Our team
HQIP has six teams which work collaboratively to promote and support better quality in health and care.
Staff teams
- Executive team; comprising the CEO, Director of Operations (NCAPOP), Director of Operations (Core) and Medical Director
- Central support team; providing financial management, procurement and handling communications
- National clinical audit team; overseeing the commissioning of all audit programmes, including the National Clinical Audits and Clinical Outcome Review Programmes (which together comprise the National Clinical Audit and Patient Outcomes Programme or NCAPOP)
- National Joint Registry team; responsible for strategic and operational management of the National Joint Registry for England, Wales, Northern Ireland and the Isle of Man
- Quality improvement and development team; seeking to improve capacity, competence and effectiveness of audit at local level and promote public and patient involvement at all levels
- Audit data for improvement team; working to deliver the world-leading area of the Clinical Outcomes Publication programme in lieu with the NHS England’s transparency agenda as well as the National Clinical Audit Benchmarking programme (NCAB).
Staff profiles
- Executive team
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Jane Ingham - Chief Executive Officer
Jane was appointed permanent CEO at HQIP in September 2013, having taken on the role of Interim CEO part-time earlier in 2013. Prior to this, she was at the Royal College of Physicians, as Director of its Clinical Standards Department, where she spent 14 years.
Jane has broad experience working in healthcare quality improvement from developing standards of care, measuring care through to using this data with teams to improve patient services. Additionally Jane has extensive experience in organisational leadership. Jane was part of the original team which helped establish HQIP in 2008, from helping construct and winning the first contract, to providing executive oversight of the early organisational set-up. She continued to work closely with HQIP on many ongoing strategic projects.
Professor Danny Keenan - Medical Director
Professor Danny Keenan joined HQIP in the new Medical Director role in July 2013, seconded to HQIP two days a week from his continuing role as Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon at Manchester Royal Infirmary (MRI). Danny’s position includes establishing closer links with all relevant clinical communities, promoting clinical audit and QI in medical settings, clinically supporting HQIP’s work programme, and providing support to other clinicians involved in HQIPs work.
He is also closely involved in Consultant Outcomes Publication. Danny’s work with HQIP follows a secondment as Clinical Advisor at the Care Quality Commission and was previously Clinical Director at the Manchester Heart Centre, based at Manchester Royal Infirmary, from 1998 until 2002 and he is honorary Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery to the University of Manchester.
Jill Stoddart - Director of Operations (NCAPOP)
Responsible for strategic development and management of the National Clinical Audit and Patient Outcomes Programme (NCAPOP) which comprises more than 30 clinical audits and four Clinical Outcome Review Programmes, and manages the national team.
Anna Kisielewska - Executive Support Officer and Office Manager
Anna is responsible for managing the diary of the CEO, MD, support for the executive functions and administrative activities of HQIP.
Daniel Nardoni - Business Support Officer
Responsible for support to the executive function and CORE team and provides additional support to specific projects such as comms, procurement and audit data for improvement.
- Business Development
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Chris Dadson - New Business Development Lead
Responsible for design of a business development strategy to expand HQIP’s service, product offer and client base beyond the current portfolio.
- Communications
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Eva Duffy - Senior Communications Officer
Responsible for HQIP communications and stakeholder engagement.
- Finance
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Joan Shearman - Business Manager
Joan is responsible for providing effective business management and leads on all financial matters.
Sheila Jivraj - Finance Officer
Sheila supports Joan and is responsible for accounting and payroll.
- Procurement
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Nicholas Holmes - Contracts and Procurement Manager
Nicholas is responsible for general procurement advice and issuing new tenders across the audit programme.
Sharon Medhurst - Procurement and Contracts Support Officer
Sharon is responsible for providing procurement support across the audit programmes.
- Information Governance
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Data Protection Officer (currently fulfilled by Sasha Hewitt, Associate Director)
Oversees the Data Protection function as part of information governance.
- National Clinical Audit & Enquiry
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Jill Stoddart - Director of Operations (NCAPOP)
Responsible for strategic development and management of the National Clinical Audit and Patient Outcomes Programme (NCAPOP) which comprises more than 30 clinical audits and four Clinical Outcome Review Programmes, and manages the national team.
Sasha Hewitt - Associate Director for Quality and Development
Responsible for commissioning and developing a portfolio of national clinical audits and outcome review programmes, and supporting and promoting the NCAPOP with funders and other national stakeholders
Mirek Skrypak - Associate Director for Quality and Development
Responsible for commissioning and developing a portfolio of national clinical audits and outcome review programmes, and supporting and promoting the NCAPOP with funders and other national stakeholders
James Campbell – Associate Director for Quality and Development
Responsible for commissioning and developing a portfolio of national clinical audits and outcome review programmes, and supporting and promoting the NCAPOP with funders and other national stakeholders
Yvonne Silove - Associate Director for Quality and Development
Responsible for commissioning and developing a portfolio of national clinical audits and outcome review programmes, and supporting and promoting the NCAPOP with funders and other national stakeholders
Caroline Rogers - Associate Director for Quality and Development
Responsible for commissioning and developing a portfolio of national clinical audits and outcome review programmes, and supporting and promoting the NCAPOP with funders and other national stakeholders
Tina Strack - Associate Director for the Clinical Outcome Review Programmes
Responsible for commissioning and developing a portfolio of national clinical audits and outcome review programmes, and supporting and promoting the NCAPOP with funders and other national stakeholders
Tasneem Hoosain - Senior Project Manager
Responsible for overseeing project management of all projects within NCAPOP.
