East Cheshire NHS Trust

Dr Marta Babores

Acting Chief Medical Officer

Throughout the early part of her consultant career, Marta developed a strong interest in medical education and held a number of senior educational leadership positions, including Foundation Programme Director, Director of Medical Education and Respiratory Medicine Training Programme Director for the Mersey Deanery. Following more than 15 years of experience in undergraduate and postgraduate medical education, she was appointed Clinical Lead for Medicine before taking up the role of Deputy Chief Medical Officer in 2023. As Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Marta leads the Trust's implementation of Martha's Law and oversees the development of clinical pathways as part of the Trust's mortality improvement programme. She also provides executive leadership for a range of workforce, quality improvement, patient safety and clinical governance initiatives across the organisation. Chair of: Martha's Law Implementation Group, Clinical Pathways Group, Mortality Governance Sub-Committee, Patient Safety Incident Oversight Sub-Committee, Deteriorating Patients Steering Group. Member of: Public Trust Board, Private Trust Board, Finance, Performance and Productivity Committee, Local Negotiating Committee, Representative of the Corporate Trustee for East Chesire NHS Chairty, Safety and Quality Standards Committee, Clinical Leadership Board, Incident Investigation Committee. Other Professional Roles and Interests: Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians (FRCP), PACES Examiner for the Royal College of Physicians, Medical Member of the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service (MPTS). Found a problem? Report it and help us to improve our website

Jo Jackson

Chief People Officer

Jo joined the NHS in 2023, becoming Deputy Chief People Officer for the University Hospital of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust. She is also a trustee for the charity VIDASheffield, who offer therapeutic support for women and girls whose mental health is affected by previous experiences of abuse and trauma. Qualifications: PG Diploma Human Resource Management, PG Diploma Employment Law, PG Certificate Leadership, PG Cert Business Administration, MA Social Policy. Found a problem? Report it and help us to improve our website

Kara Mason

Chief Finance, Planning and Estates Officer

Other interests: Kara chairs the National Level Three Accounts Assistant Apprenticeship Standards Group and is passionate about supporting education and development. In 2024 Kara has been appointed as the Chair of the North West Finance Skills Development Steering Group. Kara continually seeks ways to develop teams and individuals to be their best to support good patient care. Qualifications: Masters in Business Administration, Manchester Metropolitan University, ACMA (Association Chartered Management Accountants). Found a problem? Report it and help us to improve our website

Kate Daly Brown

Chief Nurse

In 2020 Kate was seconded to NHS England in Cheshire and Merseyside in a commissioning role leading on the Learning Disabilities and Autism programme. Executive Lead: Safeguarding, Infection, Prevention and Control, Patient Experience, Quality and Board Level Maternity Safety Champion. Chair of : Quality and Safety Forum, Safeguarding Sub Committee and Infection, Prevention and Control Sub Committee. Member of: Trust Board, Finance, Performance and Productivity Committee, Safety and Quality Standards Committee, People Committee, Partnership Forum, Patient Safety Incident Oversight Sub-Committee, Representative of the Corporate Trustee for East Cheshire NHS Charity. Other interests: Kate is passionate about supporting and developing the workforce, improving patient experience through service development and co-production and about using quality improvement methodology to support staff learning and to improve outcomes for patients. Qualifications: Registered General Nursing, BSc in Nursing, MSc in Leadership in Health and Social Care. Found a problem? Report it and help us to improve our website

Laura Leadsom

Director of Corporate Governance

Laura’s role is to lead and to continuously improve corporate governance arrangements and to provide strategic advice and guidance to the Trust Board, Chair, Chief Executive, Executive and Non-Executive Directors on all matters relating to governance. This includes the role of the Board Trust Secretary which is a key coordination role within the Trust. Laura is the Trusts Senior Information Risk Owner and Executive Lead for Freedom to Speak Up. She leads on Trust corporate governance and is the Trusts Senior Information Risk Owner. Chair of : Information Governance and Information Security Risk Management Sub-Committee. Member of: Trust Board, Finance, Performance and Productivity Committee, People Committee, Safety, Quality and Standards Committee, Clinical Leadership Board, East Cheshire NHS Charity Committee, Representative of the Corporate Trustee for East Cheshire NHS Charity. Other interests: NW Trust Secretaries Network, CMPC Company Secretaries Forum, Cheshire Company Secretaries Network. Qualifications: Diploma – Governance & Risk Management (University of Chester), Diploma - Health Emergency Preparedness, Resilience and Response (Loughborough University), Effective Company Secretary (Corporate Governance Institute). Found a problem? Report it and help us to improve our website

