Dr. Mark ReynoldsMark has been a registered General Practitioner since 1985 and was CEO and Medical Director of On Call Care Ltd, now part of South East Health.

He was Secretary and then Chairman of the National Association of GP Co-operatives (NAGPC) which represented some 300 organisations with a combined membership of approximately 30,000 GPs across the UK until the Association ceased operations following the introduction of the nGMS GP contract.

He has been on a number of DH and NHS advisory groups and was elected to the NHS Alliance Providers Leadership Group.

Mark has received an MBE for his services to out-of-hours care.
Chair

Dr. John HorrocksJohn joined the NHS in 2002 after 20 years in manufacturing industry, mainly at Director and Chief Executive level.

He is an experienced PCT Director of Primary Care and Commissioning and has been closely involved in the development and commissioning of urgent primary care services for 7 years.

He was a member of the National advisory group on the implementation of the Carson review and also of the NHS Confederation "Remote and Rural" working party in the National GMS contract negotiations.
Chief Executive

Dr. Simon AbramsSimon is a registered GP with a practice in Everton and was Medical Director at UC24 for 7 years. He has experience of providing GP sessions to patients in out-of-hours primary care since 1998.

He has been a GP trainer since 2002 and is an executive member of the Merseyside Family Doctors Association and member of Liverpool's LMC. He is now on one of the GP Shadowing Commissioning Groups in Liverpool.
Medical Director

Colin StrachanColin has been a Chartered Accountant since 1994 and is also a Chartered Taxation Advisor and has a BA in Business Studies.

He has operated as a Finance Director since 2000 and has held Directorships in the Health industry since 2005.
Finance Director

Michaela BuckFormally an officer for the 'Stockport Health Authority', Michaela's career in OOH/unscheduled care commenced in 1996 when she was initially appointed as the Manager of Stockport Doctors' Co-operative, becoming Managing Director in 2003.

Michaela has seen the organisation develop from a 'local GP co-operative' providing OOH care to c150,000 patients to a much larger 'social enterprise' and innovative organisation providing both scheduled & unscheduled urgent OOH services, 8-8 led GP led walk-in centres including two registered general practices, to a population of over 500,000 across Stockport & Trafford.
Joint Operations Director UHUK and Managing Director Mastercall

Bill MossBill has worked in a number of different roles within the public sector since leaving school. He started his career in HR with Birmingham City Council and eventually became involved in Telecommunications management covering fixed and mobile services. In January 1997, Bill moved into Telecoms Management at Good Hope hospital leaving in 2004 to join BADGER as Operations Manager. Bill has been involved in the growth of Badger from a GP Cooperative covering 320,000 patients through the technical links program providing the hub service across Birmingham. More recently Bill has worked alongside colleagues to successfully win pct contracts in South Birmingham, Solihull, Birmingham East and North, South Staffordshire and Walsall.

Joint Operations Director UHUK

Hazel HarrisonHazel graduated with a BA in Modern Languages and Information Systems from Bristol and has since held senior PA posts within Education and the NHS. She is a qualified counsellor and has worked voluntarily for MIND. She worked with NHS Devon in Contracting before securing her role as Business Manager with UHUK.

Business Manager

Dr. Fay WilsonFay has been a GP in Birmingham for over 25 years, including five years as a sessional out-of-hours GP. In March 2010 she was named in the GP Trade Press, as the UK's 7th most influential GP. Dr Wilson is a long-standing member of the Birmingham local Medical Committee, the UK GP Committee and the Council of the BMA. In 2011 she retired as a GMC fitness to practice panel chair and took up a role with the West Midlands Workforce Deanery's Professional Support Unit, supporting doctors in difficulties.

Acting CEO/Group Medical Director BADGER

Vicky Ridingto follow

Chief Executive Officer
BARDOC

Alan FraneyAlan joined the NHS in 1968 and has held Management posts in Brighton, London and Leeds. In 1989 he was seconded by the DOH to lead a Task Force at Broadmoor Hospital. He was subsequently appointed Chief Executive and remained in post for 9 years. Alan is also a Mental Health Act Manager and Borough Councillor.

