Organisation structure

Our Trust Board is made up of six voting and two non-voting executive directors plus seven non-executive directors (including the chair).

View the details of all Trust Board members.

Nikhil Khashu 

Chief executive

John Culshaw

Company secretary

 

Jane Hurst

Chief finance officer

Portfolio

Management accounts

Financial services

Financial planning

Contracts, performance and commercial development

Clinical coding and service development

Supplies and procurement

Informatics and business intelligence

 

Alison Kennah

Chief nurse

Portfolio

Professional leadership for nurses, midwives and AHPs

Clinical governance

Regulatory compliance

Infection prevention and control

Patient safety

Patient experience

Clinical education

Safeguarding

Maternity and children's

Safety champion

Palliative care

 

Dan Moore 

Chief operating officer and deputy chief executive 

Portfolio

Planned care

Unplanned care

Clinical support services

Estates and facilities

EPRR

Transformation

 

Dr Paul Fitzsimmons

Executive medical director

Portfolio

Professional leadership for doctors, digital services, dentists and physician associates

Patient safety

Clinical effectiveness and productivity

Learning from deaths

Medicines management

Appraisal and revalidation

Medical education

Clinical research

Quality academy

 

Paula Woods

Chief people officer

Portfolio

Human resources

Recruitment

Payroll

Pensions

Workforce intelligence

Occupational health and wellbeing

Staff engagement

Organisational development

Learning and development

 

Lucy Gardner

Chief strategy and partnerships officer

Portfolio

Strategy development and delivery

New hospitals

Town deals - community health hubs

ICS and place developments

Local health and wellbeing strategy

Anchor programme

Partnerships and collaboration

Urgent and emergency care system improvement

Integration

 

Kate Henry

Director of communications and engagement

Portfolio

Internal and external communications

Media relations

Community and stakeholder engagement

WHH charity fundraising

 

Dan Moore

Chief operating officer and deputy chief executive

Zoe Harris

Director of operations and performance and deputy chief operating officer

Dan Moore

Chief operating officer and deputy chief executive

Zoe Harris

Director of operations and performance and deputy chief operating officer

 

Planned Care Group

Neil Gregory

Associate director

Digestive Diseases

Matthew Wood

Clinical director

Melanie Alsop

Clinical business manager

Lucy Parry

Lead nurse

Clinical services

Gastroenterology

General surgery

Upper gastro-intestinal surgery

Colorectal surgery

Endoscopy

Anaesthetics

Liaison pain management

Pre-operative assessment

Ward A4

Ward A5 Gastro

Ward A5 Elective

Ward B4

Planned Investigations Unit

Theatres

Post- Anaesthesia Care Unit

CT room

 

Dr Anna Vondy

Associate medical director

Surgical Specialities

Ramandeep Chalokia

Clinical director

Ceri Rogers

Sheila Fields-Delaney

Clinical business manager trauma and orthopaedics surgical specialities

Carol McEvoy

Lead nurse

Clinical services

Gastroenterology

Trauma and Orthopaedics

Ophthalmology

Urology

Ear Nose and Throat surgery

Audiology

Maxillofacial surgery

Orthodontics

Ward A6

Ward B3

Captain Sir Tom Moore Ward

 

Lucy Parry

Interim associate chief nurse

Women's and Children's Health

Dr Satish Hulikere

Clinical director

Sharon Martlow

Clinical business manager

Tina Moors

Interim director of midwifery

Kath Watkins

Lead nurse women and children's and gynaecology

Clinical services

Midwifery

Obstetrics

Gynaecology / Assessment Unit

Colposcopy

Paediatrics

Neonatology

Antenatal Day Unit

Antenatal Clinic

The Nest / Birth Suite

Ward C23

Ward C20

Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

Wards B10 and B11

Children and Young People's Outpatients

 

