Senate Council
Senate Council
Senate Council is responsible for the formulation and provision of our advice, working with the wider Senate Assembly. A core multi-disciplinary 'steering' group of around 30 members forms the Senate Council, led by an independently appointed Chair Sunil Gupta.
Council members include a range of clinicians from across health and 3-4 patient and public partners, who are an integral part of our council, with equal standing to our clinical members.
All members are recruited based upon their credibility and experience. They are not appointed to represent their organisations or professional bodies, ensuring that impartiality remains one of the main strengths of the Senate.
Members are appointed for three years and are able to complete two terms of office.
More information about the Senate Council and how it operates can be found in the ‘Terms of Reference and Conduct of Business’ document and our 'Managing Conflicts of Interest' policy. (See What we do page).
Senate Council Members
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Dr Sunil Gupta
Senate Council Chair
Sunil is a GP in Essex, a GP Trainer and an Examiner for the Royal College of General Practitioners. He is an Associate Postgraduate GP Dean for Mid and South Essex and a Tutor at the Institute of Continuing Education, University of Cambridge.
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Dr Christine Moss
Senate Council Vice Chair
Christine continues to work as a GP Principal in Buckhurst Hill, Essex, where she has practiced for more than 30 years.
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Dr Jag Ahluwalia
Chief Clinical Advisor, Health Innovation East
Jag trained in Cambridge, London and Melbourne, initially as a GP and then in neonatology. He was appointed consultant neonatologist at Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH) in 1996 and was in active practice, teaching and research until 2012.
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Dr Sue Broster
Consultant Neonatologist
Dr Sue Broster is the Executive Director for Innovation, Digital and Improvement at CUH and a Consultant Neonatologist.
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Alysha Carter
Patient and Public Partner
I joined the Clinical Senate because I’m passionate about improving the NHS through lived experience and collaborative thinking.
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Katy Davenport
Deputy Divisional Head of Nursing
Katy Davenport is Deputy Divisional Head of Nursing Operations at Addenbrookes Hospital; prior to taking this post, she had a secondment as Deputy Divisional Head of Nursing and was the Lead Diabetes Nurse Specialist at Addenbrookes since 2005 - 2023.
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Abi Dennington-Price
Patient and Public Partner
Abi brings with her 23 years of PPI experience, informed by over three decades of adult lived experience of primary and secondary health and care services.
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Caroline Finch
Head of Allied Health Professionals – Adult Acute and Urgent Care Division
Caroline Finch is an experienced Occupational Therapist with 28 years of clinical, operational, and strategic leadership across mental health and physical health services within the NHS and independent sectors.
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Lisa Goodwin
Senior Transformation Manager – Chartered Physiotherapist
Lisa Goodwin is a Chartered Physiotherapist with over 20 years’ experience across acute, community, tertiary and ICB settings.
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Dr Shane Gordon
Executive Managing Director, Norfolk and Norwich Hosptial
Shane is Executive Managing Director for the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital (NNUH), a 1200-bed university teaching hospital in the East of England. NNUH is part of the Norfolk and Waveney University Hospitals Group, of which Shane is Board member.
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Helen Green
Consultant in Population Health and Quality
Helen is a Consultant in Public Health with NHS England East of England’s Public Health Directorate working on population health management and quality.
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Christine Hancock
Patient and Public Partner
Christine is a retired Social Work Manager and Commissioner who has had 24 years' experience of working with three different Local Authorities in Adult Care planning and procurement.
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Dr Deepak Kumar
Macmillan GP and Primary Care Cancer Lead, Mid and South Essex ICB
Dr Deepak Kumar is a General Practitioner (GP) with a deep commitment to clinical education in primary care, spanning both undergraduate and postgraduate levels.
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Dr Ellen Makings
Regional Medical Examiner
Dr Ellen Makings MBBS, FRCA, FFICM, RCPathME is the Regional Medical Examiner for the East of England and Lead Medical Examiner at the Royal Papworth Hospital.
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Kevin Minier
Patient and Public Partner
Having been a family carer and having a chronic eye condition (keratoconus) myself diagnosed in my early 20s, I have been codelivering mental health, physical health and social care services most of my life.
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Anna Morgan MBE
Independent Consultant and Coach
I am the co-founder of Workforce Challenge Partners Workforce Challenge Partners | Challenge to Change providing; Consultancy for Cultural Review/Workforce Transformation, Coaching for Leadership Development, and Coaching Supervision.
