The Board

Tina has over 40 years of experience in clinical and strategic nursing roles. She has most recently worked as Chief Nurse of the Greater Manchester Health and Social Care Partnership.

Her appointment brings her full circle, having started her career as a Ward Sister for the old Shropshire Health Authority in 1979. Tina said: “I was born and bred in Shropshire. As a nurse, I am passionate about high quality care and in all my Board-level posts I have championed a patient-centred approach."

Patricia took up the post of Chief Executive for Shropshire Community Trust in April 2021, marking a return to Shropshire, as she grew up in Wolverhampton and began her career as a district nurse in Shrewsbury.

Over the last 20 years Patricia has mainly worked in clinical managerial roles in the acute sector, in community, mental health and latterly the Accountable Officer for CCGs in North Kent and, most recently, in Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes, where she has led a system transformation programme and successfully brought together the three clinical commissioning groups. Patricia is, however, very proud of the fact that she is still a registered nurse and practices clinically.

Patricia is now keen to look at how the Trust can build on the effective services that already in place across our adult and children’s teams, how the Trust can deliver more integrated services which are wrapped around primary care, and to continue for Shropshire Community Health to maintain its track record as a very forward-thinking organisation.

Claire, a registered Physiotherapist, has experience of both acute Trusts and community services in Operational, Professional and Quality leadership roles. She is passionate about ensuring great care for patients and opportunities for staff.

Claire currently holds the Director of Operations and Chief AHP Portfolio.

Ganesh is a Consultant Paediatrician by background and has lived in Shropshire for over 23 years, combining clinical work with medical leadership and management roles both locally and as an advisor to the Newborn Hearing programme nationally. He worked as the designated doctor for safeguarding for Shropshire and took strategic and professional lead on all aspects of the health service contribution to safeguarding children across all the providers. He lead the New-born Hearing Screening programme for Shropshire and established balance services for children.

Clair, a registered nurse, has experience of both acute Trusts and community services. Prior to Shropcom Clair was the Deputy Director of Nursing at Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital (SaTH).

Previous roles have included Ward Manager in Cardiology, Community Matron for long-term conditions, Senior Matron in Adult Community Services across the city of Wolverhampton, and Head of Nursing at New Cross Hospital. She is passionate about improving patient care.

Sarah has extensive experience working in healthcare settings including mental health, commissioning and community services and is a member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants.

She is a voting board member and is responsible for advising the Board and wider organisation on financial matters including financial governance and stewardship. Sarah is also the Trust lead for Contracting, Procurement, Operational Estates Services, Counter Fraud and Security Management.

Shelley initially joined the Trust on an interim basis in November 2021 as part of a joint arrangement with the Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust before being appointed substantively in October 2022

Shelley started her career in legal private practice representing defendants in civil litigation before joining NHS Resolution in 2006 where she represented NHS Trusts across the country. She has since worked in a number of NHS Trusts with experience of leading a variety of corporate and governance services.

F2SU, E&DI, Audit Committee Chair

Harmesh brings a strong background of accountancy and financial management to the role, having spent more than 20 years working in senior roles at Wrexham County Borough Council.

He also has extensive experience as a Non-Executive Director, including at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust. Harmesh said: “I am passionate about health and wellbeing and delivering a first class NHS service to the population of Shropshire and its neighbouring residents. I am committed to the values of the NHS and its staff. “I welcome the opportunity to play a part in reshaping community services and help drive forward quality and service improvements in future years."

Resource and Performance Committee Chair

Peter has worked in the public sector in a variety of senior strategic development and service improvement roles, and is currently Implementation Manager at Birmingham Children’s Trust. Peter said: “I started my career in the NHS and have a strong passion to apply my diverse experiences to support and work alongside other colleagues to deliver the best possible healthcare for the local community. “I have a strong track record in partnership working and networking,

People Committee Chair

Cathy Purt joined the Trust as a Non-Executive Director in July 2019. She has worked in both the private and public sector and has held Accountable Officer posts at two Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) as well as Executive Director posts in Acute Hospitals. She has also worked for the European Commission in the Middle East, where she specialised in the delivery of healthcare projects to vulnerable communities. Cathy is also a trained chef and works sessionally in a cookery school.

Charitable Funds Chair

Quality and Safety Committee Chair