The senior leadership team provides strategic leadership for the CN, driving our major quality improvement programmes and in some networks quality assurance across Cheshire, Merseyside, Lancashire and South Cumbria in the priority areas.

They oversee our work to improve local health outcomes which we do by connecting commissioners, providers, professionals, patients and the public across a pathway of care to share best practice and innovation, measure and benchmark quality and outcomes, and drive improvement.

The Deputy Director is accountable to NHS England’s area team medical director, who in turn is accountable to the Regional Director.

Senior leadership team

Jane Dunning, Deputy Director of Clinical Strategy/Clinical Networks and Senate

Email: jane.dunning1@nhs.net

Jane Sinclair, Head of Clinical Programmes

Email: jane.sinclair10@nhs.net

Jane has worked in the NHS since 1993 when she started as a health care assistant in mental health. She is a registered nurse, District Nurse and has a varied background having worked in acute, community and hospice care.

She moved to NHS England in June 2021 as a senior clinical manager in the nursing and quality team. She is passionate about compassionate leadership, staff development, patient safety and quality of care.

She leads on Mental Health, Respiratory and Palliative and End of Life Care for the North West Coast Clinical Network.

Outside of work she loves reading, spending time with her husband Jamie and 2 rescue dogs Tilly and Luna.

Dr Paul Mackenzie,  Head of Clinical Programmes

Email: paul.mackenzie@nhs.net

Before joining the Clinical Network, Paul worked in commissioning and at the Academic Health Science Network specialising in patient safety.

Paul has developed expertise in various clinical areas utilising project and programme management skills. He is passionate about reducing health inequalities and involving patients in improvement work and has developed and implemented a number of health care strategies across the region. He has an academic background and expertise in the area of cancer prevention.

He also has a strong clinical background in nursing, having worked in a variety of health care sectors including hospice care, district nursing, Macmillan nursing, secondary care and tertiary care as well as in the third sector.

He leads on Diabetes, Cardiac and Stroke for the North West Coast Clinical Network.