Women and children

Chair and membership of the Women and Children Programme of Care Steering Group

Chair and National Programme of Care Clinical Lead: Professor Simon Kenny, National Clinical Director and Consultant Paediatric Surgeon at Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust

  • Senior National Programme of Care Manager: Anthony Prudhoe
  • National Programme of Care Manager: Freddie Drew
  • National Programme of Care Manager: Marion Eaves
  • National Programme of Care Manager: Sally Cavanagh
  • National Clinical Director for Maternity and Women’s Health: Matthew Jolly
  • National Speciality Adviser: Janice Rymer
  • Commissioning Managers Highly Specialised: Bernie Stocks and Joan Ward
  • Head of Engagement, Specialised Commissioning: Keri Lewis
  • Interim Regional Medical Director of Commissioning Health and Justice: Matthew Day
  • Regional Medical Director of Commissioning: Rob Sherwin
  • Public Health Leads: Jacqui Lindo and Nevila Kallfa
  • Quality Nursing Team Lead: Ann Butler
  • Pharmacy Team: Heather Weaver, Tracey Williams
  • Programme of Care PPV member: Peter Moore
  • Programme of Care PPV member: Vacant
  • Business Support Officer: Denise Davis

Women and Children is one of six National Programmes of Care (NPoCs) overseeing the commissioning of specialised and highly specialised services.

The role of the NPoC is to provide leadership and oversight of the development and delivery of a comprehensive work programme that achieves demonstrable improvements in the quality, equity, value and outcomes of commissioned specialised services.

The Women and Children NPoC covers services in women and children, congenital and inherited diseases. It consists of an NPoC Board and 15 Clinical Reference Groups (CRGs) as follows:

CRGs provide clinical advice and leadership on the specialised services in the Women and Children NPoC. These groups of clinicians, commissioners, public health experts, patients and carers use their specific knowledge and expertise to advise NHS England on the best ways that specialised services should be provided.