Board (JSCB) and elected members

The Joint Strategic Commissioning Board (JSCB) has been established to focus on the strategic commissioning and performance management of health and care services in Wirral. This includes the outcomes and quality of those services. The JSCB oversees the development of population based commissioning; ensuring inequalities are addressed, with health and care needs being driven by local, community based services.

Membership

Simon Banks
Chief Officer

Dr Paula Cowan (Joint Chair of JSCB)
Chair

Dr Simon Delaney
Medical Director

Graham Hodkinson
Director of Care and Health

Paul Edwards
Director of Corporate Affairs

Lorna Quigley
Director of Quality & Patient Safety

Mike Treharne
Director of Finance

Nesta Hawker
Director of Commissioning and Transformation

Julie Webster
Acting Director for Health and Wellbeing

Councillor Chris Jones (Joint Chair of JSCB)
Cabinet Member Adult Care Health and Wellbeing

Councillor Tom Usher
Cabinet Member Children, Families and Education

Councillor Julie McManus
Cabinet Member Community Services

Dr Laxman Ariaraj
GP Lead Planned Care

Dr Bennett Quinn
Members Council Chair

Dr Sian Stokes
GP Clinical Lead for Long Term Conditions

Dr Richard Sturgess
Secondary Care Doctor

Lesley Doherty
Registered Nurse

Linda Roberts
Lay Member Quality and Outcomes

Alan Whittle
Lay Member Audit and Governance

Sylvia Cheater
Lay Member Patient Champion