Director
Senior Management Team Member |
| Prof Brian Ferguson tel : 01904 567987 |
Brian was Director of the Yorkshire & Humber Public Health Observatory, based at the University of York, and was Chair of the UK & Ireland Association of PHOs (APHO) from 2006-11. He is currently the National Transition Director for PHOs and is also Director of the Yorkshire & Humber Quality Observatory and Co-Director of the Northern & Yorkshire Cancer Registry and Information Service.
Brian is a health economist by background, previously holding posts as Deputy Director of the Centre for Health Economics, University of York, and Professor of Health Economics in the University of Leeds. He was a member of the National Public Health Career Scientist Award Panel for five years and was a PCT non-executive director for four years. He is a member of the Department of Health’s Scientific Reference Group on Health Inequalities, and was a member of NICE’s Public Health Interventions Advisory Committee between 2005-08. He is also a member of the Programme Advisory Board of the NIHR Public Health Research Programme. Brian was admitted to the UK Public Health Register in February 2007.
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Deputy Director/Project Lead
Senior Management Team Member |
| Jake Abbas tel : 01904 567651 | Jake is Deputy Director of Yorkshire and Humber Public Health Observatory.
A health intelligence specialist by background, Jake has over 15 years experience working in information analysis and management roles in a range of settings including acute and community trusts, health authorities and PCTs. Jake's main role in the PHO is to lead the delivery of the PHO's core work programme. This includes support to the delivery of Healthy Ambitions the region's clinically led vision for health and healthcare in Yorkshire and Humber, work on health inequalities, Joint Strategic Needs Assessment, and Local Area Agreements, and the development of YHPHO's role as a regional insight hub, supporting social marketing activity across Yorkshire and the Humber. Jake is also leading the development of our Regional Health Intelligence Training Programme, part of the HIYAH workstream. |
Assistant Director/Knowledge Transfer
Senior Management Team Member |
| Sue Baughan tel : 01904 435262 | Sue leads the national strategic health economics work programme, which has focussed on developing and using tools to support prioritisation. Regionally the focus has been on prioritisation and training in health economic principles and their application, particularly in relation to the QIPP agenda. Sue also leads the Altogether Better Learning Network which aims to share intelligence, experience and learning on well-being. Sue is a trained health economist and an experienced senior manager with a passion for driving evidence based transformational change. Sue was admitted to the UK Public Health Register in 2010. |
Assistant Director/Project Lead (Diabetes)
Senior Management Team Member |
| Lorraine Oldridge tel : 01904 567880 | Lorraine joins our Senior Management Team having previously worked at a senior level in a variety of functions across all sectors of the NHS. Lorraine provides senior management leadership to the Diabetes Health Intelligence Strategic Programme within YHPHO, giving a commitment to support the diabetes community by providing timely, quality assured national diabetes health intelligence. She works closely with a range of key stakeholders including NHS Diabetes, Strategic Health Authorities, Primary Care Trusts, Diabetes UK, The Information Centre and many others. |
Co-ordinator |
| Jane Bannister tel : 01904 567740 | Jane acts as co-ordinator, responsible for developing and managing the administration and communications support functions of the Observatory as well as acting as Personal Assistant to the Director. She also helps with diary management and financial and HR issues relating to the Observatory. |
Co-ordinator |
| Lynda Pease tel : 01904 567740 | Lynda acts as co-ordinator, responsible for developing and managing the administration and communications support functions of the Observatory as well as acting as Personal Assistant to the Director. She also helps with diary management and financial and HR issues relating to the Observatory. |
Public Health Information Specialist |
| Ceri Wyborn tel : 01904 567623 | Ceri is the regional member of the national delivery team that produces the Health Profiles annually. Her other main areas of work are Dental Health, Affordable Warmth and Alcohol. |
Senior Developer / Data Manager |
| James Nelson–Smith tel : 01904 567968 |
James is responsible for running the Hospital Episodes Statistics (HES) Service for the PHO. The service is available to PCT's and other key health service professionals who can request analysis of the HES database for things which they cannot do with their own data.
James also manages all our Data and has key responsibilities for data security and confidentiality, data storage, and database and tools development.
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Website Developer |
| Paul Wilkinson tel : 01904 567961 | Paul is responsible for the YHPHO's web presence and for issues including web interoperability with other PHOs |
Health Intelligence Specialist |
| Simon Orange tel : 01904 435218 | Simon is the current PHO lead on sexual health, teenage pregnancy and health inequalities for the core work programme. His role also includes work around data visualisation, GIS and geodemographic segmentation. He has recently produced YHPHO's Health Inequalities dashboard and contributed to the Yorkshire and the Humber regional sexual health needs assessment. He has also led on YHPHO's contribution to Yorkshire Forward's Progress in the Region report. |
Head of Health Intelligence - Diabetes Health Intelligence
Diabetes Health Intelligence |
| Naomi Holman tel : 01904 567617 | Naomi leads the analytical work of Diabetes Health Intelligence. This provides tools to assist the planning and commissioning of diabetes services, developing national audit programmes and the analysis of data relevant to diabetes care. Diabetes Health Intelligence also takes responsibility for co-ordinating the National Diabetes Information Service (NDIS) which is a partnership of organisations with an interest in diabetes data. |
Consultant in Public Health |
| Rory O’Conor tel : 01904 435145 | Dr Rory O'Conor is a Consultant in Public Health at Wakefield District Primary Care Trust, leading on Public Health Intelligence. He has been working in Wakefield District for the last fifteen years, initially in the Hospital Trust with an emphasis on Clinical Information Systems. His career has included overwintering in Antarctica as a base doctor and producing strategic information reports for the European Space Agency and the national review of Burn Care services. He has been working two days a week at the PHO since 2008 and has produced reports on Primary Care Information and Programme Budgeting. He is currently involved in a range of HIYAH projects including the Cardiac Network Intelligent Commissioning Toolkit and the training programme. |
HIYAH Health Intelligence Analyst |
| Emma Barron tel : 01904 567617 | Emma's role provides analytical support to Yorkshire and Humber Public Health Observatory. The post is key to delivering the intelligence requirements arising from the strategic development of Health Intelligence Yorkshire and Humber (HIYAH). Emma is the PHO analyst lead for smoking and COPD. |
HIYAH Knowledge Manager |
| Helen Outhwaite tel : 01904 567963 | Helen provides knowledge management and dissemination expertise to the work of the Health Intelligence Yorkshire and Humber (HIYAH) programme and YHPHO. This involves implementing a Knowledge Management strategy, interpreting and providing access to the public health evidence base and ensuring that the website and other health dissemination channels operate effectively to market and deliver products produced by the organisation.
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HIYAH Health Intelligence Specialist |
| Linda Westlake tel : 01904 567967 |
Linda is responsible for delivering a range of outputs linked to the Health Intelligence Yorkshire and Humber (HIYAH) and Quality Observatory work programmes. This includes leading on the work programme area of providing support to clinical networks and contributing to the National CVD profiles project, lead by South East PHO, in an advisory capacity. Linda is the lead analyst for the areas of Mental Health and Learning Disabilities, Coronary Heart Disease and Stroke and Trauma
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HIYAH Network Coordinator/Business Manager |
| Sue Ward tel : 01904 561596 | Sue is the YHQO/HIYAH Business Manager providing network support and project management expertise in the delivery of the integrated work programme. Sue also provides internal business management support to YHPHO leading on financial management as well as supporting the business planning, human resources and facilities. |
Senior Health Intelligence Analyst |
| Scott Anderson tel : 01904 435218 | Scott is a Senior Health Intelligence Specialist within the HIYAH work
programme. He focusses on public and patient insight, developing the
PHO's capability to support Social Marketing initiatives throughout the
region, and driving the use of patient experience and patient reported
outcomes.
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Health Intelligence Specialist |
| Charlotte Wood tel : 01904 435218 |
Charlotte is a Health Intelligence Specialist for the Yorkshire and the Humber Quality Observatory, based at YHPHO. Her key focus areas are developing health intelligence in patient experience and patient reported outcome measures (PROMS) though she also supports a range of other areas with a strong quality focus. She is also the lead analyst on End of Life Care. Charlotte previously worked as a performance analyst for Yorkshire and Humber Strategic Health Authority.
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ChiMat Programme Director
ChiMat |
| Dr Helen Duncan tel : 01904 567 652 | Helen leads the development of ChiMat in response to national strategy for child and maternal health. This includes networking with key stakeholders including Government Departments, Regional Offices, Strategic Health Authorities, leading academics and clinical experts in the field.
Helen comes to the role with Acute Hospital Board level experience in Health Informatics and private sector consultancy experience with a focus on strategy, business intelligence and knowledge management. A research scientist by background Helen is firmly committed to the principles of evidence based decision making.
Helen has a first class degree in Natural Sciences and PhD from the University of Cambridge and has completed an MBA with the Open University. |
ChiMat Deputy Director & Regional Development Lead
ChiMat |
| David Wells | David is responsible for developing local support and training in using the ChiMat tools and services and ensuring these meet the requirements of Strategic Health Authorities (SHA's) and Primary Care Trust (PCT) commissioners. He acts as a link with partner organisations such as the Centre for Excellence and Outcomes (C4EO). David also acts as project manager on the development of the ChiMat needs assessment and self assessment tools, as well as supporting the knowledge managment work within ChiMat. |
ChiMat Business Manager
ChiMat |
| Hilary Osborne tel : 01904 561 596 | Hilary leads the key corporate functions for ChiMat including business planning, human resources, accommodation, communications and commissioning. This involves building and maintaining effective collaborative links with a range of national, regional and local stakeholders and partners, to take forward ChiMat's work programme.
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Head of Health Intelligence |
| Helen Smith tel : 01904 561532 |
Helen leads on the development and delivery of ChiMat's analytical tools and oversees its knowledge management function. As Head of Health Intelligence, Helen provides expert advice and support on child and maternal health intelligence to a range of organisations, particularly in relation to using ChiMat's tools.
Helen has over nineteen years' NHS experience working in information analysis, most recently at NHS Bradford and Airedale.
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ChiMat Knowledge Manager
ChiMat |
| Victoria Richardson tel : 0779 536 8001 | Victoria leads the knowledge management work within ChiMat. This includes the development of the ChiMat website as an effective online resource for finding the latest information, knowledge and intelligence relating to children, young people's and maternal health.
Victoria has over ten years' experience of working in information and knowledge management including within the voluntary sector. |
Workforce Intelligence Specialist |
| David Knox tel : 01904 567 617 |
David is the Workforce Intelligence Specialist at ChiMat. This role involves providing appropriate information to enable decision making across the children's workforce, supporting tool development and implementation. As part of this David works on many regional projects, such as looking at recruitment and retention, with a view to applying the findings and methodology nationally.
David has over ten years' experience working within Human Resources and Finance including Payroll, Compensation and Benefits, Systems and Management Information over a host of large private sector organisations.
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ChiMat Web Developer
ChiMat |
| Emma Baxter tel : 01904 567 961 | Emma is the Web Developer for the ChiMat Website. This role includes maintaining and developing new interactive web-based tools to ensure the ChiMat site remains useful to Health Care professionals. This includes working with developers from across the country to provide the latest relevant information in a meaningful and useful way.
Emma has 8 years experience of Web Development in the private sector. |