Unplanned Care Group

Sharon Kilkenny

Associate director

Medical Care

Dr Laura Langton

Clinical director

Neil Gregory

Clinical business manager

Claudine Reynolds

Lead nurse

Clinical services

Critical care medicine

Cardiology

Respiratory medicine

Cardio-Respiratory

Investigations

Diabetes and endocrinology

Nephrology

Rheumatology

Neurology

Dermatology

Acute Care Team

Intensive Care Unit

Acute Cardiac Care Unit - Ward A3

Acute Respiratory Unit - Ward B18

Ward C21

Dr Mark Forrest

Associate medical director

Urgent and Emergency Care

Dr Saagar Patel 

Associate clinical director

Laura James

Clinical business manager

Rachel Lutkevitch

Lead nurse

Clinical services

Emergency medicine

Acute medicine

Emergency Department

Same Day Emergency Care Unit

Runcorn Urgent Treatment Centre

Acute Medical Unit  - Ward A1

Ward A2

Patient flow team

 

Vacant

Associate Chief Nurse

Integrated Medicine and Community

Pradeep Magapu

Clinical director

Chris Barlow

Clinical business manager

Janet Pye

Lead nurse

Clinical services

General medicine

Care of the Elderly

Palliative care

Frailty Assessment Unit

Ward A7

Ward A8

Ward A9

Forget me Not Unit - Ward B12

Stroke Unit - Ward B14

Ward B19

Ward K25

Discharge Suite

Integrated discharge team

 

Clinical Support Services

Dr Alison Davis

Clinical director

Hilary Stennings

Associate director

Nicola Milkins

Matron

Paul Mooney

Chief pharmacist

Michelle Smith

Head of therapies

Mark Jones

Radiology services manager

Neil Gaskell

Pathology services manager

Lesley McKay

Associate director infection, prevention and control (IPC)

Clinical services

Haematology

Microbiology

Clinical chemistry

Histopathology

Imaging

Radiology

Breast screening

Infection prevention and control

Outpatients / medical records

Pharmacy

Therapies

 

Community and dental

Mel McLaughlin

Associate director

Karen Worthington 

Sarah Valentine 

Jillian Wallis 

Barry Hutton

Clinical business unit managers

Clinical services

Children

Warrington adults

Halton adults

Dental 

Ali Kennah

Chief nurse

Tracy Fennell

Deputy chief nurse / director of clinical governance

Portfolio

Palliative care

Patient experience and volunteers

Chaplaincy

Military veterans

Complaints and Patient Advice Liaison Service (PALS)

Equality, diversity and inclusion (patients)

Infection control support

Bereavement services

Patient safety

Ward accreditation

Ward metrics

Clinical education

Medical devices

Medicines improvement

Nursing staff and workforce

 

Tina Moors

Interim director of midwifery

Kim Farrell

Interim deputy director of midwifery

Sam Emery

Matron

Kath Watkins

Lead nurse for paediatrics and gynaecology services

Joanne MacGlashan

Women's and children's matron

 

Michelle Smith

Lead AHP and head of therapies

 

Vacant

Associate chief of nursing - unplanned care

Rachel Lutkevitch

Urgent and emergency care lead nurse

Nichola Burns

Michelle Caterall

UEC matrons

Claudine Reynolds

Medical care – lead nurse

Sarah Hargadon

Clare Banks

Joanne Meredith

Jo Meek

Medical care matrons

Janet Pye

Integrated medicine lead nurse

Janet Rouse

Fiona Flack

Deborah Hammond

Katie Nixon

IMC matrons

 

Emma Hackett

Associate chief of nursing - corporate nursing

Vanessa Wallace

Emma Ryan

Patient safety nurse

Heather Aston

Tissue viability

 

Lucy Parry

Interim associate chief nurse - planned care

Carol McEvoy

Surgical specialities lead nurse

NatalieSlater / Sara Nowell-Vaughan

Surgical specialities matrons

Lucy Parry

Digestive diseases lead nurse

Nathan Taylor-Thompson

Rachel Baxter

Digestive diseases matrons

 

Simon Jesson

Chief nursing and information officer and head of digital care

 

Nisha Agarwal

Lead nurse for staffing and workforce improvement

Susan Dean

Deputy head of patient experience and inclusion

 

Lesley McKay

Associate chief nurse for infection prevention and control (IPC) and associate director of IPC

 

Nicola Milkins

Lead nurse clinical support services

 

Katie Clarke

Lead nurse safeguarding adults / children mental health and learning disability

 

Vacant

Deputy director of clinical governance

Portfolio

Clinical governance

CQC compliance

Health and safety risk management

Audit

Legal services

Quality academy

Safeguarding mental health and learning disability

Dr Paul Fitzsimmons

Executive medical director and chief clinical information officer

 

