Meet the team
Diabetes team
Dr Paul Mackenzie, Senior Clinical Network Manager
Email: paul.mackenzie@nhs.net
Paul has experience in commissioning, clinical care, inequalities and cancer and at the Academic Health Science Network specialising in Patient Safety.
He has developed expertise in various clinical areas utilising project and programme management skills. Paul 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 the third sector.
Mike Mayers, Clinical Network Programme Lead (Diabetes)
Email: mike.mayers1@nhs.net
Prior to joining the Clinical Network as a programme and assurance manager, Mike worked in the NHS for several years in a variety of transformation and redesign roles, improving quality and ways of working including consulting on transformation of mental health services, senior commissioning manager for the North West CSU where he worked on a broad range of improvement projects and reviews for CCGs and providers across Greater Manchester. He was also head of business processes at Stockport CCG where he was involved in redesigning and improving pathways and patient journeys.
Before working in the NHS, Mike worked in industry, including several years in business analysis and improvement in the pharmaceutical sector, and various operations and procurement roles for manufacturing and service organisations.
John Lee, Clinical Network Programme Manager (Diabetes)
Email: john.lee@nhs.net
As Clinical Network Programme Manager for Diabetes, John leads on the Assurance and Delivery of the National Diabetes Treatment and Care Programme and the National Diabetes Prevention Programme across both Cheshire and Merseyside and Lancashire and South Cumbria. He is also responsible for the development of the Project Management Office (PMO) and Data Dashboard.
John joined the NHS in 2011 and has worked in various Project Management, Quality Assurance, Quality Improvement and Data Analysis roles for NHS England, Public Health England and NHS Ashton, Leigh & Wigan PCT. These roles have predominantly been in the areas of Maternity, Child Health, Infectious Disease and Diabetes.
John is qualified in PRINCE2 Project Management, graduated with a BA(hons) in Business & Psychology in 2008 and a PgCert in Computer Science in 2016.
Kirsty Jardine – Clinical Network Manager
Email: kirsty.jardine3@nhs.net
Kirsty is a Clinical Network Manager for Diabetes and provides network management for the region
Kirsty has extensive experience in project support and business management, gained from a number of roles within both Public and Private Sectors. Outside of work Kirsty enjoys horse riding, shopping and countryside walks with her sausage dog Frank.
Beth Powney, Clinical Network Coordinator
Email: bethany.powney@nhs.net
Beth has experience in project management roles within Local Authorities and Sport England which focused on working with harder to reach groups such as the older population and people living with a range of disabilities. Beth has a BA (Hons) degree in Physical Education and holds a PRINCE2 project management qualification.
Outside of work, Beth enjoys being outside exploring the countryside, gardening and trying new foods and wines.
Clinical leads
Dr.Cheong Ooi – Clinical lead for Cheshire & Merseyside
Cheong has been a consultant physician in diabetes and endocrinology at Aintree University Hospital since 2012. He started his medical school training in Liverpool in 1987 and completed his specialist training in Cheshire and Merseyside. He was appointed to his first consultant post at Warrington and Halton Hospitals in 2002, where he developed his interest in service redesign within his own diabetes clinic and as Advancing Quality hospital programme lead.
At Aintree he leads the diabetes transition, young persons, insulin pump, and diabetes foot services. He was involved in the design of both the Knowsley Community Diabetes Service and the Liverpool Diabetes Partnership, and continues to provide community services in Knowsley, Liverpool and South Sefton. He is always happy to discuss all things diabetes, but the conversation has been known to stray towards the music of Bruce Springsteen, cooking or Parkrun.
Dr.Cathy Hay – Clinical lead for Lancashire & South Cumbria
Cathy is a Consultant Diabetologist at University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust and chairs the Lancashire and South Cumbria Diabetes Steering Group.