New faces in the NHS Benchmarking Network Steering Group!

We are pleased to welcome three newly elected representative’s to the NHS Benchmarking Network’s Steering Group! 

Welcome!
Melanie Duffy, Director of Community and Primary Care from Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS FT.
Mel has a fantastic background in information, operations, transformation and strategy, consistently using data to identify improvement opportunities for optimal service effectiveness and value.

Jess Lievesley, Executive Director of Strategy, Transformation and Organisational Effectiveness from Barnet, Enfield and Haringey NHS Trust and Camden and Islington NHS FT.
Jess has extensive board level experience within Mental Health Services in strategic and operational roles, with responsibilities for transformation, quality improvement, performance improvement and population health improvement.

Philip Murray, Director of Finance and Performance/Deputy CEO South West London & St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust. 
Philip is a qualified accountant responsible for performance and has experience working within commissioning, acute, mental health and teaching hospitals

Melanie Duffy will be representing the Community Sector and Philip and Jess will be representing the Mental Health Sector.

Steering Group representatives are elected through a formal election process and member votes. 

What is the Steering Group?
The Steering Group, oversee and govern the Network activities and is made up of 4 representatives from each Sector drawn from its membership and one representative from our host organisation East London NHS Foundation Trust. 

The Steering Group, use their experience, skills and knowledge of their specific sector to assist in making strategic decisions, governance of the Network, representing the interests of member organisation and agreeing and overseeing the Core Work Programme.

To find out who else represents the Network’s Steering group please see our website https://www.nhsbenchmarking.nhs.uk/steering-group

Thank you!
We would like to express thanks to the Steering Group members who have recently resigned, for their support, contribution and participation in the Network as Steering Group members over their tenure.

Mark Gerrard, Chief Data Officer for Tameside and Glossop Integrated NHS Foundation Trust.  

Elizabeth Calder, Executive Director of Performance & Strategic Development, for Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust

Jason Hollidge, Chief Finance Officer, for Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust.