Our Council of Governors

Following a research and academic career in applied/engineering mathematics, Susan established and ran an organisation and management development consultancy working with Government Departments and private sector companies. She supported women in STEM initiatives at national level.

She was a Patient Governor of Addenbrooke's Hospital for 8 years and chaired the Director/Governor Forward Planning Group. Just elected, she wants to find out more about RPH and where she can best contribute. She has lupus, a chronic illness.

Bill trained as a civil engineer and worked as a consultant and in state owned organisations that provide essential public services - water and rail. He has been a volunteer at Addenbrooke’s for about 8 years, firstly in Oncology providing information and support for patients and their families, and now as a Ward volunteer.

He was a Governor at Cambridge University Hospitals from 2019 to 2022. During that time, he learned a lot about the role, the management of a large hospital and the best ways for a Governor to help support the Trust.

Bill plays a lot of sport, particularly hockey, golf and tennis. He lives locally and is married with one son.

Abigail has been under the care of the Royal Papworth Adult Cystic Fibrosis unit since 2011.

During this time she has received regular care from all areas of both the inpatient and outpatient departments. She feels well-placed to empathise and help offer ideas for improvement based on her own positive and negative experiences of patient life and challenges. As Abigail's care at Royal Papworth will be life long she will also be able to feedback on changes as they occur.

Abigail has experience working in branding and marketing and want's to use these skills to help improve patient experience, especially in the new world of virtual healthcare.​

Ian has taught biology at Hills Road SFC since 1975 and from 1980-2012 was a tutor for the Open University. His interest is in education, communication and engagement.

In 2012 he established Big Biology Day for professional biologists to engage with the public and share their enthusiasm and is Special Advisor for Education at the Cambridge Science Centre. He’s had several links with Papworth including one of his best friends with CF receiving a double lung transplant in 2019.

In 2019 Ian helped to organize the shipment of unwanted equipment from “Old Papworth” to the only free hospital in Sierra Leone.

Rachel decided to apply for the position of governor to assist people in her community, going beyond her role as a barrister. She has lived in Cambridgeshire all her life.

She completed an access to medicine course and holds a master's degree in Global Health, Law, and Ethics.

Rachel studied immunology and infectious diseases at Cambridge University. During the COVID-19 pandemic, she applied to become an HCA Band 3, taking COVID-19 swabs in London and East Anglia, including Norfolk, Papworth, and Hinchingbrooke.

She also has a phlebotomy qualification and has been immunizing people as a Band 4 for the COVID-19 vaccinations at the East of England Showground.

Rachel completed the NHS Care Certificate and holds Higher Development Awards at Level 3 from Health Education England, NHS. In 2016, she volunteered as a Community First Responder (CFR) with the Greenwich & Bexley Unit.

Additionally, she is a commissioned officer in the Army Reserves and serves as an Army Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear instructor. Previously, she was a Medical Support Officer, responsible for administering the field support hospital in the 335 Medical Evacuation Unit, specializing in pre-hospital care within the Royal Army Medical Corps.

With a range of cross-transferable skills and experience from her employment, education, and voluntary work, Rachel possesses the communication skills and leadership experience necessary to support Royal Papworth as a governor.

 

 

 

 

 

Angela has recently retired from a senior management role in the position of Head of Business Support, serving 27 years with Antec International Limited (currently owned by Lanxess Limited), a disinfectant manufacturer for both animal and human health products based in Suffolk.  Previously serving 23 years with BASF as Human Resources Manager for the Agrochemical Division. 

Throughout her career she has been very people orientated, engaging with them and most importantly listening with empathy and compassion. She welcomes this opportunity to support the Trust’s strong values of Compassion, Excellence and Collaboration. 

Angela is married with one son, who is currently based in the USA, and has a keen interest in fitness and the world of equestrian. She has had an association with the NHS all her life undergoing major back surgery at The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, London as well as other members of my family who have health issues.

She is forever grateful for the treatment and support she has received over the years.

 

 

 

 

 

Vivienne has been a patient at Royal Papworth Hospital for many years, due to a chronic lung disease, bronchiectasis. She has been under the care of the Lung Defence team during this time, both as an outpatient and an inpatient. As a Patient Governor, she wants to use her experience of healthcare to share the many positive aspects and also some of the challenges faced as a patient, aiming to help make improvements. 

She is a Chartered Accountant and has worked in audit practice and in senior roles in industries such as aerospace and software development. With her financial background, she hopes to bring experienced and informed oversight, where necessary, to the role of Governor. 

Currently, Vivienne is studying for a Health Science degree with The Open University. In her spare time, she volunteers for the National Trust and sings in a local choir.

Trevor retired as an equity partner at an accountancy practice in 2014. He suffers from Muscular Dystrophy and asthma and is a patient of Royal Papworth Hospital. Trevor has been fitted with a defibrillator and has also experienced treatment in the Sleep Study Centre. Trevor uses an electric wheelchair and understands the issues and needs of the less abled.

