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Meet the team

Find out more about our staff.

 

Our staff

Business Development team

Jo McHattie - Business Development Manager

Jo looks for funding opportunities and develops our local partnership work, enabling us to do more projects and carry out more activities across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough. She previously had a career in retail banking and the voluntary sector including mental health and physical disability charities.

Sarah Beckett - Project Manager

Sarah is managing our Lottery-funded project to improve the health and care of Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough. She previously worked at a local secure setting, supporting the care and education of young girls with mental health and behavioural issues. She has a health and social care degree and has been a foster carer for many years.

Karen Igho - Project Manager

Karen has significant project management experience working in the environmental sector working for PECT. She is initially focusing on helping with focus groups, our Health Champions South Project and ICS project.

Janine Newby-Robson - Project Manager

Janine works on intelligence-led community engagement projects. She has previously worked in the health service as a personal health trainer, helping patients to make lifestyle changes to improve health.


Communities Team

Caroline Tyrrell-Jones - Communities Programme Manager

Caroline has a background in education and training. She’s worked within local disability organisations and has experience of working with people affected by both physical and learning disabilities, long term health conditions, including mental health issues, and also families caring for disabled children. She has managed contracts in both advocacy and information, advice and guidance. 

Sue Allan – Engagement Manager

Sue makes sure that we hear from people in local communities across our area, developing partnerships with voluntary groups and other organisations. She also works to capture views from seldom heard groups. She has many years of experience supporting and counselling young people about sexual health and substance misuse. And is a former CEO at charity Link to Change for children and young people who are at risk or are victims of sexual and criminal exploitation. Sue formerly worked at Everyone Health managing health trainers.

Rebwar Hussein - Senior Engagement Officer

Rebwar spends most of his time out in the community, listening to the health and care experiences of people who are less likely to share their stories. He moved to the UK in 2002, working with fellow members of the Kurdish community in Peterborough, helping them to access local support and services. He has been a community organiser and sexual health outreach worker and has also undertaken research projects for Citizens’ Advice Peterborough and sexual health charity EAST.

Graham Lewis - Partnership Development Manager

Graham supports the work of the Adult Social Care Partnership Boards across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough. These bring together statutory, voluntary and community sector organisations with people of lived experience of disability, older people and carers to help feedback on and improve adult social care services.  He has worked in a variety of settings such as homeless hostels, youth work and supporting victims of crime.

Rebecca Spalding-Green -  Administration Officer

Rebecca makes sure the Adult Partnership Board and our Health and Care Forum meetings run smoothly.  She has a background in retail management, having spent five years working at the British Heart Foundation Shop in Peterborough where she loved working with the volunteers. And is looking forward to helping people have their say on local services.

Heather Lord - Volunteer Manager

Heather looks after our volunteers and make sure they have the training and support they need to volunteer with us. She is passionate about equality, and making sure that Healthwatch can harness the skills and interests of people from across the communities of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough. She has over 30 years’ experience of working to enable and empower people.


Communications Team

Paul Gould - Communications Manager

Paul’s role is to develop content such as blogs, advice and news articles, newsletters and reports to help communicate the work that Healthwatch does across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough. Before joining Healthwatch in November 2022, Paul held similar roles with legal and further education organisations. He also has teaching experience in the primary and special educational needs sectors.

Kat Rayment- Communications Manager (Digital & Media)

Kat’s role is to produce digital media content such as blogs, social media posts, newsletters and reports to help communicate the work that Healthwatch does across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough. Kat has communications skills from working within the NHS and Fire Service and is passionate about healthcare, ensuring everyone has the right to excellent care.

Information Team

Sarah Tingey - Information and Research Manager

Sarah manages our Information and Signposting service, our intelligence records about people's feedback on local services, and our research work. She started her career in outreach and engagement before moving to research-focused roles, and previously worked with local Healthwatch in the Midlands. Sarah has two research-based degrees and is passionate about using patient experience to help improve health and social care outcomes for local people.

Anne Aldred - Senior Information & Signposting Officer

Anne helps run our Information and Signposting service, answering people’s questions about local health and care services and listening to their experiences. Her background is in the NHS as a learning disability nurse specialising in care and services for children and she is a former special needs school nurse.

Melissa Mills – Information & Signposting Officer

Melissa also supports our information and signposting service, alongside Anne. In the past, she’s worked in customer services and sales support in a variety of different businesses She loves helping people and hearing what they have to say. She’s also a family carer.


Office Team

Carole Rose - Office and Finance Manager

Carole makes sure our offices run smoothly and safely, and that the incoming and outgoing expenses are accurate. She comes from a background of working with the Royal Navy, Police, fraud investigations, insurance and aero metals supply bringing a wide range of experience to our team.

Sharon Gunn - Administration Officer

Sharon helps run our offices and supports the Board and staff team in their activities. She has extensive experience in project management, business administration and customer services. She has also worked as an Assistant Teacher in the education sector.