We are a unique, highly skilled specialist team working inside and outside the NHS but for the good of the wider system
Meet our team of leaders, activists and specialists (many with lived experience) in the field of co-production, community development, leadership development and personalised care
Programme Director
Deputy Director in the Personalised Care Group
Experienced executive coach and facilitator
Passionate about empowering people to take control over their lives and wellbeing
An elected member of Reading Borough council for eight years
Catherine Wilton
Programme tutor
Citizen leader
A convenor for #socialcarefuture
Passionate about people with long-term conditions being decision makers in their own care
Lived experience - “Living life, while navigating health and social care” is her bio on Twitter
Anna Severwright
Programme tutor
Coach and facilitator
Helps leaders to challenge themselves and the system they work in to improve their confidence and boost self-esteem
Her vision is that people and carers are empowered and respected, working alongside professionals
Kristi Adams
Programme tutor
Disability rights, equalities and diversity consultant and trainer
Pioneer in the development of independent living and direct payments in the UK and Europe
Active member of both the SCIE (Social Care Institute for Excellence) Co-Production steering group and the local Hampshire Co-Production group called PEP (Personalisation Expert Panel)
Lived experience
John Evans OBE
Programme tutor
Long-standing advocate for personalisation and co-production
Expert on accessibility issues based on his own lived experience of living with multiple long-term conditions
Chair of the TLAP programme partnership board
Ambassador for Disability Rights UK
Clenton Farquharson MBE
Programme tutor
Founder and Chair of South Asian Health Action, a patient, carer and community-led charity
Patient leader who chairs a number of support and advisory groups regionally and nationally
Trustee of Voice 4 Change England
Member of our alumni community
Kirit Mistry
Programme tutor
Prominent advocate and activist for disability rights
Advises the UK government, the Equality and Human Rights Commission and the European Commission on disability rights and services issues
Research Fellow at the University of Leeds
Lived experience
Dr Miro Griffiths
Programme tutor
Lived experience as parent to a child with a learning disability and autism, prompting her to take part in the Partners in Policymaking® programme in family leadership
Experienced in public sector management and learning and development
Accredited facilitator
Kate Sibthorp
Head of Programmes
Clinician with more than 25 years’ experience in leading, developing and coaching teams and individuals
Experienced leadership and OD practitioner, facilitator, educator and coach and passionate about everyone being enabled to live their best life
Health coach trainer supporting clinicians to have ‘better conversations’
Lived experience as parent to a child with multiple long-term conditions
Heather Simpson
Partnership lead and programme tutor
Founder member & CEO of In Control Partnerships, advancing self directed health & support so people & families have more choice and control
Passionate about inclusion and humanity
Convenor of #socialcarefuture & Be Human.org.uk
Julie Stansfield
Programme tutor
National director of Altogether Better an NHS network organisation
Described as a visionary by the Health Service Journal (HSJ), MBE in New Years Honours 21 for services to Collaborative Practice and NHS service development
Support GP practices to find a new way of organising involving local people called Collaborative Practice
Alyson McGregor MBE
Programme tutor
Started her career in nursing, moving to community and advocacy work in the 1990s
Lived experience – manages a personal health budget with her husband
Shares her knowledge with people who are new to personal health budgets
Karen Saville Croft
Programme tutor
Experienced Leadership and Organisational Development practitioner, educator, executive and team coach
Associate Dean for NHS Health Education England, Thames Valley
Deeply committed to facilitating outstanding educational and leadership interventions so that we deliver high quality services for the population that we serve
Maggie Woods
Programme tutor
Part of NHS England’s Personalised Care Group
Strong believer in empowering people with lived experience to work collaboratively within the health and care sector to effectively coproduce personalised care
Lived experience – carer for his late father, who was a recipient of a personal health budget
Colin Royle
Senior Programme Manager and Tutor
Background in governance, compliance and programme management
Passionate about personalised care, leadership facilitation and raising awareness of mental health
Works as a senior manager in the Leadership for Personalised Care team within NHS England & Improvement’s Personalised Care Group
Lynsey Oates
Programme Manager and Tutor
Previously project managed the School for Change Agents
Passionate about inclusion and is actively involved in the Disability and Wellbeing Network of NHSE/I and runs a Learning Difference Group
Rosie Redstone
Programme tutor
Member of the NHS England Strategic Co-production Group.
Background in oncology nursing
Lived experience as a carer has shown her the value of personalised care
Helped set up a mums’ peer support group at her local children’s hospice
Ali Smith
Programme tutor
Lived experience – describes his story of success and tragedy by overcoming the odds living with a high-level spinal injury after a diving accident
Runs an international consultancy organisation Challenges perceptions of what can be achieved
Andy Walker
Partnership support
Business manager at In Control, having supported its development into a successful organisation
18years of organising training and development Utilises her organisational skills supporting the partnerships
Gaynor Cockayne
Programme tutor
Founded Touch Network CIC to enable people to tell and hear stories of moving forward with life challenges
Lived experience - shares her own story of severe depression
An advisor and coach to NHS and social care professionals
Member of our alumni community
Debs Carter
Programme tutor
Leadership coach, facilitator, consultant and behaviour change practitioner working to help leaders make positive social impact in complex systems
Former NHS commissioner who works extensively within health, government and the voluntary sector
Trustee of Dementia Carers Count and External Tutor at Henley Business School
Julie Flower
Programme tutor
Consultant, executive and team coach and action learning (ALS) facilitator and trainer
A recognised pioneer in the field of disabled-led leadership in arts, culture, heritage and media globally and co-founder of syncleadership.com
Lead designer for the ALS programme for Leadership for Personalised Care Online programme
Sarah Pickthall
The main learning was to explore greater collaboration