As well as your local lead/organisation, also listed are your nearest members of Q’s Connectors network – volunteers who can help you with engagement challenges, inspiration and more – and your Convener, who is part of the governance structure of Q.
North East and North Cumbria AHSN
Contact: Helen Ridley
Website: http://ahsn-nenc.org.uk/q-initiative
Q Convener: Karen Morrell
Q Connectors: Yitka Graham, Gillian Janes, Louise Wilson
Organisational groups:
Teeside University: Peter van der Graaf
James Cook University Hospital: Susy Cook
Yorkshire and Humber AHSN (through the Improvement Academy)
Contact: Alison Lovatt
Website: www.improvementacademy.org/
Q Connectors: Clare Ashby, Tony Jamieson, Alison Lovatt, Liz Watson
Organisational groups:
Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust: Clare Ashby
East Midlands AHSN
Contact: Cheryl Crocker
Website: www.emahsn.org.uk/
Q Connector: Diane Ketley, Mandy Rudczenko
Organisational groups:
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust: Nicholas Woodier and Charlotte Goedvolk
Eastern AHSN
Contact: Caroline Angel
Website: www.eahsn.org/
Q Connector: Barbara Hercliffe
UCLPartners AHSN
Contact: Kate Hall
Website: http://www.uclpartners.com/Q
Q Connectors: Sophie Bulmer, Sam McIntyre
Imperial College Health Partners AHSN
Contact: Sheriece Bracey
Website: www.imperialcollegehealthpartners.com/
Please e-mail if you’d like to find out more about being a Q Connector here.
South London AHSN (Health Innovation Network)
Contact: Eric Barratt
Website: www.healthinnovationnetwork.com
Q Connectors: Cleo Butterworth, Leigh Forsyth, Zoe Lord
Kent, Surrey and Sussex AHSN
Contact: Jacqui Parfitt
Website: www.kssahsn.net/Pages/default.aspx
Q Connectors: Ursula Clarke, Michele Findlay, Sarah Leng, Natasha Scott
Oxford AHSN
Contact: Katherine Edwards
Website: www.oxfordahsn.org/
Q Connector: Larry Gardiner
Wessex AHSN
Contact: Tracy Broom
Website: www.wessexahsn.org.uk/
Q Connectors: Joe Croombs, Lesley Mackenzie, Deborah Matthews, Carol Read
South West AHSN
Contact: Jennifer Ellis
Website: www.swahsn.com/
Q Convener: Helen Smith
Q Connectors: Dan Beale-Cocks, Matt Bell, Andrea Gibbons, Rebecca Harriott, Mark Juniper, William Lilley, Jane Pightling
Organisational groups:
Derriford Hospital: David Viira
West of England AHSN
Contact: Louise Porter
Website: www.weahsn.net/
Q Convenor: Hein leRoux
Q Connectors: Elizabeth Beech, Bridget Kelly, Andrew Seaton, Tricia Woodhead
West Midlands AHSN
Contacts: Gavin Russell and Peter Jeffries
Website: www.wmahsn.org/
Q Connector: Helen Billings
Organisational groups:
Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust: Hesham Abdalla
Greater Manchester AHSN
Contact: Jane Macdonald
Website: www.gmahsn.org/
Please e-mail if you’d like to find out more about being a Q Connector here.
North West Coast AHSN (Innovation Agency)
Contact: Juliette Kumar
Website: www.innovationagencynwc.nhs.uk/
Q Connectors: Lisa Knight, John Roberts
Scotland (through Healthcare Improvement Scotland)
Contact: Heather Shearer
Website: www.healthcareimprovementscotland.org/
Q Connectors: Graham Mackenzie, Jordan Napier
Northern Ireland (through HSC Safety Forum)
Contact: Levette Lamb
Website: www.publichealth.hscni.net/directorate-nursing-and-allied-health-professions/hsc-safety-forum
Q Connectors: Levette Lamb, Will Young
Wales (through Public Health Wales)
Contact: Dominique Bird
Website: www.publichealthwales.wales.nhs.uk/
Q Connector: Grant Evans, Alex Hicks, Debra Woolley
