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Independent Reconfiguration Panel: register of interests

Updated 30 January 2026

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The members have declared the following private interests which may, or may be perceived to, conflict with their role and responsibilities as a member of the IRP.

Chair

Professor Sir Norman Williams

Professor Sir Norman Williams has registered the following interests:

  • chair, National Consultant Information Programme - a clinically-led improvement programme in association with NHS England’s Getting It Right First Time national programme
  • president, Bowel Research UK
  • board member, Private Healthcare Information Network
  • chair, Royal College of Surgeons Honours Committee
  • board member, Getting It Right First Time strategy Board
  • consultant to TSALYS, a surgical technology start-up company
  • member, Department of Health and Social Care’s Paterson Programme Board (responding to the issues raised by former surgeon Ian Paterson)

Clinical members

Professor Gordon Carlson CBE

Professor Gordon Carlson has registered the following interests:

  • consultant surgeon, Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust
  • member, NHS North West Clinical Senate
  • national president, Ileostomy Association
  • co-director, Probus ML Limited, medicolegal services
  • shareholder, Intuitive Surgical Limited
  • shareholder, Spire Healthcare
  • shareholder, Biontech
  • shareholder, BB Biotech

Mark Cheetham

Mark Cheetham has registered the following interests:

  • consultant surgeon, The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust
  • national clinical lead for general surgery, NHS England, Getting It Right First Time programme
  • council member, NHS West Midlands Clinical Senate
  • chair, 2025 review of urgent care across Birmingham and Solihull system, NHS West Midlands Clinical Senate
  • healthcare services consultant, self-employed
  • family member employed by The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust

Dr Rob Ghosh

Dr Rob Ghosh has registered the following interests:

  • consultant physician and deputy medical director, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
  • deputy chair and trustee, Sheffield Hospitals Charity (role ended June 2025)
  • family member employed by Oak Vale Medical Centre, Liverpool and Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust

Dr Rajesh Khanna

Dr Rajesh Khanna has registered the following interests:

  • consultant, South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust
  • North East and Yorkshire regional clinical advisor for urgent and emergency care, NHS England
  • member, NHS Northern England Clinical Senate
  • director, AAA Health Limited (trading as Douglas Pharmacy)
  • independent clinical review panel member, NHS Yorkshire and the Humber Clinical Senate, review of Humber acute services

Dr Elaine Strachan-Hall

Dr Elaine Strachan-Hall has registered the following interests:

  • director, Strachan Hall Associates Ltd
  • clinical associate, KPMG
  • director of quality and improvement, North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust

Managerial members

Professor Simon Brake

Professor Simon Brake has registered the following interests:

  • chief innovation and engagement officer, University of Warwick Medical School
  • honorary contract with the Foundation Group of NHS trusts as group director of research and development at:
    • South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust
    • Wye Valley NHS Trust
    • George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust
    • Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust
  • member, Maternity and Neonatal Action Forum, Department of Health and Social Care
  • member, 2024 review of the Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent intrapartum maternity services, NHS West Midlands Clinical Senate
  • member, 2025 review of urgent care across Birmingham and Solihull system, NHS West Midlands Clinical Senate

Ann Lloyd CBE

Ann Lloyd has registered the following interests:

  • chair, Aneurin Bevan University Health Board
  • chair, Gwent Regional Partnership Board
  • chair, Ministerial advisory group on governance and accountability of the NHS in Wales
  • member, Gwent Public Services Board

Angela McNab

Angela McNab has registered the following interests:

  • vice chair, NHS Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board
  • consultant, NHS England London region
  • consultant, Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

David Stout

David Stout has registered the following interests:

  • non-executive director, West London NHS Trust
  • director, David Stout Associates Ltd
  • trustee, Academy of Medical Royal Colleges

Andrea Young

Andrea Young has registered the following interests:

  • non-executive director, Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust
  • board governor, University of the West of England Bristol

Lay members

Kate Denham

Kate Denham has registered the following interests:

  • non-executive advisor, Evelina London Women’s and Children’s Clinical Group, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust
  • non-executive director and chair of Audit, Risk and Assurance Committee, Transport Focus
  • trustee, Coeliac UK
  • director, The Public Good Company, management consultancy
  • family member employed by Worcester City Council and Worcestershire County Council
  • close friend employed by Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
  • close friend employed by Teladoc Health

Tansi Harper

Tansi Harper has registered the following interest:

  • non-executive director, Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Graham Jagger

Graham Jagger has registered the following interests:

  • director, Healthwatch Cambridgeshire and Peterborough CIC
  • patient and public voice partner, Health Education England (now part of NHS England)
  • expert by experience, Care Quality Commission
  • lay chair, East of England Advisory Committee on Clinical Impact Awards
  • chair, Cambridge City and South Cambridgeshire Council Independent Remuneration Panel

Christine Morgan

Christine Morgan has registered the following interests:

  • lay member, Accreditation Committee of the Architects Registration Board
  • member, Disabled Persons Transport Advisory Committee, Department for Transport
  • family member employed by Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust

Dr Suzy Walton

Dr Suzy Walton has registered the following interests:

  • board member, Institute of Directors
  • chair, Accreditation and Standards Committee, Institute of Directors
  • UK representative, Global Network of Director Institutes
  • vice president, Combat Stress, charity for veterans’ mental health
  • disciplinary panel member, Judicial Conduct Investigations Office, Ministry of Justice
  • member, Social Security Advisory Committee, Department for Work and Pensions
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