Who makes the decisions?

A

Dr Barry Jonathan Adams-Strump MBChB; FRCGP; DFM

Medical

Tribunal Member since 2012; Medical Member, First Tier Tribunal, Social Security Appeals; Former Senior Partner, Midlock Medical Centre; Former Chairman, Glasgow LMC. 

Dr Vishal Agrawal MBBS; MRCPsych; DPM

Medical

Tribunal Chair since 2014; Tribunal Member since 2011; Consultant Psychiatrist & Clinical Director, Essex Partnership University, NHS Foundation Trust; Member, British Medical Association; Member, Medical Protection Society.

Mrs Anjali Ahluwalia MD; FRCOG

Medical

Tribunal Member since 2012; Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, University Hospital of South Manchester Foundation Trust, Manchester; Fellow, RCOG, London; Member, Medical Defence Union; Member, British Medical Association; Former Clinical Director, Women and Children Services, UHSM.

Dr Faizan Ahmed MBChB; MRCGP; Dip. Diab

Medical

Tribunal Member since 2012; Deputy Medical Director, Greater Manchester Health and Social Care Partnership; Partner, Manchester Medical; Former Governing Body and Board Member, Manchester Health & Care Commissioning.

Professor John Alcolado DM; BM (Hons); FRCP

Medical

Tribunal Chair since 2016; Tribunal Member since 2015; Head of Division, Medical Sciences and Graduate Entry Medicine; Deputy Head, School of Medicine, Nottingham University School of Medicine; Consultant Physician, Royal Derby Hospitals.

Mrs Jillian Alderwick B.A (Hons); PGCE; MSc

Lay  

Tribunal Member since 2014; Institute and Faculty of Actuaries; Member of Disciplinary Pool; Ministry of Defence; Independent Member of Service Complaint Panels; Former Executive Director & Independent Consultant, NHS; Fitness to Practise Panel Chair, Nursing & Midwifery Council (2004-2012); Fitness to Practise Panel Chair; Ministry of Justice; Primary Health Lists, Tribunal Member; Health & Care Professions Council, Fitness to Practice Panel Member; General Pharmaceutical Council, Fitness to Practise Panel Member; Professional Conduct Committee Member, Bar Standards Board. 

Dr Nicola Aloysius MBBS, BSc (Hons), MRCGP, DRCOG, DFSRH, PG certificate (leadership in healthcare)

Medical

Tribunal Member since 2015; Salaried GP, Clinical Support, Surrey Downs CCG Referral Support Service; Darzi Fellow, Surrey Heartlands STP Academy (until June 2018); Respiratory Clinical Lead, Surrey Downs CCG; Member, Royal College of General Practitioners.

Dr Shazad Amin MBChB, FRCPsych 

Medical

Tribunal Chair since 2016; Tribunal member since 2012; Specialist Adviser, Care Quality Commission; Chief Executive, Muslim Engagement & Development; Expert Witness in Adult Psychiatry; Retired Consultant Psychiatrist.

Dr Mohammed Saqib Anwar MBChB, FRCGP, MASC, Dip (Sp.I), DFSRH, PG Dip Med Ed

Medical 

Tribunal Member since 2012; Associate Medical Director, NHS England (Central Midlands); GP Partner; Clinical Tutor & Honorary Fellow, University of Leicester; RCGP Council Member, Ex-officio Vice Chair, RCGP Leicester; Justice of the Peace; Lord Chancellor's Advisory Committee; GP and Foundation Trainer, HEEM; Specialist Advisor for Primary Care, CQC.

Miss Jenny Appleton LLB, Bar Vocational Diploma, QLTS

Lay

Legally Qualified Chair since 2019; Legal Assessor since 2019; Legal Adviser, Magistrates Court, Her Majesty's Courts and Tribunal Service.

Dr Niranjani Atherton MB ChB, JCTGP

Medical

Tribunal Member since 2012; Former GP, Staff Grade, Old Age Psychiatry, North West England; Former PBL Facilitator, Lancaster Medical School.

Mrs Catherine Audcent LLB

Lay

Legally Qualified Chair since 2019; Legal Assessor since 2019; Tribunal Chair since 2016; Tribunal Member since 2012; Member of Investigation Committee, Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA); Teaching Assistant.

Mr Shahzad Aziz LL.B (Hons), M.Phil (Cantab)

Lay

Tribunal Member since 2014; First-tier Tribunal Judge, IAC and SEC Chambers; Legal Member, Appeals Tribunal of Northern Ireland; Legally Qualified Chair, Police Officer Misconduct Hearing Panels (East Midlands region); Member, Appeal Committee, Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales; Barrister-at-Law (non-practising); Mosaic Mentoring (2010-2012).

B

Dr Srinivasarao Babarao MBBS, MD(Paed), DCH, MSc, PGCME, FRCPCH

Medical

Tribunal Member since 2016; Plab-2 Examiner, GMC; START Assessor and Vice-Chair, START, RCPCH; MRCPCH/DCH Examiner, RCPCH; Member, BMA; Member, BAPIO; Neonatal Panel Member, CDOP (Merseyside); Local Lead Reporter, MBRRACE and EBC; Independent External Reviewer, EBC (Northwest Neonatal ODN); Simulation Instructor; Instructor, NLS & GIC; Appraiser, Wirral University Teaching Hospital; AAC (Appointments Advisory Committee) Rep, RCPCH.

Dr Marta Babores LMS, MRCP, FRCP

Medical

Tribunal Member since 2019; Consultant Physician, East Cheshire NHS Trust; Former SPR Training, Mersey Deanery (1997-2002); Member, Royal College of Physicians; Member, British Thoracic Society; Member, British Medical Association.

Mr Gennaro Baffa FCILEx

Lay

Legally Qualified Chair since 2019; Legal Assessor since 2019; Director, Shepherd Harris & Co LTD; Chair, Independent Review Panel (Exclusions), Hertfordshire County Council; Fellow, Chartered Institute of Legal Executives (CILEX).

Dr Elizabeth Ball MB ChB DRCOG MRCGP

Medical

GP with special interest in substance misuse; GP; GP appraiser West Midlands and Black Country; Clinical Adviser substance misuse General Pharmaceutical Council; Clinical Adviser substance misuse General Optical Council; Royal College of GPs; British Medical Association; Medical Defence Union.  

Mrs Fiona Barnett LLB (Hons)

Lay

Legally Qualified Chair since 2019; Legal Assessor since 2019; Tribunal member since 2006; Solicitor; Independent Legal Assessor, General Dental Council; Independent Legal Assessor, Nursing and Midwifery Council; Independent Legal Assessor, Association for Chartered Certified Accountants; Independent Legal Assessor, Royal Institution for Chartered Surveyors; External Clerk, British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy; Former Crown Prosecutor, Senior Crown Prosecutor and Divisional Crown Prosecutor, Crown Prosecution Service; Former Associate Solicitor, Walker Morris Solicitors, Leeds; Former External Clerk, Architects Registration Board; Former Lay Panellist, Lay Chair and Legally Qualified Chair, GMC and MPTS; Member, Association of Regulatory and Disciplinary Lawyers.

Ms Christina Baron B.Sc

Lay

Tribunal Member since 2014; Independent Member of selection exercises, Judicial Appointments Commission; Lay Chair, Postgraduate Medical and Dental Education Boards, London Deanery (2010-2014); Council Member, Nursing & Midwifery Council (2007-2010); Lay Reviewer, CHI/Healthcare Commission (2002-2007); Interim Chair, North Somerset Primary Care Trust (2004-2005); Chair, Somerset Partnership NHS & Social Care Trust (1997-2004); Retired University Lecturer; Member of General Synod, Church of England. 

Dr Richard Bateman MB ChB; FCARCSI; AFICM; DMCC

Medical

Tribunal Member since 2016; Consultant in Cardiac Anaesthesia & Intensive Care, University Hospitals Bristol, NHS Foundation Trust; Consultant Anaesthetist, Royal Navy; Honorary Senior Lecturer, University of Bristol.

Dr Jill Belch MBChB, MD(Hons), FRCP

Medical

Tribunal Member since 2016; Professor of Medicine, University of Dundee and Ninewells Hospital and Medical School; Member, Advisory Board, Amgen & Bayer Pharmaceutical companies. Professor of Vascular Medicine, Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, Dundee; Past Research Dean then Co-Dean of Dundee University Medical School; previous R&D Director NHS Tayside; previous Co-Director Tayside Academic Health Science Collaboration; Member of Council, Royal Society, Edinburgh; Founder Fellow  Academy of Medicine Science; President of European Society of Vascular Medicine.

Professor Irving Benjamin BSc (Hons), MB, ChB, MD, FRCS (RCPSG), FRCS Engl

Medical

Tribunal Member since 2015; Honorary Consultant Surgeon, Kings College Hospital; Former Head, Department of Surgery, Kings College London; PLAB Assessor, GMC; Former FTP Assessor, GMC; Former Associate Dean, HE England (Former London Deanery), until December 2014; Clinical Speciality, Liver and Biliary Surgery.

Dr Noel Bevan MB BS, FRCGP, FHEA

Medical

Tribunal Member since 2012; Former Director, Royal Naval Medical Service (2009-2011); Former Defence Postgraduate Medical Dean, Defence Medical Services (2005-2009); Brother Officer, The Order of St John.

