Who we are
The Association is run by the Central Council and officers who are elected according to our constitution. Agenda of the next meeting. All members are welcome to attend.
p>| Chair Dr Brian Fisher is a GP in Lewisham and Patient and Public Involvement lead for the NHS Alliance. |
Hon. Secretary Huw Davies is from Ebbw Vale and has been a Councillor and Community Health Councillor in London. He is a member of the London Regional Board of the Labour Party. |
Hon Treasurer Gavin Ross is Secretary of Hitchin & Harpenden Constituency Labour Party, former Chair of NW Herts CHC and a member of St Albans Patient Group |
Hon President Dr Julian Tudor Hart According to Pulse. the most influential GP in 2010. Author of The Inverse Care Law, A New Kind of Doctor, and Feasible Socialism. |
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| Vice Chair Cllr Tina Funnell is a City of York Councillor, Trustee of the Medicines and People Partnership at the RPSGB | Vice Chair Melanie Johnson chairs the Health Equalities Alliance and is a former Minister for Public Health | Vice Chair Cllr Mike Roberts is a member of the Well Being Board at the LGA involved with national bodies and organisations for health inequalities, housing, planning. | Vice Chair Dr Neil Goulbourne is a GP, working in Coventry |
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Dr Ali Syed, Nuclear Medicine Specialist for 35 years, represents the Scottish Branch |
Barrie Brown is Lead Officer for Nursing, Unite Health | Chris Bain is on the board of George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust. and was a PCT Chair | |
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| Christine Durance represents Unison | Dave Watson represents the Scottish Branch and is Chair of the Scottish Labour Party | David Amos chairs the MiP National Committee | David Mattocks is Chair of the infrastructure organisation SUSTAiN supporting the Third Sector in Solihull, formerly Chief Officer of Solihull CHC |
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| David Pickersgill is Secretary of Wakefield and Kirklees Partnership Health UNISON, a Specialist Community Mental Health Nurse. Vice Chair of Wakefield CLP | Dr Doug Naysmith is a councillor in Bristol, formerly a Labour MP | Dr Fiona Wright is a public health doctor in London | |
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| Gita Malhotra | Harry Clarke Is a retired NHS manager in Norfolk | Dame Jane Roberts Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist + PCT Executive Director. Formerly leader of Camden Council | Dr Jane Thomas Public Health Brighton |
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| John Lipetz a retired NHS manager,lives in Hampstead.He represents us at Keep Our NHS Public. | Jos Bell organises Lewisham S.O.S. NHS | Lewis Atkinson represents the North East | Dr Lynne Friedli is a freelance researcher, mainly working on public mental health and the links between inequalities and mental health. |
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| Mike Grady was a PCT Chief Exec and now works for the Marmot review | Michael English is chair of the London LINK and formerly MP for Nottingham West | Mike Young is a social worker who worked for 35 years in local authority Social Services Departments in West Yorkshire. | Noemi Fabry is a consultant specialising in patient engagement |
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| Aneurin (Ni) Harries is an NHS manager & health services consultant in Bristol | Patrick Vernon, Chief Executive of the Afiya Trust is a councillor in Hackney and founder of 100 Great Black Britons | Dr Peter Mayer chairs the West Midlands local stroke
research network and is President of the Institute
of Ageing and Health |
Rehana Azam is the National Officer for Health for the GMB Trade Union |
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| Richard Bourne is under contract with the DH. He has been the Chair of an Ambulance Service, an NHS Shared Service Provider and an Acute Trust. He was a Labour County and District Councillor for 16 years | Simon Wright is Head of Health programmes and policy at Save the Children. Former NHS manager and PCT Non-Exec | Tom Fitzgerald is a hospital doctor from Hammersmith. He is involved in local refugee support and a member of Amnesty Health professionals network | Professor Tony Beddow is chair of SHA Wales |
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| Vivien Giladi Enfield Labour Party | Warren Town represents the Society of Radiographers | Martin Rathfelder is the Director of the Association and edits the website. Election agent for Sir Gerald Kaufman and a member of the NW Regional Advisory Committee on Clinical Excellence Awards |















