Medway
Panel Role
Name
Brief Biography
Chair
Liz Redfern
Liz Refern is Chief Nurse for NHS England South. She joined the NHS as a cadet nurse and specialised in
neurosciences. Her recent focus has been educating nurses and other health professionals. Liz was awarded
a CBE in the 2009 Queen’s birthday honours list for her services to healthcare and nursing.
Patient /Public Rep
Trevor Begg
Trevor Begg is a former Patient Representative on the North West London PCT Cluster Board and Chair of
Hillingdon LINk. He was recently appointed the Lay Governing Body Member of Hillingdon CCG and is
currently working with the London Clinical Senate and NWL CLAHRC on patient and public involvement and
service innovation and improvement.
Patient /Public Rep
Priscilla Chandro
Priscilla Chandro is a Patient Representative on the National Clinical Reference Group for Cardiac Specialised
Services. She has recently been elected as a public governor with the South East Coast Ambulance Service
NHS Foundation Trust.
Patient /Public Rep
Jacqueline Joyce
Jacqueline Joyce has worked as a volunteer and committee member of national patient charity WLSinfo since
2005. She is a PPE Representative on the Obesity Clinical Reference Group, the RCP's Health & Weight
Group, and the Paediatric Obesity working Group.
Patient /Public Rep
Georgina McMasters
Georgina joined the Patient Group of the Heatherwood and Wexham Park Hospital Foundation Trust in 2007.
Georgina has been involved in many hospital inspections and has written and presented “secret shopper”
reports for hospital management. She was a Lay Member of the Clinical Commissioning Group
Visits/Assessments project in 2012.
Patient /Public Rep
Christine Pollard
Christine has been a journalist and broadcaster all her working life with a particular interest in health care and
consumer matters. She runs broadcasting advice phone-ins on the intricacies of qualification for NHS
Continuing Care and is an Ambassador for the Patients’ Association.
Junior Doctor
Dr Na’eem Ahmed
Dr Na’eem Ahmed graduated from Guy’s, King’s and St Thomas’ Medical School and completed academic
foundation training at King's College Hospital. He is currently Clinical Fellow at NHS England.
Doctor
Mr Aidan Fowler
Aidan Fowler is a General Surgeon working mainly with colorectal surgery cases and Chief of Service for the
Surgical Division at the Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Mr Fowler has been trained as an
improvement adviser by the IHI in Boston, and has worked for the last three years as improvement adviser to
the South West Patient Safety Collaborative.
Doctor
Dr Vaughan Pearce
Dr Vaughan Pearce has been a Consultant Physician in Geriatric and General Medicine in Exeter for 33 years.
He was Medical Director in the Community Trust from 1997 until 2000 and in the Royal Devon and Exeter
Foundation Trust from 2003 to 2011. His main interest is Parkinson's Disease and Dystonia.
Doctor
Dr Jasmeet Soar
Dr Jasmeet Soar is a Consultant in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine at North Bristol NHS Trust. His
clinical work includes care of the deteriorating patient, and anaesthesia for major cancer surgery. He is a
faculty member for the South West Quality and Patient Safety Improvement Programme, immediate past Chair
of the Resuscitation Council (UK), and an editor of the journal ‘Resuscitation’.
Student Nurse
Rebecca Dodd
Rebecca Dodd is a student nurse in the last year of her degree at Bournemouth University. Prior to university,
Rebecca volunteered on elderly care wards at Poole Hospital.
Nurse
Julia Hogg
Julia is Matron for Acute Medicine at Taunton and Somerset NHS Foundation Trust and has worked at the
NHS since 1986. Julia’s previous experiences have mainly been in Intensive care and Surgical and Medical
Nursing and she later specialised in Cardiology.
Nurse
Liz Childs
Liz Childs was until recently Director of Nursing at South Devon Healthcare Foundation Trust, a post she held
for 13 years. Her key areas of expertise are faculty lead for patient safety, patient experience and board
governance. She is presently employed as a Non Executive Director at Devon Partnership NHS Trust and
Faculty Lead on the South West Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Programme.
Trust SM
Chris Gordon
Chris Gordon is Programme Director at the NHS Leadership Academy, supporting hospital trust development.
He is also a Consultant Physician in Winchester specialising in Parkinson’s Disease. He was recently a Trust
Chief Executive.
CQC
Kate Dew
Kate is a Compliance Inspector for the Care Quality Commission, working in the Hampshire area. She
previously worked for the Healthcare Commission and the Audit Commission.
Regional Support
Christina Button
Christina is Improvement and Support Programme Manager at the NHS England.