Miss Rachel Birks LLB Hons, Diploma in Legal Practice, Diploma in Management

Lay

Legally Qualified Chair since 2017; Legal Assessor since 2017; Partner, Ward Hadaway Law Firm; Committee Member, Association of Regulatory and Disciplinary Lawyers; Volunteer, Quality and Assurance Team, St Johns Ambulance; Former employee/Director (2007 - 2016), Fieldfisher LLP; Former employee (2003 - 2007), General Medical Council; Former employee (1998-2003), Berrymans Lace Mawer.

Mrs Ann Bishop LLB (First Class Hons)

Lay

Tribunal Member since 2014; Retired Solicitor (in practice 1980-2010).

Mrs Angela Black

Lay

Legally Qualified Chair since 2017; Legal Assessor since 2010; First-Tier Tribunal Judge and Deputy Upper Tribunal Judge (Immigration and Asylum Chamber), Ministry of Justice; and Legally Qualified Chair, Fitness to Practise and Interim Order Committees, General Pharmaceutical Council; Formerly Legally Qualified Chair, Police Misconduct Panel (Eastern Region); The Law Society.

Dr Dawn Black MBChB, MSc, MD, FRCPsych

Medical

Tribunal Member since 2012; Consultant Psychiatrist at 5 Boroughs Partnership NHS Foundation Trust; Medical Member Mental Health Review Tribunal; Psychiatric Member of Parole Board for England and Wales. 5 Boroughs now called North West Boroughs NHS Founded Trust.

Mrs Valerie Blessington BSc/MA/Dip SW

Lay

Tribunal Member since 2012; Independent Social Worker; Former Head of Service, CAFCASS (Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service).

Dr Arsinah Boles MBBS

Medical

Tribunal Member since 2012; GP Trainee at Kent Sussex Surrey Deanery; Associate in Training RCGP (Royal College of General Practitioners); Member, RCEM (Royal College of Emergency Medicine).

Mr Simon Bond LLB, LLM, FCIArb

Lay

Legally Qualified Chair since 2019; Legal Assessor since 2019; Partner, Higgs & Sons solicitors; Director, Black Country Chamber of Commerce and Industry; Member, Employment Law Committee of the Law Society, England and Wales; Member, Law Society, England and Wales; Member, Employment Lawyers Association; Member, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.

Mrs Emma Boothroyd LLB, BVC

Lay

Legally Qualified Chair since 2017; Legal Assessor since 2017; Chair of Conduct and Competence Committee panels, Nursing and Midwifery Council; FTP Panel Chair, Nursing and Midwifery Council; Former Investigation Committee Member, General Medical Council.

Dr Nisreen Booya MBChB DPM MRCPsych MSc (Edin) FRCPsych

Medical

Tribunal Member since 2012; Fellow, Royal College of Psychiatrists; Fee Paid Medical Member, First Tier Tribunal, Social Entitlement Chamber; Former Professional and Clinical Adviser, CQC (2013-2017); Former Associate Non-Executive Director, Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust (June 2015 - March 2017); Former Medical Director and Consultant Psychiatrist, South West Yorkshire Partnership Foundation Trust (until September 2014).

Dr Candida Borsada BSc, MBChB Leicester

Medical

Tribunal Member since 2015; Emergency Department, University Hospital, Coventry & Warwickshire (2009 to present); Medically Qualified Panel Member, First-Tier Tribunal, Social Entitlement (2012 to present).

Mr Tim Bradbury LLB (Hons)

Lay

Legally Qualified Chair since 2017; Legal Assessor since 2010; Member of Chambers, 3PB Barristers' Chambers.

Sir Graham Brady MP

Lay

Tribunal Member since 2011; Member of Parliament for Altrincham & Sale West since 1997; Chairman of the 1922 Committee; Editor, The House Magazine.

Dr Ronan Brennan MB BCh, FRCPsych

Medical

Tribunal Member since 2011; Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist, Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust.

Mr Geoffrey Brighton BSc Hons, FCIH

Lay

Tribunal Member since 2014; Self Employed Management Consultant, Education; Lay Panellist, Judicial Appointments Commission; Company Secretary, Penwith Education Trust; Trustee, CCHT Pension Fund; Chair, Shifting Horizons CIC; Former Non-Executive Director and Chair of Audit, Kingston Primary Care Trust; Former CEO, Central and Cecil Housing Trust.

Dr Richard Brighton-Knight MBChB, MPH

Medical

Tribunal Member since 2019; Medical Director, Change Aesthetics Ltd; Former Locum Consultant Public Health, Eastbourne Downs PCT (Feb 2004- August 2005); Former Locum Consultant Public Health, Stoke PCTs (North & South Stoke)(July-December 2005).

Dr Deborah Brooke MRCGP MRCPsych MPhil MD

Medical

Tribunal Chair since 2015; Tribunal Member since 2012; Medical Appraisal Lead for Oxleas NHSFT; Psychiatrist, Practitioner Health Programme; Member, British Medical Association; Member, Medical Protection Society; Member, Royal College of General Practitioners; Member, Royal College of Psychiatrists. Former Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist, Oxleas NHSFT, 1996 - 2016; Former Medical Examiner and Supervisor, General Medical Council; Nottingham Vocational Training Scheme for General Practice (1982-1987), Psychiatric Registrar, Maudsley Hospital (1987-1990); Senior Registrar, St George's Hospital (1990-1993) and Lecturer at the Institute of Psychiatry (1994-1996).

Dr Maria Broughton MB, ChB, MA, FRCS (Glas), FRCS (Ed), MRCPsych

Medical

Tribunal Member since 2015; Medical Member, Mental Health, Social Entitlement & War Pensions, First Tier Tribunal; Second Opinion Appointed Doctor, Healthcare Inspectorate, Wales; Medical Member, MHRT Wales; Former Mental Health Act Commissioner, Mental Health Act Commission.

Mr Peter Brown BSc (Hons), FCCA, FCIE, DChA

Lay

Tribunal Member since 2011; Panel member of the ACCA (Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) disciplinary panels; Regulatory assessor for the ACCA (Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) as a part of the ACCA disciplinary process; BSc from Liverpool University in Chemistry and Material Science; Chartered Certified Accountant and Registered Auditor, specialising in Charity Accounts and Charity Law, and Fraud Investigation work; Lectures on Charity Law, Fraud, Audit, and Professional Ethics and Quality Control; Member of ad-hoc working parties consisting of representatives of professional accountancy bodies, The Charity Commission in England and Wales, Government Departments; Foundation Member, The Board of Governors and Trustee, School Fund Charity, Our Lady Queen of Martyrs RC Primary School, York;  Former Elected Member (1983–1996) and Shadow Leader of the Council (1991-1994), City of York Council; Former HM Sheriff of the City of York; Former Master of the Guild of Scriveners of York; Former Vice Chair of the Association of Charity Independent Examiners.

Mr Philip Brown BA, MA, CiLCA

Lay

Tribunal Member since 2014; Clerk to the Council, Humber, Ford and Stoke Prior Group Parish Council (2010-Present); Aerodrome Flight Information Services Officer, Herefordshire Aero Club Ltd (2009-Present); Lay Panellist, Fitness to Practise, General Dental Council (2013-Present); Member, Society of Local Council Clerks (2010-Present); Trustee, Lyddon Hall Association Trust Fund (2004-Present); Education Inspector, General Dental Council (2012-2018); Education Associate, General Medical Council (2003-2013); Various Roles including Academic Registrar, St George's, University of London (1991-2004).

Mrs Angela Buckley BA, PGCE, CQSW, MA

Lay

Tribunal Member since 2014; Former Assistant Chief Executive, Greater Manchester Probation Trust (Retired May 2013).

Dr Frances Burnett MBChB, M.D., FRCPsych

Medical

Tribunal Member since 2016; Former Consultant General Adult Psychiatrist, Clinical Director, Associate Medical Director, Hertfordshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (retired June 2016); Former Member, Royal College of Psychiatrist General and Community Faculty Executive Committee; Former Member, RCPsych Eastern Division Executive Committee.

Mr Paul Burns LLB (Hons), PGDip Law

Lay

Legally Qualified Chair since 2017; Legal Assessor since 2017; Barrister, Head of Local Government & Social Housing and Member of Management Board at Exchange Chambers (2010-date); Junior Counsel to the Crown (2015-date); Legally Qualified Chair of Police Misconduct Hearings (2016-date); Non-Executive Director (2010-2017) and Senior Independent Director (2012-2017) at Southport & Ormskirk Hospital NHS Trust; Non-Executive Director at First Ark Limited (2015-2017); Chair of The LMH Group (2017-2019); Member of the Chartered Institute of Housing (2017-date); Vice-Chair of Torus 62 Limited (2019); Recorder (2019).

Dr Hazel Busby-Earle DDS, MBBS, MRCS (Eng), FRCS (OMFS) (Eng), FFD (OSOM)

Medical

Tribunal Member since 2016; Head of Service, Maxillofacial Surgery and Consultant Maxillofacial Surgeon, University Hospitals of Leicester, NHS Trust; Fellow, Royal College of Surgeons, England; Fellow, Royal College of Surgeons, Ireland; Fellow, British Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (BAOMS); Member, British Medical Association (BMA); Member, Women in Surgery (WINS); Member, Oral Surgery Club of Great Britain; PLAB examiner, GMC (2018). 