Chief Executive
BARNDOC

Maria LaffanMaria's background is in nursing where she specialised in Accident and Emergency nursing. Over the years , Maria has worked with new set ups and innovative services such as NHS Direct and PFI model of Care development. Maria has spent time in service redesign and NHS management in secondary care setting and across whole systems. In recent years she has worked at a senior level in community/ independent health care providing musculoskeletal, chronic pain Dermatology and IAPT services. Maria has worked for Bedoc since 2007.

Chief Executive Officer
Bedoc

Dr. Sharon Gillingsto follow

Chief Executive
BEMS

Nigel GazzardNigel joined the NHS in 2005 from the financial services industry. Working at senior levels, he enjoyed a varied career gaining experience of both strategic and operational roles covering everything from customer service, relationship management, information processing and large scale call centres. The skills learned have proved invaluable in supporting the development of BrisDoc as a patient centred, high quality NHS service provider.

He holds a Masters Degree in Leadership from Exeter University, is a published author and continues to hold various directorships, although, his primary commitment is with BrisDoc.
Chief Executive
BRISDOC

Susan BlakemoreSusan began her career as a midwife and subsequently took on a Primary Care Development Manager role working with the evolution of Primary Care Groups and Primary Care Trusts in Cumbria. During this period she worked successfully towards an MBA which she completed in 2001.

Susan subsequently worked in a number of Primary Care settings, moving into the world of Out of Hours in 2002 where her initial responsibilities involved reshaping the out of hours service and ensuring a strong clinical mix. In 2009 the merger of CueDoc – Cumbria Emergency Doctors on Call – and Baycall, the out of hours service covering the South Lakes and Furness localities, created Cumbria Health on Call to which Susan was appointed Managing Director. As Cumbria Health on Call moves into the future, Susan is keen to develop services 24/7 with CHoC becoming a key central point of contact for Cumbrian patients.
Managing Director
CHOC

Chris WrightChris has been Chief Executive of Devon Doctors since 2002. In this time Devon Doctors has successfully expanded to cover the whole population in Devon. Devon Doctors has established itself as one of the highest quality providers of out-of-hours care in the UK. Devon Doctors has also expanded geographically to provide the out-of-hours service for Halton and St Helens PCT (Halton Health). It provides the out-of-hours dental service for Devon (Devon Dental) and is now providing a range of primary care services in Devon and Somerset (Devon Health).


Chris is committed to the social enterprise model and has been instrumental in the recent establishment of a national out-of-hours provider (Urgent Health UK). Chris joined the NHS in 1990. Prior to joining Devon Doctors, Chris had a number of senior NHS managerial and Director level provider and commissioning roles with the local NHS. Chris remains committed to the values of the NHS and sees social enterprise as an effective means of translating those values into action at a local level.
Chief Executive
DDOC

David Archerto follow

Chief Operating Officer
HUC

Tonia Culpinto follow

Chief Executive
LCW

John HarrisonJohn joined NDUC as a project manager in October 2005 and was appointed Chief Executive in 2008. A chartered electrical engineer by training, John has built a strong commercial background over the years.

John has held roles in both large and small companies, holding board-level positions for the last 15 years. Among the organizations he has worked for are British Gas's Online Inspection Centre, Kidde Hartnell Ltd, and the Regional Technology Centre in Sunderland. John remains MD of his own website analysis company, Maxsi, which he set up after leaving Thomson Travel Group.

Chief Executive
NDUC

Sue PatersonSue Paterson has been Chief Executive of NHUC since it was formed in 2006. She set up one of the original co-operatives from which NHUC was formed in 1996. Prior to this she was a Business Manager at a Hospital and also spent a number of years working for Crown Agents.

Chief Executive
NHUC

Lesley McCourtto follow

Chief Executive
PELC

Ron OwttrimRon has had a varied background both within and outside the NHS. He has been involved in Out of Hours for many years previously as General Manager for Barndoc in North London and now Chief Executive of South East Health Ltd (formerly Seadoc) since 2004. During this period he has gained extensive experience in managing and delivering the highest quality Out of Hours services to diverse populations.

Before joining the Out of Hours family he was Business Manager of the London Ambulance Service, covering both North East and Central Divisions, and was responsible for all contracting and tendering. Prior to this he worked as General Manager of a disability Charity in London and served as a representative on a European Working Group looking at disability issues relating to transport and the built environment.
Chief Executive
South East Health