BWPCA

In Berkshire West there is a strong history of practices working collaboratively together, which has developed in scale over time from individual locality alliances to a BW-sized entity. Our primary aim has always and continues to be to support and sustain the practice ownership model using scale. We have used this scale to effectively represent and leverage influence with other stakeholders in the NHS. Last year we decided to formalise our Memorandum Of Understanding working together to a legal entity, to best prepare us for the changes that were occurring with ICBs at scale (BOB) which included GP leadership groups. Our primary reasons for the change were a) to increase our influence further b) for good governance c) to allow employment of staff without risk for individual practices d) to tender for potential services at scale. It functions alongside the GP Leadership Group (GPLG), the synergy of which produces results which are more effective than could be achieved if they were working in isolation.

Meet The Team

Dr Amit Sharma

Chair

Amit works as the partner lead for strategy and partnerships at Brookside Group Practice. The practice is a large four site, single practice PCN in the Wokingham borough. He is passionate about enabling patients holistically and supporting colleagues to achieve their potential. He has an interest in organisational development and has supported change management in practice locally, regionally, and nationally. He has helped develop numerous new services including segmented digital triage and health and wellbeing services. His main clinical interests include mental health and paediatrics.

Dr Andy Ciecierski

Deputy chair

Andy qualified in 1991 from CXWMS and following GP training in Reading became a GP Partner at Emmer Green Surgery in 1999. He ran a GPSI ENT Clinic for 19 years. Andy was involved in the inception of NWR CCG in 2011, acted as Deputy Chair, then Chair from 2015-18. He was actively involved in Urgent Care across Berkshire West until the CCG merged into the BOB ICB. Andy is the Clinical Director of Caversham PCN, Deputy Chair for the BW GPLG and a Director of BW PCA.

Dr Jim Kennedy

Director

Originally from Ireland, James is a GP principal at Wargrave Practice and has for some time been an LMC representative for Berkshire West.

Adrian Chamberlain

Operations Director

Adrian was the previous Head of Primary Care for Buckinghamshire, his diverse background has included the CBI, community outreach, humanitarian aid, and several years working across a number of primary healthcare settings, including a spell managing a practice in East London. Adrian had a MSc in Social Policy Analysis from Bath and from time to time, works alongside their Department of Life Sciences.

Andrew Price

Programme Manager

Andrew has worked in the Berkshire West system since 2000, first joining Wokingham Borough Council before moving to the NHS in 2008. Prior to this he worked in local government in London. Andrew has a degree in Economic History as well as general, project and programme management qualifications.

Ramandeep Jhattu

Service Development Officer

Ramandeep (Ram) is our new service delivery officer on behalf of the GPLG. Ram has had several roles both in GP federations and general practice, with his most recent role as Chief Operating Officer in Barnet. Ram will be supporting the GPLG with the same day access workstream and other future projects.

Dr Elizabeth Mottram

GP Clinical Lead

Lizzie has been a GP Partner at Thatcham Medical Practice for over 8 years, a GP trainer and has a special interest in group consultations and de- prescribing. She has joined us as the Clinical Lead for the health inequalities outreach programme.

Dr Shilpa McQuillan

Womens Health Clinical Lead

Shilpa currently works as the Women’s health lead for Burdwood Surgery, within Kennet PCN and has previously developed and run a weekly LARC women’s health clinic. She is an accredited Menopause specialist, Berkshire West GP, community Gynaecologist, and the founder and clinical lead of Berkshire Menopause Clinic. Shilpa is in a unique position having trained in both O&G and GP and Shilpa says she is “driven and passionate about providing the highest standard of women’s healthcare, and loves being part of a team”.

Joeseph Bavington

Service Manager

Joe has joined our team as our new service manager and will be working on projects such as the Same Day Access service and Women’s Health Hubs. Joe has worked in the NHS since 2016, mainly in primary care, starting in general practice and moving into a GP federation in Barnet in 2019, where he led several borough-wide services during the pandemic. Joe also has a strong interest in data analysis, recently working as Senior Data Analyst at the Health Innovation Network South London.

Dan Haines

Digital Portfolio Manager

Dan Haines currently works as a paramedic practitioner and diabetes lead at Burdwood surgery and is the Digital Transformation Lead within Kennet PCN. He will be joining the GPLG as a digital portfolio manager. Dan says, ‘due to my diverse background in healthcare and technical consultancy, I am confident that my unique blend of experiences will be a significant asset to the team’.

Hannah Wilson

Workforce Portfolio Manager

Hannah Wilson, Caversham PCN manager, will be taking on the role of workforce portfolio manager within the GPLG. Hannah has been working as Caversham’s PCN manager for 17 months, coming to the NHS from the labs at Thames Water. She was in was in the Workforce Support Lead role last year and has enjoyed working with other PCNs to help develop our staff and get the best for our practices and patients. Hannah is always keen to ask questions and get involved and is looking forward to being on the GPLG team. You may have seen her at the last two Red Whale events

Helen Clarke

Workforce Clinical Lead

Helen is currently the Clinical Director for A34 PCN and has recently joined the GPLG as the Workforce Clinical Lead. Helen will be working alongside Hannah Wilson as Portfolio manager and says, ‘I am looking forward to joining the GPLG team’.