Mr Neil Buzzard BA (Hons) Physics, GDL, LPC, PGC HE

Lay

Legally Qualified Chair since 2015; Legal Assessor since 2017; Tribunal member since 2014; Qualified Solicitor; Associate Professor, University of Law, Chester; Fee Paid Employment Judge; Former Solicitor, DLA Solicitors.

C

Mr Bernard Carter BA, Chartered FCIPD, Dip HSM

Lay

Tribunal Member since 2011; Chartered Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development; Director, Bernard Carter Consulting (2011-2012); Director of Human Resources, Hampshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (2004- 2010); Head of Service, Hampshire NHS Shared HR Service (2001-2003); Director of Personnel and Corporate Development, Southampton Community Health Services NHS Trust (1991-2001).

Mr Colin Chapman

Lay

Legally Qualified Chair since 2017; Legal Assessor since 2017; First-Tier Tribunal Judge, Immigration & Asylum Chamber, Ministry of Justice; Specialist Member, Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal, Ministry of Justice; Independent Panel Member, High Speed Rail (HS2) Ltd; Legally Qualified Chair, Police Misconduct Panel.

Mr Kamran Choudhry LLB, M.Phil in Criminology, LLM, BVC, New York Bar

Lay

Legally Qualified Chair since 2019; Legal Assessor since 2019; Trial Lawyer, Office of the Prosecutor, International Criminal Court, The Hague, The Netherlands; Door Tennant and Former Barrister, Garden Court Chambers; Expert, Prevention of Sexual Violence Initiative, UK Foreign Office.

Mrs Michele Clare LLM BEd

Lay

Tribunal Chair since 2013; Tribunal Member since 2011; Appointments Board Member, Nursing and Midwifery Council (2009-2011); General Duties Officer, Royal Air Force (1977-2009); RAF Reserves (2009 to Present); LLM Employment Law (2011). 

Mr David Clark LLB (Hons), Barrister

Lay

Legally Qualified Chair since 2019; Legal Assessor since 2019; Legally Qualified Chair, General Pharmaceutical Council; Chair, FTP Committee, General Pharmaceutical Council; Chair, Professional Conduct Committee, General Chiropractic Council; Legal Assessor, Nursing & Midwifery Council; Legal Adviser, General Optical Council; Legal Adviser, General Dental Council; Former HM Assistant Coroner, Coventry & Warwickshire (2008-2018); Former Panel Chair, HCPC (2014-2018); Former Advocate, NMC (2012-2014); Former Deputy Clerk, Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (2011-2012); Various posts in the Crown Prosecution Service (1988-2010); Member, Middle Temple (from 1986); Member, Independent Legal Assessors (from 2015).

Dr Anita Clay MBBS MNIMH

Medical

Tribunal Member since 2015; Medical member of First Tier, South West, Tribunal Service, Social Entitlement Chamber; Fitness to Practise, Lay member, General Dental Council; Magistrate, Exeter Area, HMCTS; Medical Herbalist, Exeter, National Institute of Medical Herbalists.

Mr Andrew Clemes MA Hons (Oxon)

Lay

Legally Qualified Chair since 2015; Legal Assessor since 2017; Tribunal member since 2014; Barrister at Law; Tribunal Judge Social Entitlement Chamber, Tribunal Judge Asylum and Immigration Chamber, Criminal injuries Compensation;  HM Courts and Tribunals Service; Associate Professor, Swansea University; Associate Tenant, Angel Chambers, Swansea; Independent Member, service complaints, MOD.

Dr Andy Cohen BSc (Hons) MBChB (Hons) FRCA FFICM

Medical

Tribunal Chair since 2014; Tribunal Member since 2012; Consultant, Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust; Fellow, Royal College of Anaesthetists; Fellow, Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine; Member, Medical Protection Society.

Dr Caroline Colaco MBChB, BSc Hons, MRCGP, DFSRH, ECFMG

Medical

Tribunal Member since 2019; Former Locum GP, Greater Manchester Area (2016-2019); Member, Royal College of General Practitioners; Member, The Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare.

Mr Ian Comfort QTS, BA (Maths), Postgraduate Diploma in Law, Postgraduate Diploma in Professional Legal Skills, LLM

Lay

Legally Qualified Chair since 2019; Legal Assessor since 2019; Member, Investigating Committee, Institute of Chartered Accountants, England & Wales; Commissioner, Criminal Cases Review Commission; Chair, Investigation & Registration Appeal Committees; Chair, Health & Care Profession Tribunal Service, Chair, Cognus Ltd; Magistrate & Presiding Justice, West London Local Justice Area; Fellow, Chartered Institute of Legal Executives; Fellow, Chartered Institute of Personnel & Development; Barrister Member, the Honourable Society of the Inner Temple; Fellow, Royal Society of Arts (FRSA).

Ms Bronwen Cooper BA Applied Social Studies; Certificate of Qualification in Social Work

Lay

Tribunal Member since 2014; Member, British Association of Social Workers (BASW); Registrant Panel Member, Health & Care Professions Council; Independent Author and Consultant in Social Care; Lead Reviewer of Multi-Agency Serious Case Reviews and Domestic Homicide Reviews.

Mr Damian Cooper BPharm (Hons), MPharm, LLB (Hons), MRPharmS

Lay

Legally Qualified Chair since 2017; Legal Assessor since 2017; Member, The Law Society; Member, The Royal Pharmaceutical Society; Independent commercial lawyer and director, Damian Cooper Associates Limited; Former Partner - Commercial, DWF LLP; Former Legal Manager (Health Insurance), Bupa UK; Former Solicitor/Trainee Solicitor, Addleshaw Goddard LLP; Former Regulatory Pharmacist, Zeneca Pharma UK; Former Pharmacist, NHS/DoH/MHRA.

Ms Melissa Coutino BA (Hons), PGC Law, PGC Leadership

Lay

Legally Qualified Chair since 2017; Legal Assessor since 2010; Barrister.

Ms Polly Cowan BA (Hons) Law, MA (Merit)

Lay

Tribunal Member since 2014; Senior Practitioner, Scottish Adoption; Tribunal Member, Additional Support Needs Tribunals, Scotland; Current PHD Student, University of Edinburgh; Former Senior Practitioner, Children & Families Social Work Department, City of Edinburgh Council (2013-2015); Former Social Worker, Children's Service, London Borough of Barnet (2006-2013).

Dr P Jane Cowan MBBS

Medical

Tribunal Member since 2012; Medical Member, First Tier Tribunals, Social Entitlement Chamber. Consultant Paediatrician East Cheshire NHS trust 1993-1998; Medical Legal Advisor MPS - 1995-2008; Non exec director East Cheshire NHS Trust 2012-2018. 

Miss Sally Cowen LLB (Hons), Bar Vocation Course

Lay

Legally Qualified Chair since 2017; Legal Assessor since 2017; Barrister since 1995, specialising in Employment Law, Personal Injury and Clinical Negligence; Fee-paid Employment Judge, Scotland.

Mr Patrick Cox BCL Solicitor, Diploma in Professional Legal Studies (Queen's University Belfast)

Lay

Legally Qualified Chair since 2019; Legal Assessor since 2019; Director, PC Legal Costs Ltd; Solicitor, Northern Ireland (since 1989); Solicitor, England and Wales (since 1990); Member, Law Society Criminal Litigation Accreditation Scheme (since 2001); Awarded Higher Rights in the criminal courts 2005, Law Society.

Dr Louise (Helen) Crabtree FRCP MD MBBS BSc (Hons)

Medical

Tribunal Member since 2012; Consultant Geriatrician, Gateshead NHS Foundation Trust (Queen Elizabeth Hospital); Member & Paces Examiner, Royal College of Physicians, London; Member, British Geriatrics Society; Member, British Medical Association; Member, Medical Defence Union.

Dr Pamela Crawford MBChB, FRCP

Medical

Tribunal Member since 2015; Consultant Stroke Physician, University Hospital Southampton NHSFT; Fellow & PACES Examiner, Royal College of Physicians, London; Member, British Association of Stroke Physicians; Member, British Geriatrics Society; Member, British Medical Association; Member, Medical Protection Society.

Mrs Katriona (Anna) Crawley LLB (Hons)

Lay

Tribunal Member since 2012; Solicitor since 1991 (Non-Practising since 2012); Lay Panel Member, HCPC; Public Sector, CPS and IPCC; Private Sector, Criminal Defence and Professional Regulatory Work.

Mr John Crawley BA (Econ.), MA (Econ.)

Lay

Tribunal Member since 2014; Chair, Regulatory and Appeal Committees, Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA); Member, Appeal Committee, Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW); Member, Conduct Committee and Vice Chairman, Investigation Committee, Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA); Former Chair of Fitness to Practise at Nursing and Midwifery Council (2009-2017).

 Mr Michael Charles Crewe MA

Lay

Tribunal Member since 2012; Member, Parole Board; Financial Ombudsman at Financial Ombudsman Service; Member of the Appeals Panel, CILEX Professional Standards; Member of Need to Sell Panel, HS2; Member, Licence Committee Representations, HFEA; Magistrate, North West London Bench.

