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 (Business Development) and Medical Director
- Central support team: providing financial management, procurement, information governance and 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: National Joint Registry team: responsible for strategy, operational management and for the communication of key outcomes and messaging of the National Joint Registry which covers England, Wales, Northern Ireland, the Isle of Man and the States of Guernsey
- 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 has pioneered National Clinical Audit Benchmarking. 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, operation and management of the National Clinical Audit and Patient Outcomes Programme (NCAPOP).
Chris Dadson - Director of Operations for Business Development
Responsible for design of a business development strategy to expand HQIP’s service, product offer and client base beyond the current portfolio.
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.
- Business Development
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Chris Dadson - Director of Operations for Business Development
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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Lacia Ashman - Head of Communications and Marketing
- Finance
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Catherine Brook - Head of Finance
Catherine oversees the finance department, leading on the provision of efficient financial information, systems and processes via partnering with the operational teams. The Finance team is also responsible for the annual audit and statutory accounts.
- Procurement
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Sharon Medhurst - Procurement and Contracts Officer
Sharon is responsible for providing procurement support across the audit programmes.
- Information Governance
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Desislava Staykovska - Information Governance Officer
Responsible for developing, reviewing and implementing HQIP Information Governance processes. Desi is also supporting HQIP’s Data Protection Officer to ensure the organisation’s compliance with DP and IG regulatory requirements.
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, operation and management of the National Clinical Audit and Patient Outcomes Programme (NCAPOP).
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.
Emma Skipper - Associate Director
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 - Project Manager, Quality Accounts and Subscriptions
Responsible for the quality accounts and NCAPOP subscriptions.
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 - Project Manager
Responsible for managing a portfolio of national clinical audits.
Natalia Plejic - Project Support Officer
Responsible for providing project support to NCAPOP.
- 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.
Josie O'Heney - Clinical Fellow
Josie has joined HQIP as the FMLM National Medical Director’s Clinical Fellow. She is Josie working with the National Quality Board Partners Subgroup on behalf of HQIP and is interested in improving awareness of National Clinical Audit among junior doctors.
- Patient and Public Involvement
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Kim Rezel - Head of Public and Patient Involvement
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.
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.
M: 07495 586072
Leeanna Alloway - Executive Assistant to Director of Operations
Leeanna provides administrative assistance to the Director of Operations and provides secretariat support for the NJR’s Steering Committee, Medical Advisory Committee and Executive Committee.
M: 07950 643899
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.
M: 07983 202953
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.
M: 07904 597881
Becky Swinson - Associate Director - Performance and Business Planning
Becky is responsible for overseeing the NJR’s clinical performance programmes and delivery of the committee and business functions of the NJR, supporting the NJR Director of Operations and NJR Deputy Director of Operations.
M: 07932 889752
Nicola Daisie - Operations Manager - Performance and Business Planning
Nicola 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.
M: 07904 598110
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.
M: 07932 889753
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.
M: 07904 598113
Rachel Brophy - Research and Governance Programme Manager
Rachel is responsible for managing the NJR’s research programme; processing research applications, supporting the Research Committee and Research Fellows. She also oversees the data and information governance function, handling data and Freedom of information requests.
M: 07931 242233
Abi Alogba - NJR Team Administrator
Responsible for providing administrative support across the NJR Management Team.
M: 0790 4597895
- Audit Data for Improvement
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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.