Dr Paula Chattington

Director of medical education

Anne Robinson

Responsible officer

Dr Thara Raj

Director of population health and inequalities

Dr Eshita Hasan

Deputy medical director 

 

Dr Alison Davis

Clinical director

Clinical support services

 

Dr Mark Forrest

Associate medical director - unplanned care group

Dr Laura Langton

Clinical director - medical care

Dr Pradeep Magapu

Clinical director - integration medicine and community

Mr Saagar Patel

Associate clinical directors urgent and emergency care

 

Dr Anna Vondy

Associate medical director - planned care group

Dr Raman Chalokia

Clinical director - surgical specialities

Dr Matthew Wood

Clinical director - digestive diseases

Dr Satish Hulikere

Clinical director - women's and children's

 

Portfolio associate medical directors

Dr Lalitha Chinnappan

Associate medical director for patient safety

Portfolio

VTE

Medicines governance

Infection control / Sepsis / UTI

CQUINS

Discharge

Communication

Diagnostic testing policy

Incident investigation

Patient safety specialist

Mortality, learning from deaths

Serious incidents

 

Mr Mithun Murthy

Associate medical director for clinical effectiveness

Dr Tim Furniss

Deputy AMD for CE-research and development

Vacant

Deputy AMD for CE-procedural safety

Portfolio

Clinical audit and improvement

NICE

LocSSIPs

Consent

Research

7 day services

Trust wide trauma group

Cancer

 

Dr Hilary Furniss

Associate medical director – medical appraisal and revalidation

Portfolio

Medical appraisal standards

Responsible Officer (RO)

Documentation and reporting

Support for doctors

Revalidation

Support and professional development for doctors

 

Simon Jesson

Chief nursing information officer and head of digital care

Dr Rita Arya

Associate chief clinical information officer – women’s and children’s health

Dr Damian Stansfield

Associate chief clinical information officer – medical specialties

Dr Phyu Wai

Associate chief clinical information officer – medical specialties

Mr Gareth Stables

Associate chief clinical information officer – surgical specialties

VACANT

Associate chief clinical information officer – surgical specialties

Portfolio

Clinical information

Jane Hurst

Chief finance officer

Rachel Hurst

Deputy director of finance (community and dental)

 

Alison Jordan

Associate director of information

Chris White

Head of digital analytics

Portfolio

Business intelligence

Statutory reporting

Governance of data quality

Digital analysis

Data warehouse

Enterprise solutions

 

Anita Buckley

Head of information (community)

Portfolio

Business intelligence

Statutory reporting

Data quality

Digital analytics

Workforce information

Data warehouse

 

Janet Parker

Deputy / chief finance officer

Alice Forkgen

Associate director of finance - operations

 

Heather Farrington

Head of financial planning and contracts

Portfolio

Financial planning

Clinical income

PLICS / benchmarking

Service line reporting

Overseas patients

Private patients

Strategic business cases

Reference costs

Contracts and SLAs

Charitable funds

Internal monthly reporting

Paul Brereton

Head of clinical coding and service development

Portfolio

Clinical coding

Service development

Internal / external training

Internal / external audit

Clinical engagement

Quality improvement

Claire Leather

Head of improvement performance and commercial development

Portfolio

CIP / GIRFT

Improvement business cases bids and tenders

Benefits realisation

Commercial development

Performance assurance framework

Use of resources

Finance systems

Internal monthly reporting

 

Alice Forkgen

Associate director of finance - operations

Gareth Pugh

Assistant director of finance (community and dental)

Portfolio

Budget setting

Budget management

Forecasting

Costings and financial information

Corporate benchmarking

Service improvement

Internal monthly reporting

 

Karen Spencer

Head of financial services

Portfolio

Financial accounting

External financial reporting

Treasury management

Cash flow / cash and general office

Internal / external Audit

Annual accounts

Accounts payable / receivable

Counter fraud

Capital accounting

Internal monthly reporting 

 

Paul Foster

Deputy associate director of procurement

Portfolio

Tendering and commercial contracts

Order processing

Stores receipt and distribution

Materials management 

Workflow

Procurement services to Bridgewater Community

Paula Woods

Chief people officer

Jennie Dwerryhouse

Deputy chief people officer

 