Mrs Christine Curbishley Adv. Dip. Counselling

Lay

Tribunal Member since 2011; Counsellor, Registered Member, British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP); Panellist, BACP Professional Conduct Procedure Hearings and Appeals; Former Senior Executive Officer, Department for Work and Pensions.

Mr Paul Curtis MA

Lay

Tribunal Chair since 2015; Tribunal Member since 2014; Lay Member, Disciplinary Panel, Judicial Conduct Investigations Office; Hearing Panel Lay Member, Fitness to Practice, General Optical Council; Lay Chair, School Admission Appeals Panel and Lay Chair Independent Review Panel (School Exclusions), East Sussex County Council.

D

Mr Neil Dalton BA (Hons), Solicitor

Lay

Legally Qualified Chair since 2017; Legal Assessor since 2017; Legally Qualified Chair of Police Misconduct Panels, Eastern region Police Forces; Former Senior Specialist Prosecutor, Special Crime and Counter Terrorism Division (Interests: Medical manslaughter, Assisted Suicide, Deaths in Custody), Crown Prosecution Service.

Dr Gerard (John) Daly MD, MB BCh, FRCP, MRCP 

Medical

Tribunal Member since 2012; Consultant to Royal College of Surgeons (Ireland) on Adverse Clinical Incidents (2013 to present); Respiratory Physician, Western Health and Social Care Trust (1987-2012); Undergraduate Medical Student Tutor, Altnagelvin Hospital (2012-2017); Medical Director, Northern Ireland Cancer Network (2004-2008); Council Member, British Thoracic Society (1998-2001); Council Member, Royal College of Physicians, London (2001-2004). 

Dr Subir Datta MBBS, FRCS, LLB (Hons), BVC, PGC (med.ed.)

Medical

Tribunal Member since 2012; Barrister (Non-Practising); Member, Medical Protection Society; Member, British Medical Association; Former Member, Royal Society of Medicine; Staff Grade Cardiothoracic Surgery, Central Manchester NHS Trust; Honorary Senior Lecturer, University of Manchester; Associate Clinical Adviser for Parliamentary and Health service Ombudsman; Member, European Association of Cardiothoracic Surgeons; Member, Honourable Society of Lincoln's Inn; Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA).

Ms Elizabeth Daughters BA (Hons)

Lay

Tribunal Member since 2014; Retired Local Government Manager; Self Employed Coach and Mediator; Non-Executive Director and Trustee, Deen City Farm and Riding School; Non-Executive Director of Resolving Chaos (Community Interest Company); Current Independent Panel Member, Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime (MOPAC); Associate Member, Chartered Institute of Personnel Development (CIPD); Member of Appeals Committee, Women's Equality Party (voluntary role).

Dr Bryn Davies B.Sc, MBChB, MRCGP, FRCOphth

Medical

Tribunal Member since 2016; Consultant Ophthalmologist, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust; General Practitioner, West Yorkshire; Director, Bryn Davies Limited (medical and related services); Director, Clinicare Health Support Services (medical administrative services).

Mr Gareth Davies B.Sc.(Hons), CeFa, DipFa

Lay

Tribunal Chair since 2012; Tribunal Member since 2011; Chief Inspector, Metropolitan Police.

Dr Jonathan Davies MB BS FRCS FRCS(Ed)

Medical

Tribunal Member since 2019; Former Consultant General and Vascular and Endovascular Surgeon, Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust (1994-2016); Member, MDDUS; Member, British Medical Association; Member, Vascular Society for Great Britain and Ireland.

Mr Lee Davies LLB, Post Graduate Diploma (Law)

Lay

Legally Qualified Chair since 2019; Legal Assessor since 2019; Director and Solicitor Advocate, Goldstones Solicitors; Legal Assessor, NMC; Member, Solicitors Association of Higher Court Advocates (SAHCA).

Mr Colin Davis, Diploma in Public Health, Diploma in Management Studies

Lay

Tribunal Member since 2011; Former: Member, Chartered Institute of Environmental Health; Non-Executive Board Director, Fortis Property Care, Platform Housing Group; Strategic Director, Malvern Hills District Council (Until 2006); Director, Management Consultancy, Solutions Together Limited (2006–2014); Associate Senior Consultant, Ark Housing Consultancy LLP (2007–2014).

Dr Paolo De Marco, State Exam Naples 1982

Medical

Tribunal Member since 2012; General Practitioner in Norwich and Norfolk; Associate Tutor, Norwich Medical School; Previously: Partner, Fakenham Medical Practice; Member of Executive Group, North Norfolk Practice Based/Clinical Commissioning Group; Member of Professional Executive Committee, North Norfolk Primary Care Trust.

Dr Helen Denley MB ChB FRCPath

Medical

Tribunal Member since 2015; Consultant Histopathologist (specialising in Renal and Urological Pathology), Manchester University Hospital Foundation Trust; Examiner for FRCPath in Histopathology, Royal College of Pathologists; Former Consultant Histopathologist, Nottingham City Hospital.

Dr Paul Diprose BM FRCSEd FRCA FFICM

Medical

Tribunal Member since 2012; Consultant Anaesthetist, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust; Private practice in anaesthesia and intensive care; Member, Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland; Member, Association for Cardiothoracic Anaesthesia & Critical Care; Occasional paid honoraria from healthcare companies for educational or consultation work; Former Member, Southampton 'A' Research Ethics Committee (2006-2012).

Ms Susan Venetia Disley MBA, MA (Social Work), BA (Hons), CQSW.

Lay

Tribunal Member since 2012; Member, International Glaucoma Association; Former Assistant Director of Social Services, Leicestershire County Council; Former Service Inspector, Commission for Social Care Inspection; Former Peer Reviewer, Improvement and Development Agency.

Dr Paul Divall MA, MB, BChir, FRCPsych

Medical

Tribunal Member since 2016; Fellow, Royal College of Psychiatrists; Co-opted Member of Executive Committee, Royal College of Psychiatrists South West Division; Member, South of England Approvals Panel; Medical Member, First Tier Tribunal (Mental Health); Member, BMA; Member, MPS; Honorary Consultant Psychiatrist, St Luke's Hospital for the Clergy; Former Consultant in Old Age Psychiatry, AWP Trust; Former Member of the Panel for Psychiatric Disorders and Driving, DVLA.

Mr Piers Doggart LLB (Hons)

Lay

Legally Qualified Chair since 2017; Legal Assessor since 2010.

Mr Andrew Donovan

Lay

Tribunal Member since 2014; Fee-paid Judge of the First-Tier Tribunal (Social Entitlement Chamber), HM Courts and Tribunal Service; Board Member, Cilex Regulation (formerly Ilex Professional Standards); Director, Compliance Office; Former Legal Policy Manager, Solicitors Regulation Authority.

Dr Gabrielle Downey MD FRCOG MD Bch BAO

Medical

Tribunal Member since 2016; MAC Member, NHS Professionals.

Dr Edward Doyle MD FRCA

Medical

Consultant anaesthetist, NHS Lothian; Trustee Children’s Hospice Association Scotland; Fellow Royal College of Anaesthetists; British Medical Association. 

 

Dr Keith Dunnett BA MB BChir MRCGP Diploma in Adult Cognitive Behaviour Psychotherapy

Medical

Tribunal Member since 2012; Medical Referee, Ministry of Justice.

Dr Stephen Christopher Duxbury BSc MB ChB Dip OM DDAM

Medical

Tribunal Member since 2015; Medical Adviser, Defence Business Services (DBS), Veterans UK; Medical Panellist, HM Courts and Tribunal Service (Social Entitlement Chamber); Occupational Health Adviser, Self-Employed; Member, Medical Protection Society; Member Prospect (trade union) and Branch Secretary.

Dr Maria Dyban Vrach FRCGP DRCOG DFFP LL.M

Medical

Tribunal Member since 2012; GP Partner, Kings Road Surgery, Cardiff; Board Member, Royal College of General Practitioners, South East Wales Faculty; Community Director in Primary Care, Cardiff and Vale UHB; Fellow, Royal College of General Practitioners; Member of Editorial Board, Guidelines in Practice Journal; Member, Medical Defence Union; GP Clinical Lead for Health Pathways, Cardiff and Vale Health Board; PLAB examiner, General Medical Council.

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Dr Jill Edwards MB BS MSc FRCGP DRCOG DA

Medical

Tribunal Member since 2016; Prescribing Support, Gloucester CCG; External Advisor, RCGP; Retired Principal GP, White House Surgery, Chipping Norton; Former GP Dean, HEE Thames Valley; Former Medical Director Quality & Standards, RCGP.

Mr Sean Ell LLB (Hons)

Lay

Legally Qualified Chair since 2019; Legal Assessor since 2019; Tribunal Chair since 2015; Tribunal Member since 2011; Barrister at Law; Barrister, Garden Court North Chambers; Former Councillor, Wigan MBC; Former Authority Member, Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue; Member, Immigration Lawyers Practitioner's Association.