Lorna Pridmore - Programme Support Officer
Responsible for providing project support to the national clinical audit programmes.
Vivien Seagrove - Project Manager
Responsible for managing a portfolio of national clinical audits.
Sarah Walker - Project Manager
Responsible for managing a portfolio of national clinical audits.
Sam Harper - Project Manager
Responsible for managing a portfolio of national clinical audits.
Oliver Potter - Junior Project Manager
Responsible for providing project support to NCAPOP and for managing a portfolio of national clinical audits.
- Quality improvement and development
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Ian Woolhouse - Senior Healthcare Quality Improvement Lead
Responsible for improving HQIP’s impact on the quality and outcomes of healthcare through enhanced project design and implementation. This post is supported by The Health Foundation.
Sam Bartlett-Pestell - Clinical Fellow
Sam has joined HQIP as part of the FMLM Fellowship Programme. He is working on HQIP’s role with the National Quality Board (NQB) along with other developments.
- Patient and Public Involvement
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Kim Rezel - Public and Patient Involvement Lead
Kim is responsible for HQIP’s patient and public involvement (PPI) strategy and coordinates HQIP’s Service User Network (SUN). Kim also helps formulate HQIP’s operational and development activity.
- National Joint Registry
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Elaine Young - Director of Operations for the National Joint Registry
Elaine is responsible for the overall management and strategic direction of the National Joint Registry, ensuring that NJR programmes are aligned to broader policy direction and national projects; as well as supporting the work of the NJR Chairman, the Steering Committee and committee members.
Contact Elaine 020 3857 5043
Chris Boulton - Deputy Director of Operations for the National Joint Registry
Chris has responsibility for the operational delivery of the National Joint Registry, ensuring that NJR activity is delivered effectively; as well as supporting the NJR Director of Operations, the Steering Committee and committee members across the NJR.
Contact Chris0203 857 5030
Post currently vacant - Executive Support Officer
The person in this role is responsible for providing executive support to the Director of Operations as well as the secretariat and support function to the National Joint Registry Steering Committee and its sub-committees.
Deirdra Taylor - Associate Director of Communications and Stakeholder Engagement
Deirdra is responsible for overseeing all aspects of stakeholder communication. This includes managing the production and key messaging of the NJR annual report and other publications; overseeing NJR’s national events programme; protecting and managing the NJR brand through press and media management, as well through other internal and external communication activities and channels.
Contact Deirdra 020 3857 5044
Yemi Garuba - Associate Director of Operations and Contracts
As NJR’s Associate Director of Operations and Contracts, Yemi is responsible for monitoring all aspects of NJR business, contracts and finance to ensure the NJR achieves its strategic objectives.
Contact Yemi 020 3857 5042
Becky Swinson - Associate Director of Performance - Currently on maternity leave
In Becky’s absence please contact Chris Boulton, NJR Deputy Director (as above) who is covering NJR’s performance work programmes.
Becky is responsible for managing the NJR’s Surgeon, Unit and Implant Performance work programmes and supporting the NJR Surgeon Performance and Implant Performance Committees and Implant Scrutiny Group.
Nicola Daisie - Operations Support Manager (interim)
Nicola is responsible for supporting the NJR’s Surgeon, Unit and Implant Performance work programmes, and the NJR work programmes related to NJR data release.
Contact Nicola 020 3857 5043
Oscar Espinoza - Communication Manager
Oscar is responsible for managing much of the output of the communication department, from website and social media management, CRM administration, drafting content for NJR stakeholder communication and for ensuring all materials are produced in accordance with NJR brand guidelines, amongst other ad hoc communication activities.
Contact Oscar 020 3857 5060
Theresa Zlonkiewicz - Operations Manager
Theresa supports the management of NJR contracts and operational activity measuring progress and performance of NJR outsourced activity. She monitors individual projects, assists with strategic development and also supports NJR’s Committee work programmes to deliver a number of ad hoc operational activities and work-streams.
Contact Theresa 020 3857 5057
Post currently vacant - Research and Governance Manager
The person in this role is responsible for managing NJR work programmes related to NJR data release, supporting NJR Deputy Director of Operations in promoting adherence to Information Governance best practice, thus contributing to the achievement of an effective and responsive NJR governance model.
Abi Alogba - NJR Team Administrator
Responsible for providing administrative support across the NJR Management Team.
Contact Abi: 020 3857 5041
- Audit Data for Improvement
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Kieran Mullan - Audit Data for Improvement Clinical Lead (COP and NCAB)
Kieran provides clinical oversight to the outcomes publication programme, over six days in each month. He is a doctor (currently working part-time as an emergency medicine senior house officer), who has been the project lead for mortality reviews at NCEPOD and has worked as head of engagement and strategy at The Patients Association.
