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Membership and Terms of reference

The current members of the Council are:

  • Chair: Mr Christopher Fincken - Caldicott Guardian, Hereford Hospitals NHS Trust
  • Ms Gill Bennett - Director of Clinical Services, The Thames Group (independent sector ambulance service)
  • Dr Pamela Chrispin - Medical Director, East of England Ambulance NHS Trust
  • Ms. Stephanie Ellis - Chair of Camden and Islington Community NHS Local Research Ethics Committee
  • Mr Christopher Fincken - Caldicott Guardian, Hereford Hospitals NHS Trust
  • Mr Mike Foster - Associate Director of Risk Management, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust
  • Dr Simon Gabe, Consultant Gastroenterologist & Honorary Senior Lecturer, North West London Hospitals NHS Trust
  • Dr Alison Graham - Scottish Medical Directors - Medical Director, NHS Lanarkshire
  • Mr. Ben Heal - Caldicott Guardian and Lead Welfare Emergency Planner, Health and Social Care Department, Sefton Council
  • Mr Stephen Hinde - Head of Information Governance & the Group Caldicott Guardian, Bupa
  • Ms Ruth Liley, Assistant Director of Quality Improvement, Marie Curie Cancer Care
  • Dr Alison McCallum - Scottish Directors of Public Health - Director of Public Health and Health Policy, NHS Lothian
  • Dr David McManus - Medical Director, Northern Ireland Ambulance Service Trust
  • Ms Mary Monnington - Director of Nursing & Patient Safety, Somerset PCT
  • Dr Janet Murray - Consultant in Public Health Medicine, Information Services Division, NHS National Services Scotland
  • Dr Dele Olajide, Consultant Psychiatrist, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
  • Dr John Richmond, Substance Misuse Specialist, Delphi Medical Consultants Ltd
  • Mr. David Riley - Information Governance Manager and Caldicott Guardian, London Borough of Greenwich
  • Ms Clare Sanderson, Director of Information Governance, The Information Centre for Health and Social Care
  • Mr Martin Strange - Head of Information Governance and Caldicott Guardian, Lloydspharmacy Ltd
  • Dr. Guy Turner - Consultant Anaesthetist and Caldicott Guardian, Royal West Sussex NHS Trust
  • Mr. Phil Walker - Head of Information Governance Policy, Informatics Directorate, Department of Health
  • Dr Paddy Woods - Deputy CMO, Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety, Northern Ireland

 

Terms of reference

The Council has formal terms of reference which include the following objectives:

  • To be the national body for Caldicott Guardians.
  • To promote the roles and activities of Caldicott Guardians within the United Kingdom.
  • To be a forum for the exchange of information, views and experience amongst all Caldicott Guardians.
  • To seek, consider and to represent the views of Caldicott Guardians on matters of policy relating to the organisation and delivery of Information Governance.
  • To be a channel of communication upon Caldicott matters with national organisations concerned with the NHS, the independent health sector, local government and health and social care professionals.
  • To act as a resource centre, provide support and arrange learning opportunities for Caldicott Guardians, both current and of the future.

The full terms of reference are available in the Council's Constitution document (PDF, 48Kb).