Dr Susan Ellerby MBChB, MSc, MBA, FFPH

Medical

Tribunal Member since 2012; Medical Member, First Tier Tribunal (Social Entitlement Chamber); Panel member, Nursing and Midwifery Council; Company Secretary, LRB Consulting Ltd; Former Deputy Director of Public Health and Health Improvement, Leicester City; Former Public Health Adviser, 3M Healthcare; Former Medical Adviser, Ashfield Intermediate Healthcare; Former Medical Director, Parkwood Healthcare; Former Consultant Clinical Adviser (retired end March 2017), National Institute for Health and Care Excellence; Fellow, Faculty of Public Health; Member, British Medical Association and Medical Defence Union.

Mr John Elliott

Lay

Tribunal member since 2014; Lay Chair, Northumberland Education Appeals Panel; Lay Case Examiner, General Optical Council; Lay Chair, Teacher Professional Conduct Panel; Member Appeals Committee, Chartered Insurance Institute.

Mr John Radcliffe Ennis MA (Oxon), MSc

Lay

Tribunal Member since 2012; Elected Member, North Yorkshire County Council and Harrogate Borough Council; Member of the Court, University of Leeds; Member, Health and Conduct Committee, University of Leeds Medical School; Governor, York College; Former Senior Civil Servant, Department of Health; Former Governor, Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust (2011-2016).

Ms Val Evans MSC, BA (Hons), CQSW

Lay

Tribunal member since 2014; Fitness to Practise Lay Panel Member, General Dental Council; Former Fitness to Practise Lay Panel Member, Nursing and Midwifery Council; Former Senior Manager, Local Authority Adult Social Care Services (Retired); Former Social Care Member, Camden Primary Care Trust Professional Executive Committee; Former Fitness to Practise Lay Panel Member, Health Professions Council; Former Registrant Panel Member, Health and Care Professions Council.

Dr Jake (Jacob) Eyers BSc (Hons) MBBS MRCP

Medical

Tribunal member since 2012; Clinical Director for Children and Young People (2009-2014) and Consultant Paediatrician, South London Healthcare NHS Trust; Consultant Paediatrician, Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust.

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Ms Sara Fenoughty BA (Joint Hons), LLM

Lay

Tribunal Chair since 2014; Tribunal member since 2011; MOJ - Part-Time Judge, First Tier Tribunal, Social Entitlement Chamber and Immigration and Asylum Chamber; Chair, Fitness to Practise Panel, General Optical Council; Chair, Police Appeals Tribunal; Former Non-Executive Board Member, British Judo Association; Former Management Team Member & Head of Adjudication, Legal Complaints Service, The Law Society; Former partner in private practice, RR Williams and Son, Solicitors.

Dr Matthew Fiander BA, MSc, PhD

Lay

Tribunal Chair since 2016; Tribunal member since 2012; Specialist Lay Member, Health Education and Social Care Chamber of the First-Tier Tribunal (Mental Health); Chair, Fitness to Practise Panel, General Dental Council; Chair, Fitness to Practise Panel, Nursing and Midwifery Council.

Dr Róisín Finn Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (Distinction) MSc (Distinction)

Medical

Tribunal Chair since 2016; Tribunal member since 2015; Specialty Training Registrar Neurosurgery, Health Education Thames Valley, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford; National Medical Director's Clinical Fellow, NHS England; Specialist Adviser, CQC; Post-graduate Tutor, University of Edinburgh/Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh; Education QA Associate, GMC; Former StR Neurosurgery, Health Education North East (HENE), based at James Cooke University Hospital, Middlesbrough; Former Academic Foundation Doctor, Peninsula SW Foundation School; Former Research Foundation Doctor, NIHR Exeter, Clinical Research Facility; Former Honorary University Fellow, University of Exeter; Former Medical Student Elective, Blond McIndoe Research Foundation.

Mrs Susan Fishburn BSc JP, BA (Hons) BSc (Hons) First Class, University of Birmingham; BA (Hons) First Class, University of Leeds.

Lay

Tribunal member since 2012; Former Head of Leeds Girls' High School/Dean Grammar School, Leeds; Former JP on Leeds Bench; Former Co-Chair, University Subcommittee for GSA/HMC; Former Member of Council, University of Leeds including acting as Lay Member on Ethics Committee; Former Member, National Council Association of School and College Leaders, representing Independent Schools; Former General Commissioner of Taxes. 

Ms Alison Fisher BA (Hons); MCIPD; PITLLS; Dip Probation Studies; Cert qual Social Care; CMI Level 5 Management Dip

Lay

Tribunal Member since 2014; Panellist Conduct Hearings, British Association of Counsellors and Psychotherapists (BACP); NMC;  Lay Representative, Leeds Diocese, General Synod - Church of England; Council Member, Yorkshire Ministry Course; Trustee Home-Start Kirklees; Former Non-Executive Director, Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Trust (2005-2013); Former Member Panellist Conduct Hearings, General Teaching Council, England (2000-2011).

Mr David Fisher MBA 

Lay
Tribunal Member since 2012; Disciplinary Committee Member ICAEN; Trainer, Coach, Mediator, Mentor; Trust Member, Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust and Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust; Lay Volunteer, Blackpool Victoria Hospital; Former Lay Reviewer, Midwifery Supervision, NMC (2009-2012); Former School Governor (1994-2013).

Mr Nicholas Flanagan LLB (Hons)

Lay

Legally Qualified Chair since 2017; Legal Assessor since 2017; Tenant Barrister in Private Practice, Cobden House Chambers, Manchester; Trustee, Tiny Tickers (Reg. Charity No 1078114); Assistant Coroner, Manchester (North), Rochdale MBC on behalf of the Manchester (North) Coronial Area (since 2015); Junior Counsel to the Crown (Regional), Attorney General's Office (since 2012); Member, Employment Lawyers' Association; Member, Criminal Bar Association.

Dr Peter Flanagan MD FRCP

Medical

Tribunal member since 2015; Locum Consultant Geriatrician, Northern Health and Social Care Trust (Northern Ireland); Former Medical Director and Consultant Geriatrician, Northern Health and Social Care Trust (Northern Ireland); Fellow, Royal College of Physicians; Member, British Medical Association; Member, British Geriatrics Society; Chair of Northern Area (Northern Ireland), CRUSE bereavement care.

Dr Laura Florence MBChB RCGP JP

Medical

Tribunal Member since 2019; GP; Clinical Lead, Derbyshire Health Union; GP Appraiser, NHS England; Justice of the Peace; Magistrate, Adult Criminal Court, Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland; Former Acute Care Common Stem Trainee, University Hospitals Leicester (2006-2008); Former Anaesthetics Trainee, University Hospitals Leicester (2007-2014); Member, Magistrates Association; Member, Royal College of General Practitioners.

 

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Dr John Garner MB ChB DRCOG DCH FRCGP FRCPEdin

Medical

Tribunal Member since 2016; Member, Fellow, Royal College of General Practitioners; Fellow, Royal College of Physicians Edinburgh; Former Vice-Chairman of the BMA Staff Pensions Trustee Board, British Medical Association; Former Director and Vice Chairman, Medical and Dental Defence Union of Scotland; Former Performance Assessor Team Leader, Fitness to Practise, GMC.

Dr David R Geddes MBBS DRCOG DCH DPD MRCGP

Medical

Tribunal member since 2012; National Director of Primary Care Commissioning (NHS England); GP Partner, York Medical Group, Acomb, York; Member, British Medical Association; Trustee, 'The Hut' Mental Health Charity, York; Former Medical Director and RO, NHS North Yorkshire and York (2007-2012); Former Director of Primary Care, Selby and York PCT (2004-2007).

Mr Philip Geering LLB (Hons)

Lay

Tribunal member since 2011; Barrister, Member of Middle Temple; Former Director of Policy, Crown Prosecution Service; Former Director of Strategy and Communication, Independent Police Complaints Commission; Fitness to Practise Chair and Committee Member, Regulatory Bodies and Disciplinary Bodies; Member and Audit Committee Member, Parole Board.

Mr Andrew Gell BA, MA, MBA, BSc

Lay

Tribunal Chair since 2014; Tribunal member since 2014; Air Commodore (Retired), Royal Air Force; Chair, Fitness to Practise Panel, Nursing and Midwifery Council; Chair, Fitness to Practise Panel, Health and Care Professions Council; Panellist, Investigation Committee Taxation Disciplinary Board; Panellist, Disciplinary and Fitness to Practise Committee, Bar Tribunal and Adjudication Service; Director, Andrew Gell Limited; Advisory services to Industry on Defence and Logistics issues.

Mr Thomas George MBBS, FRCS, FRCEM, Dip HSM

Medical

Tribunal member since 2012; Fellow, Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh; Fellow, Royal College of Emergency Medicine; PLAB OSCE Examiner; Member, British Medical Association; Member, British International Doctors Association; Former Consultant in Emergency Medicine and Clinical Director, East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust (1984-2012).

Dr Moji Gesinde MB BS FRCPath

Medical

Tribunal member since 2012; Member, British Society of Haematology; Member, British Blood Transfusion Society (BBTS); Member, American Society for Apheresis (ASFA); Member, Medical Defence Union (MDU); Member, British Medical Association (BMA); Former Consultant, Haematology and Transfusion Medicine, NHS Blood & Transplant Service (NHSBT).