Strategic resourcing and employment services

Carl Roberts

Associate chief people officer

Gemma Leach

Head of strategic resourcing

Caroline Eardley

Head of occupational health and wellbeing

Louise Rylett

Head of payroll, workforce systems and information 

 

Human resources (HR) and organisational development (OD)

Laura Hilton

Associate chief people officer

Jo Pickstock

Head of HR and organisational development

Tania Strong

Head of HR - community and dental

Mike Grogan

Staff Side Chair

Lynn Mannion

Deputy staff side chair

 

Education and professional development

Deb Mallett

Associate chief people officer

Kate Davidson

Medical education manager

Sonia Davis

Head of CPD

Sarah Sumner

Head of resuscitation services

Anthony Muldowney

Learning and development manager

Adie Richards

Education and professional development lead

 

Strategic workforce development and culture

Adam Harrison-Moran

Associate chief people officer

Catherine Timmons

People promise manager

Carl Dixon

Head of leadership and organisational development

Joanne Drewett

Culture and engagement manager

Ruth Besford

Equality and inclusion manager

Dr Paul Fitzsimmons

Executive Medical Director & Chief Clinical Information Officer

Dr Tom Poulter

Chief Information Officer (SIRO)

Sue Caisley

Deputy Chief Information Officer

Stephen Deacon

Head of Digital Compliance

Portfolio

Information Governance

Cyber security

Digital compliance

 

Emma O’Brien

Head of Digital Programmes

Portfolio

EPR project managers/support

Training team/administrator

RA (Smartcards)

Optimisation

Release management

 

Tracie Waterfield

Head of IT Services

Portfolio

Infrastructure/Desktop 

Management/Service delivery

 

Simon Jesson

Chief Nursing Information Officer

Portfolio

Digital care (clinical informatics)

Clinical safety

Lucy Gardner

Chief Strategy and Partnerships Officer

Dr Hayley Heard

Deputy Director of Strategy and Partnerships

Megan Wainwright

Strategic Project and Team Support Officer

Portfolio

Overall strategy development and delivery

New Hospitals

Anchor programme, including Green Plan

Clinical strategy development

Acute collaboration

Population health

Shared Prosperity Fund

C&M Pathology Collaboration

C&M relationships and ICS development

UEC system improvement 

Warrington and Halton integration

Wider determinants of Health Halton

 

Carl Mackie

Halton Healthy New Town and Strategic Programmes Manager

Viv Risk

Strategic Projects Manager (New Hospitals)

Portfolio

Overall strategy development and delivery

Runcorn Town Deal - Health & Education Hub

Shopping City development

Halton Levelling Up

One Public Estate

Halton Place Development

Health and wellbeing strategy delivery

Halton relationships

Warrington Place estates

Strategic capital projects

 

Steve Bennett

Head of Strategy and Partnerships

Caroline Lane

Strategic Projects Manager

Lefteris Zabatis

Senior Strategic Projects Manager (CDC)

Portfolio

Overall strategy development and delivery

Warrington Town Deal - Living Well Hub

Community Diagnostics Centre (CDC)

Warrington Place development

Health and wellbeing strategy delivery

Warrington relationships

Warrington Virtual Hub

Kate Henry

Director of communications and engagement

Hayley Smith

Deputy director of communications and engagement

 

Alison Aspinall

Head of communications and engagement

Portfolio

Media management and crisis communications

Internal communications

External communications / campaigns 

Patient information

Digital communications / accessibility / advertising

Branding, photography and design

Compliance and operational communications / management

WHH Charity

Internal awards and events

 

Mike Baker

Head of communications and engagement

Portfolio

Strategic projects

Capital development 

Stakeholder and community engagement

Working with people and communities

Strategic campaign development

Post integration transformation

Brand reputation management

Regional developments / partnerships

Commercial opps / sponsorship

National awards and events

 

Helen Higginson 

Head of fundraising

Portfolio

Income generation

Community engagement

Corporate partnerships legacy and in memory management

Grants, institutes and foundations

Staff charity involvement ambassadors

Capital campaigns, gaming and trading patient funded projects / impact

Staff funded projects / impact

As a Foundation Trust we have a Council of Governors which includes the Trust's chair, public governors elected by members, staff governors elected by staff and partner governors.

Visit the Council of Governors page to see governor details.