Swindon constituency

Natalie Titcombe

Natalie will listen to feedback and represent your views and interests to the Trust Board, making sure that your views are heard and taken into account when strategies and plans, that will impact you, are being formulated.

Natalie treasures her job working for the NHS. She loves supporting patients, and wants to ensure that the NHS as a whole, and specifically our Trust, can continue to operate and deliver great services.

Lesley Hemingway

Lesley's hopes are to strengthen the integration between healthcare providers and other organisations in Swindon.

Through various roles and volunteer work, Lesley experience has helped to prepare her for this role. She is a member of the Patient Participation Group for Merchiston Surgery and now the Wyvern Health Partnership, Chair of the Trustees for the Friends of Beechcroft Community Library, and works closely with Swindon’s ‘Live Well Hub’. 

Lesley has volunteered at the Trust as a Breast-Feeding support worker, and she founded and now manages the Stratton Advice Point.

Judith Furse

Judith runs Swindon Braille Services and provides specialised braille services to the visually impaired community across the UK.

She has a Law degree and has previously worked for the Royal National Institute of Blind People.

Having both a severe visual impairment and limited mobility, Judith is a passionate advocate of equal access to NHS services for everyone, regardless of disability, gender or race.

She has a thorough grasp of what does, and does not work for patients, and a commitment to making sure accessible information is available for all those who cannot read standard print.

Ashish Channawar

Ashish is a successful technology leader in financial crime, including counter-fraud, anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing, and he has helped many financial services and Government agencies to make the world a safer place.

Ashish describes himself a Swayamsevak, which is a Sanskrit word for community contributor with the mission of selfless service with detachment.

He has helped many families in isolation, and elderly people with buying essential supplies, making pharmacy runs, etc.

With a passion for community service and strong skills such as audit and inspection, HR and IT, Ashish is keen to use his experience and skills to serve and assist the NHS, the Trust and the community.

Vivien Coppen

Vivien worked as a diagnostic radiographer for many years before moving to a university to lecture a diagnostic ultrasound training programme.

She completed a Doctorate in diagnostic ultrasound, and then moved into a senior management role within the University of the West of England, where she was Head of the Allied Health Professions Department. 

She is now a magistrate in Wiltshire, and previously a Governor for Royal United Hospitals Bath.

Cecelia Olley

Cecelia strives to understand society’s challenges and has knowledge of the impacts of poverty, illness, mental health, family structure and education. She has spent a significant amount of time with disabled people and now works in the sustainability sector as an active trustee of the cooperative wind/solar farm in Shrivenham. 

She will be rigorous in standing up for the public, to ensure their views are represented to the Trust Board. She is particularly interested in issues of diversity, disability and disadvantage and will emphasise the need to focus on environmental, energy and sustainability issues bringing positive, meaningful change.

Raana Bodman

Raana is passionate about promoting the voice of patients, and her priorities are to improve patient experience, especially for the vulnerable groups, increase diversity and inclusion in membership to reflect patient demographic, and engage more with the public.

Raana has worked for the Swindon Borough Council as a Health and Wellbeing Coach, providing her with insight into health issues faced by the community and the consequent gaps in the provision of health services. 

Wiltshire Northern constituency

Sarah Marshall

Sarah believes that everyone needs to give back to society. Sarah is a qualified farm manager and has her own business as a private chef. She is experienced in handling client needs and different personalities.

Sarah has knowledge of the NHS Framework, which is a useful attribute when considering quality assurance and articulating concerns, developing solutions and partnering successful outcomes.

She has been a Parish Councillor, building strong networks in the locality shaped by her customer service and delivery, so can effectively capture the needs of patients and represent them without bias.

Wiltshire Central and Southern constituency

Chris Callow

Chris was public and lead governor for the Royal United Hospitals Bath for two years. He is a trustee of the Wiltshire Museum in Devizes, a Parish Councillor for Bishops Cannings, a member of the Devizes area Independant Police Advisory Committee, and is on the steering committee for the Neighbourhood Plan for the Devizes Area.

This experience brings useful skills to the Council of Governors; in understanding the role of a non-executive director; bringing and working together with people of different backgrounds.

West Berks, Oxfordshire, Glouc, and Bath and NE Somerset constituency

Stephen Baldwin

Stephen has been a passive member of the Trust for several years as a patient and visitor. He believes becoming a Governor will allow him to become an active participant, giving back to the community and the Trust.

After serving in the Army for 40 years in the Royal Signals, retiring as a Lt Col, his role in the military included communications, information management, security, IT systems and networks.

Stephen has experience understanding how people interact with IT services and feels his skills and experience are best placed to help make that aspect of patient care an area of excellence for the local area.

Rest of England and Wales constituency

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