Our Values
Board of Trustees
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I am an experienced health service professional, with a specialism in mental health. I have extensive board, clinical and general management experience working in mental health inpatient units, community services, day services and children’s services. Since 2010 I have been Chief Executive of Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. I have always been committed to the delivery of high quality care and have actively pursued the development of quality services. I moved to Suffolk Health’s strategy department, in the 1990’s to gain a more strategic view of services, subsequently developing a part time role with the Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health to develop my evaluation and strategic thinking skills. I then took a board post with Plymouth Community Services/Primary Care Trust to enable me to translate strategic thinking and into real services. Following on from seven years as Director of Mental Health at Plymouth Primary Care Trust where I lead the service through significant change, I was approached by Tribal Secta to join their health practise and develop their mental health expertise. This move allowed me to participate in the NHS at a national level and review a number of different services. I believe that this variety of experience in the commercial sector adds to the value that I offer, in February 2010 when I joined the board of Cornwall Partnership NHS Trust. I have a clear logical mind and have a good grasp of information technology and its uses and potential benefits. My key strength lies in my proven ability to develop and then deliver upon health strategies within the NHS performance management framework. This has helped me through the steep learning curve I had in becoming a Foundation Trust Chief Executive and ensuring that we maintained our high performance, delivering a surplus and obtaining a CQC rating of Good in all domains, growing the organisation from £70 million to £160 million. |
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Qualified for over 30 years as a clinical psychologist I have had experience of providing learning disability and special parenting services. Since 1998 I have provided adult mental health services both as an NHS and as a private provider. Currently commissioned to proved the IAPT service to Cornwall I manage an NHS contract while also delivering services to people with Aspergers, a perinatal mental wellbeing service and a suicide liaison service. Additionally I am an Associate Professor (Clinical Psychology) at Plymouth university teaching and recruiting for the Doctorate in Clinical Psychology Programme. |
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