Dr Ammar Ghouri MRCGP MBChB BSc (Hons)

Medical

Tribunal Member since 2019; Vice-Chair - Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland Local Medical Committee (2014-present); Clinical Tutor, University of Leicester Medical School; Clinician, Derbyshire Health United (Out of Hours); Local Faculty Board Member (Leicester), RCGP; Former GP Partner, Washbrook Medical Group (2018-2019); Former GP Partner, South Wigston Health Centre (2014-2018); Member, Medical Defence Union (2014-present).

Mr Inderjeet Gill MA (Oxon.) Modern Languages, MA History of Art, BVC

Lay

Tribunal member since 2014; Barrister.

 

Miss Victoria Goodfellow BA (Hons), GDL (Grad Dip in Law), LPC (Postgrad Dip in Legal Practice)

Lay

Tribunal Chair since 2015; Tribunal member since 2014; Criminal Defence Solicitor, Rowe Sparkes Partnership, Portsmouth; Legally Qualified Chair, Police Disciplinary Tribunal (Hampshire, Surrey, Sussex, Kent, Thames Valley); Member, Law Society; Member, Parole Board.

Dr Alison Graham MBChB

Medical

Tribunal member since 2016; Medical Director, NHS Ayrshire and Arran; Former Medical Director, NHS Lanarkshire and NHS Highland; Clinical background in General Practice, Obstetrics and Gynaecology and Public Health Medicine.

Mr Martyn Green BDS, MFGDP (UK), DPDS, FDS RCPS (Glasg)

Lay

Tribunal Chair since 2015; Tribunal member since 2014; Currently: Fee paid member of the First Tier Tribunal Primary Health Lists, Health, Education and Social Care Chamber; Lay Member, Probate Committee, Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales; Non-Executive Director, Dentists' Provident; Member of Council of Reference, Bridge2Aid (Dental Charity); Member, Faculty of General Dental Practitioners of R.C.S. England; Fellow in Dental Surgery, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow; Dental Member, Appointments Committee, General Dental Council; Formerly: General Dental Practitioner, Senior Partner in NHS Practice; Vocational Training Adviser, Regional Adviser in G.D. Practice, Associate Postgraduate Dental Dean (DF1), S.W. Dental Postgraduate Deanery; Member and Chair, Fitness to Practise Panel, General Dental Council (2003-2013).

Mrs Ronno Griffiths

Lay

Tribunal Member since 2012; Independent Member, Parole Board; Former Peer Reviewer, Healthcare Inspectorate, Wales; Background working in Substance Misuse, Sexual Abuse and Sexual Health Fields.

Mr Alistair Griggs MA (Social & Political Science); MA (Applied Social Studies); MBA; CQSW Cert of Qual in Social Work

Lay

Tribunal member since 2014; Non-executive Director, Spectrum Community Health; Trustee/Board Director, Sheffield Citizens Advice & Law Centre; Walking Holiday Leader, HF Holidays; Self-Employed Consultant; Previously Director of Modern Governance, Sheffield Council; Director of Operations, British Refugee Council; Chair, Pitsmoor CAB; Service Manager, Wakefield Council Housing & Social Care.

Dr Helen Grote MB BChir, DPhil, MRCP

Medical

Tribunal member since 2015; Member, British Medical Association; Member, Royal College of Physicians; Member, Association of British Neurologists; Member, Christian Medical Fellowship; Currently employed at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust; Former Member, Junior Doctors Committee, British Medical Association (2008-2013).

Dr Tony Gu BMEDSCI, MBChB, MRCGP

Medical

Tribunal Member since 2019; GP Partner, Valance Medical Centre; Debrief Tutor, Manchester Medical School; Director, Ardwick & Longsight Primary Care Network; Director, SCG Medical Group; Admin, Manchester CPD Group; Formerly held various locum positions in the Manchester Area (2014-2017); Former Junior Doctor, various Manchester hospitals (2009-2014); Member, MRCGP; Associate Fellow of Higher Education Academy.

Miss Ayanthi (Uttara) Gunasekera MBBS, MSc, BSc, MRCOG

Medical

Tribunal Member since 2015; Trustee and Fundraising Chair, Promise to Amalia (charity). Trainee Representative ST3-ST5, North East Thames O+G Trainee Committee; Member, Royal College of Obstetrics and Gynaecology.

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Mr Kenneth Hamer

Lay

Legally Qualified Chair since 2017; Legal Assessor since 2002; Practicing Barrister; Legal Adviser, General Dental Council; Legal Assessor, Nursing and Midwifery Council; Member of Prosecuting Panel, Bar Standards Board; Chairman of Review of the Selection and Appointments Process of Independent Members to Police Authorities, Home Office; Author of Professional Conduct Casebook; Former Recorder of the Crown Court, Ministry of Justice; Former Chairman of Appeal Committee, Institute of Chartered Management.

Mrs Joy Hamilton RB LLB (Hons)

Lay

Tribunal Chair since 2013; Tribunal member since 2012; Registered Nurse; Magistrate since 1997; Barrister (Non-Practising); Former Sister, Intensive Care.

Mrs Anita Hargreaves BA (Hons), Chartered MCIPD

Lay

Tribunal member since 2012; Part-time Human Resources Adviser, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health at the University of Sheffield; Avant Mutual Group (Australia); Former Human Resources Business Partner to Australian Medical Defence Organisation; Chartered Member (MCIPD), Chartered Institute of Personnel & Development.

Miss Catherine Hartley BA Law (Cantab)

Lay

Legally Qualified Chair since 2017, Legal Assessor since 2017, Fee Paid Judge of the First Tier Tribunal, Deputy District Judge (Civil); Honorary Fellow of the Judicial Institute; Former Team Lawyer at the Law Commission (2009 – 2019) and member of the Government Legal Service, Former Tenant, St Philips Chambers.

 

Mr Mike Hayward BMedSci, BS FRCS, FRCOphth

Medical

Tribunal Chair since 2017; Tribunal Member since 2015; Consultant Ophthalmologist, York Hospital; Fellow, Royal College of Surgeons of England; Former Team Leader, Performance Procedures, General Medical Council (resigned February 2015); Former Vice President and Chairman of Training Committee, Royal College of Ophthalmologists (resigned 15 September 2015); Former Associate Postgraduate Dean, Health Education Yorkshire and the Humber (2009-2018).

Dr Andy Heeps BSc (Hons) MB BS (Lond) MRCOG

Medical

Tribunal member since 2012; Divisional Director, Specialist Medicine and Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, Barking, Havering & Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust; Member, Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists; Member, British Medical Association.

Ms Katherine Henderson MA (Hons)

Lay

Legally Qualified Chair since 2015; Legal Assessor since 2017; Tribunal member since 2014; Judge, First-Tier Tribunal, The Immigration and Asylum Chamber.

Dr Bernard Herdan CB, Hon Doctorate in Business Administration, MA in Electrical Sciences

Lay

Tribunal Chair since 2013; Tribunal member since 2011; Non-Executive Director, Legal Ombudsman; Trustee, Alzheimer's Society; Chairman, SEDCU; Former Director/Chief Executive of Met Office, Driving Standards Agency, UK Passport Service, Criminal Records Bureau, Security Industry Authority, National Fraud Authority; Former Deputy Chairman, Bedford Hospital NHS Trust; Former Trustee, The Fostering Network, Victim Support.

Mrs Debbie Hill B. Soc. Sc., Diploma in Law; Bar Vocational course

Lay

Tribunal Chair since 2015; Tribunal member since 2014; BSocSc in Social Policy from Birmingham University; Diploma in Law, Birmingham College of Law; Bar Vocational Course, Bristol University; Called to the Bar but not a Practising Barrister; Member, Parole Board for England and Wales; Parole Commissioner for Northern Ireland; Lay Member, Mental Health Review Tribunal; Lay Chair, Nursing and Midwifery Council; Specialist Member, Criminal Injuries Compensation; Disability Member, Social Security Tribunals; Chair, Fitness to Practice Panels for Chiropractors.

Dr Leigh-Anne Hill MBBS

Medical

Tribunal Member since 2015; Locum Employee, Barts Health Trust, Hull & East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust; Locum Employee, Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust; Locum Employee, Newham University Hospital; Former Employee, Leeds Teaching Hospitals; Former Student, Norwich Medical School.

Dr Josanne Holloway MB ChB FRCPsych

Medical

Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist- Greater Manchester Mental health Foundation Trust; Associate Medical Director – Greater Manchester Mental health Foundation Trust; Deputy Chief Examiner Royal College of Psychiatrists, Chair Manchester Medical Society. 

Mr William Hoskins M.A. (Oxon)

Lay

Legally Qualified Chair since 2019; Legal Assessor since 2019; Barrister in private practice; Legal Adviser, General Dental Council, General Optical Council, Nursing & Midwifery Council and Farriers Registration Council.

Dr Andrew Hoyle MBBS, MRCGP, FRAeS

Medical

Tribunal Member since 2016; General Practitioner, Her Majesty's Government; Medico-Legal Adviser, Her Majesty's Government; Member, Royal College of General Practitioners; Fellow, Royal Aeronautical Society; PLAB Examiner, GMC; Private General Practitioner, King Edward VII Hospital, London; Barrister, Honourable Society of Inner Temple.

