncologist |
Mark Turner | Consultant Cardiologist |
Chalil Vinod | Associate Specialist in Spinal Treatment |
Mark Vipond | Consultant UGI Surgeon |
Emma Waller | Pharmacist |
Joanne Watson | Clinical Director of Women’s & Children’s Services |
Daniel Webster | Clinical Lead Dorset LMS |
Richard Welbourn | Consultant Surgeon |
Tim Wells | Clinical Lead Cardiology |
Susan Wensley | Consultant Care of the Elderly |
Rob White | GP |
Sarah White | Consultant Geriatrician |
Peter Whitfield | Consultant Neurosurgeon |
Crispin Wigfield | Consultant Neurosergeon |
Elizabeth Wilkinson | Consultant Opthamologist |
Margaret Willcox | Chair, Social Care |
Daniel Williams | Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon |
Claire Williamson | Head of Psychological Therapies |
Dom Williamson | Consultant in Emergency Medicine |
Barbara Williams-Yesson | Head of Nursing |
Jenny Winslade | Chief Nursing Officer |
Jane Woods | Head Orthoptist |
Bill Gillespie | Co-opted/CEO Wessex AHSN |
Governance documents:
SW Senate Operating Principles Updated January 2017

The Senate Assembly is a diverse multi-disciplinary professional collective providing the Senate Council with access to experts with a wide range of experience and ability from across the South West. Membership will encompass the ‘pre-conception to death’ spectrum of care across all health and social care settings. Members will be expected to decouple institutional obligations from their advisory role on the Senate. In order to be effective and credible the Assembly membership will be geographically representative, multi-professional and span a variety of different organisation types. The Senate work plan will inevitably require it to seek advice and views from individuals who are not assembly members. In doing so, it will ensure appropriate stakeholder consultation including where appropriate, the views of Royal Colleges and other professional organisations.Senate Council membership will be drawn from the Senate Assembly. Senate Assembly members not on the Council will not usually attend Senate Council meetings unless they are presenting evidence.
Senate Council membership will be drawn from the Senate Assembly. Senate Assembly members not on the Council will not usually attend Senate Council meetings unless they are presenting evidence.
The key function of the Senate Assembly is to;
- Provide evidence on questions being addressed by the Council
- Provide wide ranging knowledge and expertise the Senate Council can draw on
- Champion the role of the Clinical Senate
- Help to set the annual work plan for the Senate Council and propose potential topics and or/questions that commissioners may wish to put forward
- Agree the selection process of members to the Senate Council
The Senate Assembly will convene at least once a year. This event will cover issues including future priorities as well as offering continuing profession development opportunities.
How to get involved
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