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Meet Our Team 

Our Board 

Our board is clinically led and supported by a multi-professional membership. 
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Dr Thilan Bartholomeuz 

Locality Lead (Mid-Notts) 
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Gemma Bird 

Lead Practice Nurse for Nottingham and Nottinghamshire 
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Dr Nigel Cartwright 

Locality Lead (South Notts) 
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Dr Andy Foster 

Locality Lead (Nottingham City) 
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Dr Sarah Layzell 

Chair 
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Dr Errum Mumtaz 

Educator Lead 
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Laurence Quirk 

Programme Manager 
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Louise Woodward 

Board Secretary 

Our Team 

Our team come from a wide range of clinical and non-clinical backgrounds and are skilled in a wealth of capabilities. 
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James Baillon 

Data Analytics Manager 
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Gemma Bird 

Lead Practice Nurse for Nottingham and Nottinghamshire 
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Rachel Burrows 

General Practice Nurse (GPN) Educator 
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Penny Guard 

Learning and Development Manager 
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Denise Harnett 

Operations & Events Administrator 
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Sharon Hovey 

Administration Assistant 
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Kate Knowles 

Integrated Care System Advanced Practice Lead 
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Jamie  Lambert-Smith 

Communications and Engagement Assistant 
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Charlotte McIvor 

General Practice Nurse (GPN) Educator 
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Dr Errum Mumtaz 

Educator Lead 
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Laurence Quirk 

Programme Manager 
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Michele Tuttle 

Care Project Officer 
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Paul Wade 

Primary Care Advanced Practice Lead 
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Louise Woodward 

Operations & Communications Manager 

Our Associates 

Our team are supported by associates who work with us on a sessional or ad-hoc basis as required by certain projects and workstreams. 
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Sarah Chalmers-Page 

Evidence & Evaluation Associate 
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Dr. Paul Davis 

GP Associate 
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Dr. Minali Gupta 

GP Associate 
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Dr. Saira Jawaid 

Multi-Professional Education Quality Lead and GP Associate 
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Dr. John Lu 

GP Associate 
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Sarah Partridge 

Pharmacy Project Associate 
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Dr. James Waldron 

GP Associate 

Our ARRS Ambassadors 

Our ARRS Ambassadors help support the recruitment and retention of ARRS roles in PCNs, develop the ARRS workforce, and engage the wider Primary Care workforce with the ARRS agenda by raising understanding of the different roles. 
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Ali Ayliffe-Jessup 

Nursing Associate Ambassador 
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Simran Bhardwaj 

Physician Associate Ambassador 
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Desi Gillespie 

First Contact Practitioner / AHP Ambassador 
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Darcie Parry 

Care Coordinator Ambassador 
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Paul Wade 

Advanced Practitioner Ambassador 

Working in partnership with: 

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Sam Garside 

Lead Senior Pharmacy Technician 
NCGPA 
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Charlotte McIvor 

Digital, Business and Transformation Manager 
Nottingham City East PCN