How we work: our people

HQIP is split into four teams:

Central support team 

Contracts and procurement team 

Development team

Local quality improvement team 

• A core central support team providing financial management and handling communications
• A contracts and procurement team which oversees the contracts process for all audit programmes, including NCAPOP
• A quality improvement team which promotes clinical audit to local practitioners, and seeks to improve capacity, competence and effectiveness of audit at local level
• A development team which works to ensure HQIP programmes are aligned to broader policy direction and the development of strategic policy and national projects, including professional validation and the National Clinical Audit Forum 

Robin Burgess - Chief Executive 

Responsible for the management and strategic oversight of the organisation.  Contact >>

Joan Shearman - Business Manager

Responsible for providing effective business management to HQIP, including finance management and HR.  Contact >>

James Thornton - Communications Manager (interim)

Responsible for marketing, communications and media liaison building relationships with HQIP stakeholders.  Contact >>

Eve Riley - Development Officer

Responsible for the development of, and fundraising for, new quality improvement initiatives.  Contact >>

Sharon Lukom - Office Manager/Executive Co-ordinator

Responsible for administrative and office management, as well as executive support for the Chief Executive.  Contact >>

Paul Brown - Finance Officer

Responsible for accounting and payroll.  Contact >>

Lorna Pridmore - Office Administrator

Responsible for administrative and office management support.  Contact >>

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Helen Laing - National Clinical Audit Lead

Responsible for overseeing the contracts process for all audit programmes, including NCAPOP and the NJR.  Contact >>

Stanley Goh - Head of Procurement

Responsible for overseeing procurement for all audit programmes, including NCAPOP and the NJR.  Contact >>

Yvonne Silove - Senior Clinical Audit Officer

Responsible for overseeing tender specifications, working alongside contractsand procurement staff.  Contact >>

Victor Ogunyemi - Contracts and Commissioning Officer

Responsible for contract management within NCAPOP.  Contact >>

Lailaa Carr - National Programme Coordinator

Responsible for coordinating and monitoring the NCAPOP work plan.  Contact >>

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Kate Godfrey - National Lead for Local Quality Improvement

Responsible for promoting clinical audit to local practitioners in order to improve capacity, competence and effectiveness of audit at local level.  Contact >>

Liz Smith - Quality Improvement Facilitator

Responsible for supporting the development and delivery of a function that encourages and facilitates local clinical audit and other quality improvement activities.  Contact >>

Mandy Smith - Quality Improvement Facilitator

Responsible for supporting the development and delivery of a function that encourages and facilitates local clinical audit and other quality improvement activities.  Contact >>

Alex Bird - Local Quality Improvement Team Coordinator

Responsible for providing administrative support and co-ordinating team activities and events.  Contact >>

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Elaine Young - National Development Lead

Responsible for ensuring HQIP programmes are aligned to broader policy direction, and the development of strategic policy and national projects, including professional validation and the National Joint Registry (NJR).  Contact >>

Kim Rezel - Development Officer

Responsible for assisting in the formulation of HQIP operational policy and development activity, the management of stakeholder relationships and the advancement of HQIP key strategic aims.  Contact >>

Responsible for supporting the NJR steering group, assisting in the formulation of HQIP operational policy and development activity in relation to the NJR, assisting in the management of stakeholder relationships and the advancement of HQIP key strategic aims.  Contact >>

Michael Robinson - Research Development Officer (NJR)

Responsible for supporting the NJR Research sub-committee and developing the NJR research function.  Contact >>

Alex Henderson - Committee Administrator

Responsible for providing a secretariat function to the National Joint Registry Steering Committee and sub-committees, as well as the National Clinical Audit Advisory Group.  Contact >>

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