Mr Leighton Hughes LLB (Hons)

Lay

Legally Qualified Chair since 2017; Legal Assessor since 2010; Barrister; Legal Adviser, General Chiropractic Council; Legal Assessor, Health and Care Professions Council; Legal Assessor, Nursing and Midwifery Council; Legal Adviser, Association of Chartered Certified Accountants; Legal Adviser, General Dental Council; Legal Chair, Police Disciplinary Panels; Member, Honourable Society of the Inner Temple; Tribunals Judge, Social Entitlement Chamber (London); Immigration and Asylum Judge, London; Valuation Tribunal Judge; Member, Licence Committee of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority.

Dr Sarah Hull BM; BCh; MA(Oxon); MFFLM

Medical

Tribunal Member since 2015; Forensic Medical Officer, Northern Ireland; Sessional Doctor, Capita; Forensic Medical Examiner, MEDACS/CRG; Sexual Offences Examiner, Safe Centre, Royal Preston Hospital; Member, FFLM; Member, FMLM; Suitable Person, MPTS; Lead Examiner, Diploma of Legal Medicine (Part 1 MFFLM-FFLM); Former Assistant Medical Director, BUPA; Former Organisational Medical Director, CNCS; Former Assistant Medical Director, NHS England; Former Deputy Medical Director, Kettering General Hospital Foundation Trust.

Mr Nigel Humphreys MSc, FCIPD, FCMI

Lay

Tribunal member since 2014; Company Director and Self-Employed, Teaching Emergency Procedures, Incident Management and Business Continuity; Fellow, Chartered Management Institute; Fellow, Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development; Former Police Officer (30 years).

Miss Susan Hurds MSC, HDCR, CHSM

Lay

Tribunal member since 2014; Lay Member, Employment Tribunal Service (Wales Region); Fitness to Practise Chair, Nursing & Midwifery Council; Fitness to Practise Panellist, Social Care Wales; Member, Adjudication Panel for Wales; Lay Panellist, British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy; Former Director of Primary Care (2003-2009), Ceredigion Local Health Board; Former General Manager, Clinical Support Services (1994-2003), Ceredigion and Mid Wales NHS Trust; Former Member and Sub Branch Chair (North Wales), Society and College of Radiographers; Former Member, Institute of Health Managers.

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Dr Fade Ibitoye VRACH FMCPsych DPsych DPM MRCPsych

Medical

Tribunal Member since 2012; Member, Royal College of Psychiatrists; Member, Society of Clinical Psychiatrists; Regional Fellow, Royal Society of Medicine; Member, Medical Defence Union; Member, British Medical Association; Fellow (Dormant), National Postgraduate Medical College of Nigeria; Consultant Psychiatrist, Former Medical Director and Former Responsible Officer, Northwest Boroughs Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust; Medical Member, Tribunal Service Mental Health; Member, Medical Association of Nigerians Across Great Britain.

Miss Safia Iman BSc (Hons)

Lay

Tribunal Member since 2014; Non-Executive Director, IEMA; Non-Executive Director, Cerebral Palsy Sport; Honorary Door Tenant, 23 Essex Street Chambers; Founder, GCM International Consultancy; Interim Director of Transformation, Former Director of Fitness to Practise and Former Interim Head of Fitness to Practise, General Optical Council; Former Lawyer, Civil Service (Non-Ministerial Government Body); Former Lawyer, Crown Prosecution Service; Former Lawyer, General Pharmaceutical Council.

Mr Robin Ince

Lay

Legally Qualified Chair since 2015; Legal Assessor since 2010; Tribunal member since 2015; Member, The Law Society; Member and Former President, Manchester Law Society; Rule 16 Case Manager, Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service; First Tier Tribunal Judge, Immigration and Asylum Chamber (Fee Paid), Ministry of Justice; Legal Assessor, Nursing & Midwifery Council; Legal Assessor, Health and Care Professions Council; Legally Qualified Chair of Police Misconduct hearings, Cheshire, Lancashire, Cumbria, Greater Manchester and Merseyside Police and Crime Commissioners.

Mr Lindsay Irvine MA (Oxon), MA (Lond), Dip Law

Lay 

Legally Qualified Chair since 2017; Legal Assessor since 2017; Barrister; Fellow and Former Member of the Air Law Group, Royal Aeronautical Society; Visiting Fellowship, Staffordshire University School of Law, Policing and Forensics; Commissioned Officer, RAF Legal Branch (1986-2017); Retired Air Vice-Marshal, Royal Air Force; Former Director, Royal Air Force Legal Services and Legal Adviser to the Air Force Board (2009-2017).

Dr Priya Iyer MBBS MS (Surgery) LRCP LRCS LMSSA MBA (Healthcare & Pub Sec)dist DFMS MFFLM (Forensic Med)

Medical

Tribunal Chair since 2013; Tribunal member since 2012; Forensic Medical Examiner; First Tier Tribunal, Social Entitlement Chamber Tribunal; Criminal Injuries Compensation Appeals Tribunal; Lay Member, Employment Tribunal; Lay Panellist, Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal.

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Mrs Carol Jackson Dip. LAW, Dip. Psychology, BA (Hons)

Lay

Tribunal member since 2014; Barrister (non-practising); Retired Senior Lawyer, Crown Prosecution Service; Former Lead Lawyer for Oldham, Bury, Rochdale and Ashton Crown Prosecution Service; Former Lead Lawyer for rape prosecutions in Greater Manchester; Former Financial Ombudsman.

Ms Cerys Jones LLB

Lay

Legally Qualified Chair since 2017; Legal Assessor since 2017; Tribunal Member since 2014; Lay Member, Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons Disciplinary Committee; Trustee, Arthritis Action UK; Senior Associate Ombudsman, Financial Ombudsman Service; Trustee - Arthritis Achen uk. Member, Valuation Tribunal for England; Former Lead Ombudsman, Office of Legal Complaints (2010-2016); Former Head of Office of Independent Commissioner; Adjudicator, local complaints service; Former Lay Member, GDC Investigating Committee (2009-2014); Former Member, NHS Complaints Panel (South West).

Dr Ernesto Jones MBBCH, MRCP, MRCS, MRCGP, DFSRH, DiMM, MA Med Ethics & Law

Medical

Tribunal Member since 2019; Sessional GP; Out of hours GP (Care UK); Academic Mentor, University of Bristol; Former PLAB Examiner, GMC; Former Student Representative, King's College London for Nursing and Midwifery Fitness to Practice Panel; Former Student Representative at Student Misconduct and Appeals Committee; Member, Royal College of Physicians; Member, Royal College of Surgeons; Member, Royal College of General Practitioners; Member, Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Health (Diploma); Member, Bristol Medico-legal Society; Member, Medical Defence Union; Member, Mountain Medicine Society of Nepal.

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Ms Miriam Karp Msc BA(Hons) Cert Ed

Lay

Tribunal Member since 2011; Chair, Interim Orders Hearings, Nursing and Midwifery Council; Non-Executive Director, Belfast Health and Social Care Trust; Panellist, Exceptional Circumstances Body, Department of Education; Former Lay Representative, Northern Ireland Medical and Dental Training Agency; Former Fitness to Practise Panellist, Northern Ireland Pharmaceutical Society; Former Non-Executive Director, Public Health Agency; Former Non-Executive Director, Northern Ireland Social Care Council; Former Non-Executive Director, Northern Ireland Teaching Council.

Ms Chitra Karve

Lay

Legally Qualified Chair since 2017; Legal Assessor since 2017; Tribunal Member and Chair since 2014; Practising Solicitor; Independent Member, Parole Board of England and Wales; Vice-Chair, Disciplinary Committee, Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons; Chair, Action for Southern Africa (ACTSA); Member, Steering Group, Migrants’ Law Project, Islington Law Centre; Former Director, Member Development and Practice, Parole Board of England and Wales; Former Director of Equality and Diversity, London Probation; Former Head of Enforcement and Public Duty, Commission for Racial Equality.

Mr John Kelly LLB (Hons)

Lay

Tribunal member since 2014; Retired Police Officer and Former Director of Forensic Services and Intelligence, Greater Manchester Police; Member, Chetham’s School of Music Independent Safeguarding Commission; Company Director and Consultant in International Capacity Building in Forensics, Policing, Justice and Defence sectors.

Mr Richard Kember MA (Oxon)

Lay

Legally Qualified Chair since 2017; Legal Assessor since 2017; Member, Cardiff and County Club; Member, United Services Mess.

Mrs Aaminah Khan LLB (Hons), Bar Vocational Course

Lay

Legally Qualified Chair since 2019; Legal Assessor since 2019; Enforcement Lawyer, Information Commissioner's Office; Former Tenant, New Bailey Chambers.

Mr Hassan Khan LLB (Hons), Bar Vocational Course

Lay

Legally Qualified Chair since 2017; Legal Assessor since 2017; Barrister, 4 Paper Buildings; Legal Adviser, General Dental Council; Legal Assessor, Nursing and Midwifery Council.

