The latest organisation chart is available here: PCS July 2021
Primary Care:
Dr Lucy Cormack
Clinical Director
Lucy is currently Clinical Director for Primary Care across the seven GP practices that PCS runs. Prior to this Lucy had been a GP partner for 15 years in the North of the City and was also a member of the PCS Board representing the practices in the North. Lucy is a GP trainer and has sat on the Mental Health and Learning Disability Delivery Board representing PCS. She has recently taken up a new role as a trustee of St Luke's.
Dr Lou Millington
Inclusion Health Champion
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.
Kiz Haigh
Head of Primary Care
Kiz joined as Head of Primary Care at Primary Care Sheffield from Birley Health Centre where she was Practice Manager. Kiz was previously a member of the PCS Board representing the Hallam and South Locality.
Dr Jon Dickson
Clinical Lead for Research
Jon is a GP and a clinician-scientist. His academic research focuses on neurological disorders especially epilepsy and seizures, he is a Senior Clinical Lecturer at the University of Sheffield where he is an investigator on a number of large grant-funded projects, and is the author of over 30 peer-reviewed journal articles. Within the Primary Care Steering Group (PCSG) of the NIHR CRN Y&H he guides and advises on how to optimise integration of primary care research with hospital specialities. And he leads the Sheffield Primary Care Research (SPCR) cluster which is a collaboration of eight GP surgeries who deliver complex academic and commercial research studies. He is the Clinical Lead for our Research Office
Primary Care at Scale:
Cara Brazier
Head of Operations and Deputy Head of Primary Care at Scale
Cara Joined PCS in February 2020 following 10 years in NHS manager roles, most recently as Service Delivery Manager for the NHS 111 Service. She was previously a lead for Dental Services and has accumulated significant people management experience. Cara enjoys service development and achieving operational excellence.
Haseema Waheed
Administrator
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
Corporate team:
Georgia Milne
Commercial Development Manager
Georgia joined the team in January 2018 as Primary Care Resource Manager where she was responsible for maximising value and buying power for shareholding practices. More recently, Georgia has taken on the role of Commercial Development Manager to support the delivery of PCS' overarching Commercial Strategy.
Finance team:
Ian Richards
Ian is a CIMA qualified accountant and has over 15 years private and public sector finance experience, holding a range of positions including Executive Directorships having previously worked for local NHS organisations, national private training providers and a further education college. Although his roles have had a strong finance focus Ian has also held posts covering a large number of corporate services, including performance management, business systems and management information, and compliance.
Katrina Platts
Management Accountant
Katrina joined the Finance Team in April 2019. Katrina has over 11 years’ experience of working within the NHS in an acute trust environment with experience of Recruitment and Human Resources / Costing and Management Accounts for both Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and also The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust. AAT Qualified and currently studying for the CIMA qualification.
Broulaye Soumahoro
Finance Assistant
Broulaye joined the team in March 2018 as Finance Assistant, having worked in a range of Accounting and Finance roles since 2005. He holds an AAT qualification (Association of Accounting Technicians).
HR team:
The Board:
John Boyington CBE
Chair
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!
Dr Andrew Hilton
Chief Executive
Andy is a practising GP Partner at Carterknowle and Dore Medical Practice. He has a background in health commissioning and clinical pathway redesign having led a number of citywide service redesigns in the past before concentrating on the development of the provider role of General Practice at scale. He’s previously worked as Medical Director of a locality GP provider company before taking on his current role of Chief Executive Officer at Primary Care Sheffield. As well as contributing to system leadership within the Sheffield Accountable Care Partnership and the South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw Integrated Care System, Andy sits on a number of national groups supporting primary care development.
Nicki Doherty
Deputy Chief Executive and Director of Strategy and Operations
Nicki joined PCS in July 2020 and is a member of the Executive Team. She is the Deputy Chief Executive and the Director of Strategy and Operations. Nicki has over 20 year’s NHS experience in primary care, secondary and tertiary hospital care organisations as well as in commissioning
Steve Knight
Director
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.
Laura Pattman
Director of Finance
Laura is a member of the Executive Team and Director of Finance and HR at Primary Care Sheffield. Laura joins PCS from Nottingham City Council where she was strategic director of finance and has previously held senior roles at Sheffield City Council.
Chris Stocks
Non Executive Director
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.
Dr Maria Read
Non Executive Director
Maria is a practising GP at Dovercourt Surgery and a member of the PCS Board representing the Central locality. She has many years’ experience in commissioning and has an interest in respiratory services and the care of older people.
Dr Susie Lupton
Non Executive Director
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.
Dr Fleur Jones
Non Executive Director
Fleur is a practising GP partner at Hackenthorpe Medical Centre and a member of the PCS board representing Hallam and South locality. Her interests include sexual and reproductive healthcare and care of the elderly, particularly care home residents.
Colin Beresford
Non Executive Director
Colin is an Independent Director on the Board. He has been operating at Board level in the Sheffield City Region for more than 25 year with experience in a wide range of corporate environments. He is currently CEO of Robson Handling Technology Ltd (a family owned material handling business in Sheffield), as well as Chair of Sheffield Hallam University Alliance.As well as studying Biochemistry at Sheffield University he started his working life as a Science Teacher in the city. Out of work he is a keen cyclist and in recent years he has cycled from Lands end to John O'Groats and north to south across France, raising monies for St Luke's hospice and Sheffield Children's hospital.
Stephen Wragg
Non Executive Director
Stephen is an Independent Director on the Board. He has more than 13 years’ experience as a Non-Executive in the NHS - most recently as Chairman of Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. Before joining the hospital, Stephen was a Non-Executive Director of NHS Barnsley. He is also Chairman of Barnsley Civic, holds a Non-Executive post at Barnsley Premier Leisure Trading, is Chairman of the Governors at Darton Academy and a Director of 360 Engagement Barnsley CIC (a community engagement social enterprise). Stephen is a self-employed Management Consultant. Prior to this he was Technical Director at W2Networking where he was responsible for customer technical solutions, customer service and satisfaction and the development of commercial data centre strategy.
Dr Rosie Page
Non Executive Director
Rosie is a practising GP at Tramways Medical Centre and member on the PCS Board representing the West Locality. She has a particular interest in Women's health.