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Programme Board

Programme Board Members 

The Palliative Care in Partnership Programme Board consists of members from across the five localities coterminous with HSC Trust boundaries in Northern Ireland.  Membership also includes representatives from Department of Health, Strategic Planning and Performance Group (SPPG), Public Health Agency (PHA), Northern Ireland Ambulance Service, Hospice and independent palliative care providers, community and voluntary sector, Integrated Care, Integrated Care Partnerships, Primary Care, Bereavement Network, Community Planning and service users and carers.  The Programme Board is co-chaired by Brendan Whittle, Director of Hospital and Community Care, SPPG and Aidan Dawson , Chief Executive of the Public Health Agency.

The Palliative Care in Partnership Programme Board members are listed below:

 

Organisation / Role Members
1 Public Health Agency (Co-chair) Heather Reid
2 Strategic Planning and Performance Group, DoH (Co-chair) Ciara McKillop
3 Palliative Care Commissioning  Lead (SPPG, DoH) Roger Kennedy
4 Palliative Care Clinical Lead (PHA) Sally Convery
5 Department of Health (DoH) Gearoid Cassidy
6 Belfast HSC Trust Colin McMullan
7 Northern HSC Trust Diane Spence
8 South Eastern HSC Trust David Robinson
9 Southern HSC Trust Brian Beattie
10 Western HSC Trust Maura O’Neill
11 NI Ambulance Service TBC
12 Clinical Engagement Group Bernie McGreevy
13 Clinical Engagement Group Dr Alan McPherson
14 Service User and Carer Group As nominated
15 Belfast Locality Board Dr Grainne Bonnar
16 Macmillan Janice Preston
17 Macmillan Jillian Boyce
18 Marie Curie Paula Heneghan
19 Northern Ireland Hospice Heather Weir
20 Foyle Hospice Paul McIvor
21 Southern Area Hospice Liz Cuddy
22 Independent Health Care Providers Pauline Shepherd
23 Royal College of General Practitioners Dr Ursula Mason
24 Royal College of Nursing Karen Bowes
25 Northern Ireland General Practitioners Committee (NIGPC) Brian Patterson
26 Integrated Care (SPPG, DoH) Louise McMahon
27 All Ireland Institute for Hospice and Palliative Care Karen Charnley
28 Patient & Client Council TBC
29 RCN Independent Sector Nurse Manager Network Connie Mitchell/Linda Graham
30 Bereavement Network Donna Louise Laird
31 Macmillan GP Facilitators Dr Yvonne McGivern
32 Hospice UK Aileen Morton
33 Palliative Care in Partnership Macmillan Programme Manager Diane Walker

 

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