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Independent Reconfiguration Panel: register of interests

Updated 19 June 2026

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.

Interim chair

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
• member, 2026 review of National Rehabilitation Centre and East Midlands neuro-rehab future service configuration and pathway, NHS East Midlands Clinical Senate
• member, NHS West Midlands Clinical Senate

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

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:

• interim chair, Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
• vice chair, NHS Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board

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:

• chair, 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