Meet our Board
Board Meetings
See 'Events' for details of our forthcoming Board meetings, members of the public are welcome to attend. It is requested that any questions you may have for us are submitted prior to the meeting being held.
Healthwatch County Durham Terms of Reference
Christopher Cunnington-Shore (Chair)
Chris has recently retired as Managing Director of his own Consultancy company. Prior to that, he had a long career working for both the NHS and the Department of Health. He is a former University Visiting Professor and is Chairman of a number of local 'health' related committees within the Sedgefield locality.
Brian Jackson (Vice-Chair)
Since Brian's retirement he has been actively involved in all aspects of the Clinical Commissioning Group, a member of the local Patient Participation Group, the North Durham Patient Reference Group and more recently been involved with the Better Health Programme. Brian also is on the Advisory Panel for Lymphoma UK.
Brian has a love of travel and is "always on the move".
Jim Welch (Board Member)
Being a blind, disabled person and a wheelchair user from 1990, Jim has a strong interest in health services provided for the community of County Durham. By joining Healthwatch County Durham Jim feels he has something to offer as a Board member.
Jim is a member of a variety of groups including Chief Executive of Blindlife, a member of Durham Disability Partnership and Board Member of Disability Independant Advisory Group for Durham Constabulary.
Mary Mitchell (Board Member)
Since retiring from her career in education, Mary has been involved with the work of the voluntary arena of the NHS and has more recently become keen to support the work of Healthwatch County Durham through the Pioneering Care Partnership.
"I believe Healthwatch County Durham is a very important link between the public and the health organisations".
Dr Lakkur Murthy (Board Member)
With half a century of NHS involvement, being a doctor, consultant, clinical director and governor, Murthy has a good understanding of the NHS, social care, public health, clinical commissioning and provision of services and has been a member/chair of local, regional, national and international committees.
Murthy is keen to support and develop the work of Healthwatch to ensure the citizens of County Durham have the opportunity to give their comments and receive appropriate and accurate information to obtain the services they require when they need them.
“I am grateful for the opportunity to use my knowledge, skills and experience to serve Healthwatch County Durham”.
Judi Evans (Board Member)
Being employed within the voluntary and social justice sectors Judi has gained experience in direct service delivery and the management of services to a wide range of users in the social care and criminal justice sectors. As well as valuing and recognising the huge contribution of volunteers Judi has developed a strong focus on real service user engagement in the planning and operation of services.
Zena Jones (Board Member)
Zena has worked in the NHS and related organisations for over 35 years and has a wide variety of experiences at strategic level especially in patient carer public involvement and engagement, particularly in clinical research settings. Strategic experience of workforce and organisation development including training, education, facilitation and change management. In addition Zena is a passionate advocate of those people with ‘hidden’ disabilities such as those who have mental health issues or those with chronic long term illness who have issues such as fatigue.
Dom Scott (Board Member)
Dom is from Lanchester, County Durham, and is a recent graduate in History and politics from the University of Exeter, with specific focus on public policy and governance. He sits on the board and is hoping to make a career in healthcare governance to build on his experiences at Healthwatch.
