Join the Great North Care Record for an opportunity to discuss opinions, experiences and priorities around the region’s evolving shared care record. This two-way workshop session will cover the impact and benefits of collaboration through the GNCR, the challenges we face, managing expectations and what the next steps are.
Prof Graham Evans
executive chief digital and infrastructure officer and senior risk owner (SIRO), NHS North East & North Cumbria ICB
Professor Graham Evans is the Executive Chief Digital and Infrastructure Officer/Senior Risk Owner (SIRO) for NHS North East & North Cumbria Integrated Care Board. Graham was previously the Chief Information and Technology Officer/SIRO for North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust, in addition, Graham was seconded on a part-time basis to the role of Chief Digital Officer for the North East and North Cumbria (NENC) Integrated Care System (ICS).
Graham has held a number of national and regional leadership roles in the NHS relating to health informatics. Graham commenced his NHS career with North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust in June 2004 as the director of Information Management and Technology (IM&T).
Graham’s former NHS roles include; Chief Information Officer and director of informatics for the North East Strategic Health Authority, Director of Corporate Services and Corporate Chief Information Officer for NHS England.
Lisa Sewell
head of digital innovation and delivery, The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Dr Mark Westwood
primary care lead, GNCR
Mark is a local GP with 25 years of experience and is aware of the constant challenges faced in primary care with adopting new digital processes. He is the Primary Care Lead, Co-chair of the Patient Advisory Group and Deputy CSO for the GNCR. Mark is also a former CCIO for North Tyneside CCG. He was named CCIO of the Year at the Digital Health Awards in 2018. He played a key role in setting up a local shared intranet service in 2010 in North Tyneside.
Mark supports the challenge of helping patients seeking care outside of “normal” care environments and enabling better conversations in other care settings. He is ever mindful of the data controller role placed within general practice and wants the region to be proud of the continued development and delivery of the GNCR.
Dr Richard Glennie
GP and chair, Northumberland LMC and associate CCIO for North East and North Cumbria ICB
Richard is a practising GP with over 25 years of clinical, practice management and front-line IT expertise. He was appointed as a CCIO for Northumberland CCG 7 years ago and is currently working as an Associate CCIO for North East and North Cumbria ICB. He is elected Chair of Northumberland LMC and Vice Chair of the North East Regional LMC. Richard is committed to delivering front-line clinical systems that help clinicians deliver high quality patient facing care.
Jill Watson
senior project manager, The Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Great North Care Record
Jill is Senior Project Manager at The Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. She leads the Great North Care Record programme, led by Newcastle Hospitals, on behalf of the region.
Dr Phil Stamp
Regional Clinical Safety Officer, NENC ICS and GNCR
Dr Phil Stamp, an A&E consultant based at Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust was appointed as regional Clinical Safety Officer (CSO) for the North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care System in 2022. Phil has been working as Regional CSO for the Great North Care Record (GNCR) programme since 2020 and has been responsible for ensuring the regional data sharing programme is clinically safe.
He has also overseen programmes within his own trust and has a wealth of digital experience having previously been the trust’s Chief Clinical Information Officer. Phil provides clinical expertise and leadership across a range of regional programmes in addition to the GNCR including diagnostics and maternity.
He supports a network of CSOs across the region, ensuring that as a region, the systems we deploy meet national safety requirements, and that they are consistently applied across the North East and North Cumbria.