Joe was born in Cambridge and has lived and worked in Suffolk and Cambridgeshire for many years. His professional experience includes research and development with British Aerospace, followed by a career in public services. He has served as head of a Cambridgeshire community college, as a local authority director of education, and as a director of a national children’s charity.

He is passionate about serving local communities and has several years’ experience at board level, including time as a trustee for the Papworth Trust, as a member of the professional standards committee for the Royal Society of Chemistry, and as a governor at West Suffolk Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.

He has a PhD in physical chemistry (researching air entrainment), and has a particular interest in infection, prevention and control, air pollution, and the impact of airborne particles on health.

Paul has been a volunteer at Royal Papworth Hospital since 2017 following a successful pulmonary endarterectomy (PEA) at Papworth Everard. His duties include meeting, greeting, assisting and signposting patients and visitors in the atrium and outpatient areas; and offering phone support to PEA candidates, nationwide, referred by the PEA specialist nurse team.

He is a qualified teacher and worked as a local newspaper reporter and for Norfolk Social Services.

Prior to early retirement, he worked for an NHS substance misuse service where he helped design and deliver pioneering drug education programmes at schools and colleges in West Norfolk and North Cambridgeshire.

Born and nurtured in Norfolk, Paul lives near King’s Lynn.

Deborah has been an allergy patient at Addenbrooke’s since 2000 and has a relative who is a sleep apnoea patient at Papworth for a similar length of time.

She is trained in mental health first aid and is an A&E volunteer at the NNUH.

Deborah is the author of a two-part series on Science/Religion (parallel to her ancestor Charles Babbage’s similar works), focusing on her generation’s struggles with misinformation and modernisation.

She was previously visually impaired and she set mountaineering records during this time and has since become an active ambassador for the RNIB.

She has been openly supportive of inclusivity, equality and diversity, and has appeared on BBC Radio and various national outlets abroad, (particularly in Rwanda) to discuss this. Deborah is also a member of the United Nations Association.

As an avid classical musician, she believes in access to music for all patients.

Martin Hardy-Shepherd had been a foundation trust member at Royal Papworth for many years, and in 2024, he decided it was time to run for election as a Governor.

A Royal Papworth patient since 1990, he lived with a rare heart and lung condition.

Originally trained as an electrician, he transitioned into electronics when his health declined.

Additionally, he pursued studies in art history, with a strong passion for history in general. Martin had been married to his wife, Gill, for 42 years, and together they had two children and four grandchildren.

Trevor has spent the last 4 years as a service-user at the Royal Papworth Hospital having had a Heart Transplant in 2017 at the old site.

Most recently he worked in local government in Social Services and retired in 2016.

As a Hospital Volunteer since 2019, Trevor has a keen interest in supporting the patients journey to their recovery.

Trevor has represented Royal Papworth Hospital at the 2019 Transplant Games in Newport.

Dr Clive Glazebrook trained in medicine at Guys and Kings in London and qualified in 1973.

He was appointed as consultant anaesthetist at Addenbrookes Cambridge in 1982 after periods of training in Cambridge, Papworth (Old), Newfoundland, Oxford, and New Zealand.

Clive specialised in anaesthesia for obstetrics, ENT, plastic and transplantation.

During the period as consultant, he was head of department and chairman of consultant staff council.

He retired from practice in 2013.

Clive married Patricia, a midwife, in 1973 and has three children, five grandchildren and two dogs.

Since retirement, he does more of the housework, shopping, cooking and gardening.

He moved near Saffron Walden on retirement and is the honoury treasurer of friends of Audley End

Marlene’s background is in education. She has been a headteacher, consultant leader, Ofsted inspector and independent education consultant.
Marlene has been involved with Royal Papworth Hospital since 2015 when a close relative underwent extensive open-heart surgery. Since then, her involvement has continued on a regular basis and is predominantly with the respiratory departments.

Lesley has been in the NHS healthcare system since she was eight years old due to a chronic lung disease.   As a patient at Royal Papworth Hospital, Lesley has personal experience and insight to the needs of patients as well as the medical teams who care for us all.  

She is now retired but worked as a Practice Manager in a Private Medical Practice where communicating with patients and medical professionals was a top priority.  Lesley held various Managerial Posts in various organisations involving liaising with clients and delivering time management training.

She is a fully qualified TEFL tutor teaching English to different nationalities which requires empathy and understanding of our diverse cultures across the world an important aspect in the NHS.  She is a strong communicator and therefore, believes that she can make a valuable contribution with her experience and knowledge for the good of the hospital.

Lesley said she ishonoured to be a Patient Governor and fully embraces the important role and will do her utmost to fulfil her duty with dignity, respect, and professionalism to all people.