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Dr Edward Morris FRCOG
Regional Medical Director & Chief Clinical Information Officer
Dr Edward Morris is regional medical director for the East of England, a post he started in December 2022, following his three-year presidency at the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists.
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Dr Mary-Anne Morris
Consultant Paediatrician Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital (NNUH). Clinical Director, East of England Children and Young Peoples Transformation Programme (secondment)
Mary-Anne has been a consultant paediatrician in the Jenny Lind Children’s Hospital at the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital since 2001.
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Dr Stuti Mukherjee
Macmillan GP and GP Clinical Lead for Cancer, Cambridgeshire & Peterborough ICB
Stuti is a GP Clinical Lead for Cancer at Cambridgeshire & Peterborough ICB.
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Jerusha Murdoch-Kelly
Deputy Director of Nursing - Paediatrics & Neonates
I am a senior children’s nursing leader with over 30 years of experience in the NHS, spanning clinical practice, service leadership, and strategic management.
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Dr Maimuna Mushabe
Paediatric Consultant with interest in Paediatric Epilepsy / Medical Director Women’s and Children’s Division, Mid and South Essex University Hospitals Group
Maimuna was born and raised in Uganda. With an innovative and compassionate personality, she began to develop interests in medicine leading her to complete her undergraduate training at Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Uganda.
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Joanne Pope
Head of Nursing, Quality, Specialised Commissioning
Joanne qualified as a Nurse in 1987 at The Royal London Hospital and subsequently specialised in Renal Nurse (primarily Haemodialysis) with senior nursing and general manager roles in the renal service.
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Dr Lynn Prendergast
Professional Social Worker and Independent Consultant
Lynn is a professional social worker and leader with significant operational and strategic experience of delivering integrated, effective, award-winning services. A strong believer in collaboration and engagement with the workforce, informing the development of inclusive and compassionate leadership.
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Eilis Rahill
Deputy Chief Pharmacist
Eilis is Deputy Chief Pharmacist at Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, where she leads strategic oversight of Formulary and Commissioning, Pharmacy eHospital, Procurement, Stores and Distribution, Medicines Information, and the Pharmacy and Medicines Optimisation Transformation work stream.
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Cath Slater
Deputy Director of Nursing and Quality
Cath Slater has built a long career in the NHS, beginning as a nurse specialising in elderly care and stroke rehabilitation. After retraining as a Health Visitor, she progressed into senior nurse leadership roles within both commissioning and provider organisations.
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Chris Street
Chief Pharmacist
Chris Street BPharm (hons) MRPharmS has worked as a pharmacist for 28 years and was appointed Chief Pharmacist of the James Paget Hospital in 2017.
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Dr Hazel Stuart
Medical Examiner & Consultant Anaesthetist and Critical Care Medicine
Dr Hazel Stuart MBBS, DRCOG, FRCA, FICM was a Consultant Anaesthetist with an interest in Intensive Care Medicine at the James Paget University NHS Foundation Trust in Gorleston for 23 years, and Medical Director for the Trust (2018-22).
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Mr Paul Tisi
Medical Director and Responsible Officer at Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Mr Paul Tisi was appointed as Consultant Vascular and General Surgeon at Bedford Hospital and Luton and Dunstable University Hospital in 2001.
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Dr David Vickers
Consultant Paediatrician and Medical Director
David is a Consultant Paediatrician with Cambridgeshire Community Services NHS Trust and was its Medical Director until the end of September 2024. He also works as Medical Director of East Anglia's Children's Hospices and in October 2024 took on the role of Interim Clinical Director.
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Dr Simon Walsh
Medical Director East of England Ambulance Service
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Dr Greg Wood
Clinical Director and Consultant Clinical Psychologist
Greg is a Consultant Clinical Psychologist with over 20 years experience of treating people with physical health problems and severe mental health conditions.
Nominated Council Members
Nominated Council Members are senior clinicians appointed or nominated by virtue of the position they hold in a key partner organisation (i.e. Health Innovation East and the East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust). Should the nominated member leave their position, membership will pass to the incoming incumbent of the position, this membership has full voting rights. The NHS England Regional Medical Director is also nominated but has no voting rights. Nominated members are able to nominate a substitute to attend meetings.