The Guildford and Waverley Health and Care Alliance Board

The Guildford and Waverley Health and Care Alliance Board

The Guildford and Waverley Health and Care Alliance Board is a partnership of health and care organisations who have joined together to help address health inequalities and make a difference in helping our communities live healthier lives.

Our board and how it works

Place Partnerships are not statutory organisations, the accountability for decision making belongs to the Integrated Commissioning board (ICB). A delegated local committee for each Place Partnership is in place and consists of one or two locally elected Governing Body GPs, the Place Leader and a Lay Member, who sit on the local Place Partnership Board, with delegated authority from the Governing Body to make commissioning decisions. This ensures each Place partnership is able to reflect the priorities and needs of its local area.

The Alliance Board is committed to joining up health and care services and considering all of a person’s health, wellbeing and social care needs by looking at the wider determinants of health such as loneliness, debt and the environment.

The Board is chaired by a Non-Executive Member of the ICB Sara Hurley who holds a critical role and is involved in helping us to shape our long-term plans; ensuring the voice and needs of patients and communities are central to our discussions and decision-making. She also provides independent oversight and constructive challenge to how we do our business locally at place.

GW Alliance Board Members

  • Sara Hurley - Chair Guildford and Waverley Alliance Board
  • Jo Cogswell - Place Based Leader, Guildford and Waverley
  • Jane Williams - Interim Deputy Place Based Leader, Guildford and Waverley Director of Integrated Delivery 
  • Dr Larisa Han - PCN Clinical Director Guildford East, Deputy Place Based Leader Clinical
  • Dr Susan Denton - PCN Clinical Director, North Guildford
  • Dr Peter O’Donnell - PCN Clinical Director, East Waverley
  • Dr Seun Akande - PCN Clinical Director, West of Waverley
  • Dr Sian Jones - GP Representative Guildford and Waverley, Surrey Heartlands, Chair of Guildford and Waverley Innovation and Transformation Committee
  • Dr Darren Watts GP Representative Guildford and Waverley, Surrey Heartlands
  • Deborah Fielding - Chief Executive, Procare Health
  • Wendy Hale - Area Director, Adult Social Care, Surrey County Council
  • Ross Dunworth - Director of Finance, Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust
  • Jo Mountjoy - Chief Nurse, Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust
  • Mark Byrne - Lay Member, Surrey Heartlands, Chair of Guildford and Waverley Workforce Committee
  • Sue Sjuve - Chair, Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust, Chair of Guildford and Waverley Quality and Performance Assurance Committee
  • Martin Hedley - Non-Executive Director, Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust, Chair of Guildford and Waverley Finance Committee
  • Nick Sands - Executive Director Transformation, Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust, Chair of Guildford and Waverley Innovation and Transformation Committee

Clinical leads and multi-professional roles

Clinical leads and multi-professional roles have also been appointed and are representatives for Guildford and Waverley. These are:

  • Dr Sian Jones
  • Dr Darren Watts
  • Dr Seun Akande
  • Dr Sarah Pidgeon
  • Dr Jessica Scott-Taggart
  • Dr Klaus Green
  • Dr Alvina Amin
  • Dr Sophie Norris
  • Dr Sarah Forrest
  • Dr Catherine Millington-Sanders