HSMC values the contribution of a number of Honorary Fellows. Honorary Fellows are awarded to individuals outside the centre, with relevant areas of expertise. They come from a variety of backgrounds for mutual collaboration and benefit with HSMC's academics and staff.
Akeem Ali, Honorary Senior Lecturer
Akeem Ali is currently the Director of Public Health in Surrey and formerly in Herefordshire. Akeem has been delivering a range of teaching sessions around assessing needs and demands at HSMC and continues to contribute to a number of HSMC's commissioning development programmes.
Contact via Jon Glasby, j.glasby@bham.ac.uk or Sharon Casey, s.casey@bham.ac.uk.
Jeffrey Braithwaite, Honorary Professor
Professor Jeffrey Braithwaite is Founding Director of the Australian Institute for Health Innovation and Director of the Centre for Clinical Governance Research, Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. Jeffrey is working with HSMC to develop a joint portfolio of research centred on health care culture and systems improvement, patient safety and health system reform. Further details about his work can be found at www.aihi.unsw.edu.au.
Contact via Russell Mannion, r.mannion@bham.ac.uk.
Michael Dixon, Honorary Senior Fellow
Michael Dixon is Chair of the NHS Alliance and GP Principal, College Surgery, Cullompton, Devon.
Contact via Jon Glasby, j.glasby@bham.ac.uk or Sharon Casey, s.casey@bham.ac.uk.
Simon Duffy, Director, Centre for Welfare Reform
Simon Duffy is the Director of the Centre for Welfare Reform which works to redesign the welfare state to increase social justice and support citizenship, family and community. Simon is also policy advisor to the Campaign for a Fair Society. Simon's work has included inventing Individual Budgets, Self-Directed Support and the Keys to Citizenship
Contact via Jon Glasby, j.glasby@bham.ac.uk or Sharon Casey, s.casey@bham.ac.uk.
Mark Newbold, Honorary Senior Fellow
Mark Newbold is the Chief Executive, Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust who, after a successful early career as a clinician, medical academic and clinical leader, is now leading a large multi-site Foundation Trust to a position at the forefront of current thinking on the future of local hospital services. Mark is strongly associated with the ‘new leadership’ agenda and uses web-based communication and social media to promote open, authentic and engaging leadership in the NHS. He holds a number of additional roles including Chair of the Hospital Forum, NHS Confederation and Chair, Birmingham and Solihull Local Education and Training Council. Mark will be involved in teaching HSMC’s NHS management trainees/clinical fellows and help apply lessons from research to front-line practice.
Contact via Jon Glasby, j.glasby@bham.ac.uk or Sharon Casey, s.casey@bham.ac.uk.
David Nicholson, Honorary Senior Fellow
David Nicholson is the NHS Chief Executive, Department of Health.
Contact via Jon Glasby, j.glasby@bham.ac.uk or Sharon Casey, s.casey@bham.ac.uk.
Judith Smith, Honorary Senior Lecturer
Judith Smith is Head of Policy at the Nuffield Trust for Research and Policy Studies, in London. She is an experienced health services researcher and policy analyst who has studied health organisation and management in the UK and internationally, most recently during a two-year research fellowship spent in New Zealand over the period 2007-2009. Prior to moving to the Nuffield Trust in 2009, Judith was Senior Lecturer at HSMC. Her research interests are: health purchasing and commissioning; the organisation and management of primary care; policy evaluation; health management and leadership; and international health policy.
Contact via Jon Glasby, j.glasby@bham.ac.uk or Sharon Casey, s.casey@bham.ac.uk.
Sonya Wallbank, Honorary Senior Research Fellow
Sonya Wallbank has developed a model of restorative supervision which supports staff to process the emotional and psychological impact of their work. It enhances their resilience to stressors and encourages them to move away from anxious decision-making to a more productive, energetic state. The model has been used with over 2000 participants from a range of health service backgrounds and the programme is off to visit its first international cohort in Australia in June. Sonya has been working with the Health Visitor Plan implementation support team at the Department of Health supporting the transition of Health Visiting services to the new commissioning framework. The model has been an integral part of the programme of work Sonya has been offering the DH team.
Contact via: Yvonne Sawbridge, y.sawbridge@bham.ac.uk.