Simon Goff

Chief Delivery Officer and Acting Deputy Chief Executive

Simon has led a number of multi-organisation change programmes having worked in large acute hospitals across the North West, and leads on the delivery of the NHS key performance standards and the operational delivery of patient safety. Executive Lead: Operational Performance, Accountable Officer for Emergency Preparedness Response and Resilience, Trust Strategy Digital Delivery and Transformation, Sustainable Hospital Services Programme. Chair : Operational Management Team, Digital Clinical System Operational Delivery Group, Cheshire East Place Operations Group, Health Inequalities Steering Group and, Emergency Preparedness and Business Continuity Group, Digital Clinical System Risk Scrutinies Group. Member of: Trust Board, Finance, Performance and Productivity Committee, Safety and Quality Standards Committee, People Committee, Clinical Leadership Board and Patient Safety Incident Oversight Sub-Committee, Representative of the Corporate Trustee for East Cheshire NHS Charity, Cheshire East Place Leadership Group, Right Care Right Person Strategic Coordination Group and Mortality Improvement Group. Other interests: Cheshire & Merseyside Chief Operating Officers Forum. Qualifications: BA (Hons) Italian Language and Literature, University of Leeds and Msc Healthcare Leadership, University of Birmingham. Found a problem? Report it and help us to improve our website

Chris Beacock

Non-Executive Director

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Jackie Waugh

Non-Executive Director

Jackie then moved into industry where she has worked for a number of National regeneration, development and property investment companies. Most recently, Jackie was the Legal and Commercial Director at MediaCityUK responsible for risk management and stakeholder engagement with organisations such as the BBC. She has extensive experience in all aspects of asset management, construction and facilities management through to HR, transformational change projects, corporate governance and stakeholder relationships. She is currently a strategic advisor to Land Securities PLC, one of the leading real estate companies in the UK. Jackie served as a Non-Executive Director for Manchester Mental Health and Social Care Trust from 2012 to 2015. Since joining East Cheshire NHS Trust, Jackie has been involved across the full range of committees and is currently vice chair of the Trust, chair of the East Cheshire NHS Charity Committee and People Committee. Vice Chair: East Cheshire NHS Trust. Chair of: East Cheshire NHS Trust Charity Committee & People Committee. Found a problem? Report it and help us to improve our website

Joanne Newton

Non-Executive Director

Joanne is passionate about the need to improve health outcomes and reduce health inequalities and the importance of working in partnership with other local organisations to achieve this. Chair of: Finance, Performance and Productivity Committee. Member of: Trust Board, Audit Committee, East Cheshire NHS Charity Committee, Representative of the Corporate Trustee for East Cheshire NHS Charitable Fund Found a problem? Report it and help us to improve our website

Professor Anya Ahmed

Non-Executive Director

Her academic career spans almost 30 years and she has led several funded projects focusing on marginalised populations and their experiences of health and social care systems and services, and on the intersection of social and health inequalities. She also has experience of working in the social housing sector in estate management and policy roles, and also as a trainer and consultant. Member of: Trust Board, People Committee, Representative of the Corporate Trustee for East Cheshire NHS Charitable Fund and Representative of the Corporate Trustee for the North West BAME Assembly. Other interests: Felow of the Academy of Social Sciences, Member of the Social Policy Association, Welbeing Guardian Found a problem? Report it and help us to improve our website

Tony Ward

Non-Executive Director

His NHS experience includes chairing Audit, Finance, Remuneration and Conflict of Interest Committees. Prior to this he worked in industry in a number of large public companies in senior management positions in finance and general management. Chair of: Audit Committee. Member of: Trust Board, Finance, Performance and Productivity Committee, Remuneration and Nominations Committee and Representative of the Corporate Trustee for East Cheshire NHS Charitable Fund. Other interests: Board Champion for Security Management, Digital Clinical System Joint Procurement Programme NED Lead. Found a problem? Report it and help us to improve our website