Meet the team

John spent 42 years in health services in the NHS and Civil Service.  He originally trained as a nurse and also held chief executive posts in NHS Trusts and a PCT.  John received the CBE in 2007 for leading national prisoner healthcare reforms and was Director of the World Health Organisation (WHO) Collaborating Centre for prisons and public health in Europe. In 2014 he became Chair of Bury GP Federation and in 2017 of Primary Care Sheffield.  John was  Vice Chair at NHS Sheffield CCG, chairing the Primary Care Commissioning Committee until joining PCS.  Born and bred in Sheffield John has always lived in the city and remains passionate about the place, its’ people and one of its’ football teams!

Yvonne joined PCS in July 2018. Until her appointment with PCS Yvonne was the Deputy CEO for City Health Care Partnership in Hull and East Riding. She is an experienced Executive Director having spanned services across both primary and community care. During her career she has gained considerable experience of leading and mobilising large scale tenders; implementing complex organisational change at scale; she has experience of governance for the direct delivery of services at scale across a diverse range of commercial ventures.

Steve is a member of the Executive Team at PCS and is the Commercial Director for the company.  He is also the Executive Lead for the Primary Care Work Stream of Sheffield’s Accountable Care Partnership. Steve formerly managed GP practices and prior to entering primary care was commissioned in the Royal Navy.

Chris is the Practice Manager at Grenoside Surgery and represents the practices in this part of the city in his role as a Non-Executive Board Member. Chris has been involved with Primary Care Sheffield from its very inception.  He has worked in the NHS in Sheffield for over thirty-six years largely in senior Human Resources roles in both the Acute and Community healthcare settings. He chairs Primary Care Sheffield's Remuneration Committee.

Amin is a practising GP partner at Dykes Hall Medical Centre and member of the PCS Board representing the West locality. He also works with Sheffield CCG as a Macmillan GP, working on the palliative care and cancer portfolio.

Susie is practising GP partner at Norwood Medical Centre where she has worked for 18 years. She is a member of the PCS Board representing North Locality. Her interests include health inequalities and care of the elderly, particularly care home residents.

Martin joined PCS in August 2017. His previous roles include Assistant Chief Finance officer at North Derbyshire CCG and roles within Sheffield PCT, Sheffield Health and Social Care Trust, Sheffield West PCT and the former Health Authority. He began his career as an accountant in local government in Essex in the 1980s and joined the NHS in 1990. He has also been a Governor at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals and spent many years as a Board member on Voluntary Action Sheffield.

Emma joined PCS in July 2015. She studied Journalism at the University of Sheffield and has a Masters in Professional Communication. Emma has worked in communications and marketing for 14 years. This has included two years in national NHS communications at the NHS Leadership Academy as Marketing and Engagement Manager, where she completed the Mary Seacole healthcare leadership programme, four years in Higher Education marketing at Sheffield Hallam University and four years as an Account Manager at creative agency, diva creative. At PCS Emma leads on all communications and marketing activity and strategy.

Sue joined PCS in October 2018 as Executive Assistant to the CEO and Executive Team.  She previously worked at Sheffield CCG as PA to the Accountable Care Partnership Programme Director prior to which she spent 30 years as a Senior Personal Assistant in Central Government in London, working for senior Civil Servants and Ministers in a variety of departments including, Employment, the Cabinet Office, Government Office for London and, latterly, the Department of Transport.

Chris joined PCS in June 2018 and is responsible for PCS’s elective and urgent care portfolio, which includes Extended Access, CASES, Vasectomy and 24hr ECG services as well as NHS Health Checks. He has a commercial background and has held senior leadership roles in national and multi-national organisations, most notably as commercial executive and assistant company secretary for Olympus Corporation in the UK and Ireland and regional director for St John Ambulance where he was responsible for over 3500 people. Chris is a member of the Fitness to Practise Committee of the Nursing and Midwifery Council, a Chartered Manager and Fellow of the Chartered Management Institute.

Andrea joined the PCS CASES team in January 2017 bringing a broad experience of Sheffield health services having worked for the Clinical Commissioning Group, NHS Direct and both the Children’s and Teaching Trusts, she also has experience in substance misuse treatment and worked for the Drug Interventions Programme.

Haseema joined PCS in June 2018, working across both the elective and urgent care teams as an administrator for CASES, ECGs, Vasectomies and Hub services. Before joining PCS,  Haseema spent six years as an Administration and Finance Manager in a secondary Islamic school where she supported the executive team and trained admin apprentices. She also worked in partnership with Universities and other organisations to run successful projects within the school. Haseema is happily married and in her spare time loves baking cakes and spending time with family and friends

Nicola performs a practice management role across the seven general practices of the Clover Group. Prior to joining the team, Nicola was the Practice Manager at the Hollies Medical Centre which achieved a rating of number 1 practice in Sheffield. During that time she was also a member of the PCS Board, representing the Hallam and South locality. Nicola has an MBA from Sheffield Hallam University and originally trained as a dispensing optician with Boots UK, managing opticians and pharmacies before joining general practice.

Lou is an Inclusion Health Champion for Sheffield, a post hosted by Primary Care Sheffield, looking at health inequalities across the city. She is a GP partner and trainer at Pitsmoor Surgery (Forge Health Group) where she is palliative care lead and represents the practice within the Deep End group and its associated Clinical Research Network. She is also one of the lead GPs for Safeguarding Children with the CCG and in her spare time volunteers for Hospice Africa Uganda doing palliative care work and teaching.