As a Patient Governor Lesley can be a voice for patients whether as an in-patient or as an out-patient to ensure care, understanding and empathy to all who maybe daunted at the prospect of a hospital stay as well as acknowledging the challenges of the Medical Teams and other personnel at the hospital

Harvey is a retired business consultant and professional engineer and brings to the Council of Governors a wide range of general management, commercial, and financial skills. Harvey served as a Governor from 2004 to 2014, during which time he held several positions including Chair of the Forward Planning Committee, Chair of the Appointments Committee, Chair of the Governance Committee, and Lead Governor.  He returned as a Governor in 2016.

Sarah is the Staff Governor representing Admin, Clerical and Managers at Royal Papworth Hospital. Sarah joined the NHS in 2005 and progressed through a number of roles before joining Royal Papworth in 2017 where she currently works as part of the operational team based in Cardiology.

Sarah has a keen interest in service development and as part of her role regularly collaborates with system partners to shape the services we offer to our patients collectively. She has also been able to support other tertiary and regional centres in developing their services through shared experience. Sarah works hard to engage with our workforce and ensure that the patient voice is considered in everything we do to ensure we can continue to deliver safe and excellent care.

Sarah is currently studying towards an MBA at Henley Business School.

Andrew joined Critical Care 2014 as a newly qualified staff nurse.

Since 2017 he has worked as an ECMO Retrieval Nurse, ECMO Specialist, and is currently a Deputy Charge Nurse.

The last few years Andrew has served to emphasize the skill and dynamism within workforce and he firmly believes our staff are our greatest asset.

He became a governor to advocate for staff across the Trust in pursuit of our common goal of delivering the highest quality care for our patients.

Rhys is Staff Governor for Royal Papworth Hospital representing the Allied Health Professionals (AHP).  He is a qualified and HCPC registered Physiotherapist and Clinical Physiotherapy Lead for the Cambridge Centre for Lung Infection and has worked at Royal Papworth in two stints first in 2007 and now since 2018. Rhys has over 20 years of experience in the NHS and has lived and worked in the East of England for the last 12 years in a variety of positions. Part of his role has been to shape the AHP strategy for Royal Papworth Hospital, enhancing his insight into the AHP services moving forwards and he is looking forward to representing this at Governor level. He is currently undertaking his MSc in Advanced Clinical Practice at Anglia Ruskin University.

Josevine started working as a student nurse in Hemingford ward when the hospital was located in Papworth Everard.

After moving to the Biomedical Campus, she was redeployed to critical care from the beginning of the pandemic, and has stayed on since.

In her role, she has witnessed the positive progress that has been made in staff care as well as the areas for improvement at Royal Papworth Hospital that she is passionate about making an impact in.

The importance of equality, diversity and inclusion and staff experiences are two of many factors that Josevine believes should be top of the list for improvements. Ensuring all staff are shown compassion, listened to in collaboration and understood is essential, regardless of any protected characteristics.

She believes that by providing high quality staff care, we are sure to see a standard of excellence reflected in care for our patients.

Chris joined Royal Papworth Hospital in June 2012 as a Rotational Pharmacist and has undertaken a range of pharmacy roles over the last nine years.

He has developed a clinical interest in transplant medicine and played a major role in the implementation of the Lorenzo electronic prescribing system across the Trust.

As Deputy Chief Pharmacist, Chris now holds a leadership role within the pharmacy team, and also spends some time seconded to the Digital department, where he focuses on digital medicines and the clinical safety of IT systems.

Dr Lynne Williams has worked as a full-time Consultant Cardiologist at Royal Papworth Hospital since 2013, having moved to develop a specialist inherited heart muscle disease service for patients in the East of England. She has also helped shape and develop a specialist service for patients with cardiac sarcoidosis.

In her clinical role, Dr Williams is fortunate to work within excellent multidisciplinary clinical teams incorporating colleagues from the spectrum of medical, nursing, and allied health professional backgrounds. In addition, the roles she undertakes in the regional and national sphere have helped her to gain perspective of the challenges faced by the wider health services and share expertise.

As a staff governor, Lynne strives to provide a voice of representation for her colleagues as we look towards building our future Trust vision together.

Dr Caroline Edmonds is Secretary to the School of Clinical Medicine, part of the University of Cambridge. 

Councillor Philippa Slatter is the Liberal Democrat Councillor for Trumpington. She is a part of the new Joint Administration on the County Council, which is a combination of LibDems, Labour and Independent councillors.
She works on several committees which make important decisions about Cambridgeshire as a whole.

Justin Davies is a Consultant Colorectal and General Surgeon at Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (CUH), with clinical interests in colorectal cancer and inflammatory bowel disease.

He was appointed in 2007 and has been Deputy Medical Director at CUH since 2018.

He is an Affiliated Associate Professor at the University of Cambridge and a Fellow of Downing College, Cambridge.

His national leadership roles include being President of the Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland, President of the Royal Society of Medicine Section of Coloproctology and Topic Advisor for the most recent NICE Guidelines for the management of colorectal cancer.

He lives in Cambridge with his wife, two children and whippet.