Dr Shehleen Khan MBChB MRCGP DFSRH

Medical

Tribunal member since 2016; Member, Royal College of General Practitioners; Clinical Debrief Tutor, OSCE Examiner, Year 4 Clinical and Academic Lecturer, University of Manchester Medical School; GP Appraiser, NHS England; GP Recruitment Assessor, Health Education North West; Teaching Medical Students, OSCE Examiner and PBL Tutor, University of Lancaster; Member, Medical Defence Union; Sessional GP; Senior Fellow, Higher Education Academy (SFHEA); PLAB Examiner, GMC; MSc Student for MSc in Medical Education.

Dr Shehzad Khan BSc, MBBS, MRCPsych, LLM

Medical

Tribunal member since 2016; Consultant Psychiatrist, Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust; Chair of Clinical Topics Panel and Member of Examinations Sub-Committee, Royal College of Psychiatrists; Vice-Chair of MHA Approvals Panel, NHS England South; Member, American Psychiatric Association; Member, British Association for Psychopharmacology; Member, British Medical Association; Member, Medical Protection Society.

Dr Rakesh Khanna MBBS, FRCS (Ed), FRCEM

Medical

Tribunal Member since 2016; Consultant in Emergency Medicine, Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals NHS Trust; External Assessor on AAC's and Fellow, Royal College of Emergency Medicine; PLAB Examiner, General Medical Council; Fellow, Royal College of Surgeons (Edinburgh); ATLS Instructor, Royal College of Surgeons (England); ALS/EPLS Instructor (for recertification), Resuscitation Council (UK); Former Medical Expert & Performance Assessor, General Medical Council.

Dr Zaheer Khonat MBChB (Hons)

Medical

Tribunal Member since 2019; GP Trainee, Halliwell Surgery; OSCE Examiner; Medical School Entrance Interviewer; Former Special Constable, Greater Manchester Police; AIT Member, RCGP.

Mr Stephen James Killen LL.B Law, Diploma in Legal Practice

Lay

Legally Qualified Chair since 2017; Legal Assessor since 2017; Tribunal member since 2014; Solicitor; Member, Law Society of Northern Ireland; Member, Law Society of England & Wales; Legal Chairman, Appeal Tribunals for Northern Ireland; Attorney and Counsellor at Law, New York.

Ms Kim Kneale BA (Hons) Public Administration, Common Professional Exam in Law, PG Diploma Legal Practice

Lay

Legally Qualified Chair since 2017; Legal Assessor since 2017; Deputy District Judge (Civil), HMCTS; Fee Paid Tribunal Judge (Social Entitlement Chamber), HMCTS; Former Legal Advisor (in training) to the Magistrates, Fylde Coast (2008-2009); Former Local Authority Solicitor, Blackpool Council (1999-2008 & 2009-2010).

Dr Ruth Knowles MBChB, MRCP (paeds), MRCGP, DCH

Medical

Tribunal Member since 2015; PLAB Examiner, GMC; GP, General Practice; Associate and Former Inspector, CQC; Indemnity Insurance, MDU; Member, Royal College of General Practitioners

Dr Peter Kyle FRCS

Medical

Tribunal Member since 2010; Member, Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal.

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Dr Meera Ladwa MBBS BSc MRCP (UK) DLM

Medical

Tribunal Member since 2016; Clinical Research Fellow, King's College London; Member, Royal College of Physicians; Associate Member, Faculty of Forensic and Legal Medicine; Postgraduate Student, University of Cardiff School of Law; Member, Medical Defence Union.

Mr Sanjay Lal LLB, LLM

Lay

Legal Assessor since 2017; Legally Qualified Chair since 2015; Tribunal Member since 2015; Barrister at Law; Tribunal Judge, HMCTS; Barrister, Deputy District Judge County Court; Former Chambers, 4 Kings Bench Walk; Member, Association of Regulatory and Disciplinary Lawyers. 

Mrs Colette Lang LLB (Hons), Legal Practice Course, Law Society Finals

Lay

Legally Qualified Chair since 2017; Tribunal Chair since 2015; Tribunal Member since 2012; Tribunal Judge, Social Entitlement Chamber; Tribunal Judge, Immigration and Asylum Chamber; Designated Judge, Court of Protection (Deprivation of Liberty); ; Former Legal Director, HBOS; Solicitor, Specialising in In-House Legal Risk Management and Governance with experience gained predominantly from the financial services sector; Member, The Law Society.

Dr Nigel Langford MB ChB, Bsc (Hons), MRCP, MRPharmS, MD

Medical

Tribunal Member since 2012; Consultant, University Hospital Leicester; Member, Society of Acute Medicine; Member, British Pharmacological Society; Member, Medical Protection Society; Member, NICE Health Technology Advisory Committee; Member, NICE Panel of Experts.

Dr Bridget Langham MBNA ChB DA(UK) FRCA MMed Sci (Med Ed) FAcadMEd

Medical

Tribunal member since 2016; Consultant Anaesthetist (retired), Derby Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Director of Foundation Training for the East Midlands (retired), Health Education England (East Midlands).

Mrs Barbara Larkin Bachelor of Financial Services

Lay

Tribunal member since 2014; Member, The Governing Body, South East Regional College, Bangor; Part-time Lecturer, Southern Regional College, Newry.

Miss Megan Larrinaga LLB (Hons), LLM, DipLP

Lay

Legally Qualified Chair since 2019; Legal Assessor since 2019; Senior Legal Adviser, Oil and Gas Authority; Former Adviser, CCGs and PCIs, NHS England (2014-2017); Former Secondment, Professional Standards Authority; Former Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (2012-2014); Member, Law Society.

Dr Jessica Lee BSc, MBBS, FRCA, MA

Medical

Tribunal member since 2015; Specialist Registrar in Anaesthesia; Fellow, Royal College of Anaesthetists; Member, Obstetric Anaesthetists Association; Member, Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland; Member, Medical Defence Union.

Mrs Linda Lee BA (Law) Hons

Lay

Legally Qualified Chair since 2017; Legal Assessor since 2017; Consultant Solicitor, Radcliffes LeBrasseur; Contributing editor, Cordery on Legal Services; Director, Incorporated Council of Law Reporting; Commissioner, Criminal Cases Review Commission; Legal Chair, Taxation Disciplinary Board; Legal Chair, Primary Care Appeals Service, National Health Litigation Authority; Legal Chair, Phone-paid Services Authority; Panel Member, HS2's Need to Sell Scheme; Council Member, Law Society of England and Wales (President 2010 to 2011); Chair, Regulatory Processes Committee, Law Society; Member, Access to Justice Committee, Law Society; Council Member, Medico-Legal Society (President 2014 to 2016); Council Member, Northamptonshire Law Society (President 2013 to 2015); Member, Perren Buildings Chambers 15 Old Bailey; Lecturer on medical law, coronial law and regulatory law, MBL and CLT; Chair, Solicitors Assistance Scheme. 

Mr Gary Leong LLB (Hons)

Lay

Deputy District Judge (Civil); Fee Paid First Tier Tribunal Judge; Legally Qualified Chair since 2017; Legal Assessor since 2017. LQC - MOPAC, MPTS; Legal Assessor - HCPTS, GOC, GOSC, GPHC, CIMA; Disciplinary assessor - ACCA; Chair - NMC.

Dr Steven Leung MBChb, MRCGP, DRCOG, DFSRH

Medical

Tribunal member since 2011; General Practitioner; Member, Royal College of General Practitioners; Member, British Medical Association; Member, MDDUS; GP Appraiser; Former Board Member, FPC Practice Based Commissioning Consortium; Former GP Tutor & Examiner, University of Leicester Medical School; Former Faculty Board Member, Royal College of General Practitioners, South East Thames.

Mr Andrew Simon Lewis

Lay

Legally Qualified Chair since 2015; Legal Assessor since 2017; Tribunal member since 2014; Barrister; Fee Paid Tribunal Judge of the First Tier, Mental Health; Deputy District Judge, Magistrates Courts; Legal Assessor, Health and Care Professions Council; Legal Assessor, Nursing and Midwifery Council. Reserve List, Deputy Legally Qualified Chair, General Pharmaceutical Council (2018).

Miss Anya Lewis LLB

Lay

Legally Qualified Chair since 2019; Legal Assessor since 2019; Barrister (self employed), Garden Court Chambers, London.

Dr Harriet Leyland MBChb, FRCA, MSc Global Health Policy

Medical

Strategic Clinical Lead – Care Visions; Director – HML Health Ltd; Medical Director – Health Technologies Ltd; Clinical and China Specialist – Healthcare UK, Dept for International Trade; Clinical Lead – International SOS; Anaesthetist - NHS; Member of Faculty of Medical Leadership and Management.

 

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Dr David Mabin MB ChB MD MRCP(UK) FRCPCH

Medical

Tribunal Member since 2019; Consultant Paediatrician, Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital; Former Associate Dean, University of Exeter Medical School (until 2019); Member, BMA; Member, Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health; Member, MDDUS; Member, Paediatricians with Expertise in Cardiology Special Interest Group (PECSiG).

Mr John MacGregor LLB (Hons), BCL DipLP

Lay

Legally Qualified Chair since 2019; Legal Assessor since 2019; Self Employed Advocate, Axiom Advocates; Chair, Mental Health Tribunal for Scotland; Legal Assessor, Healthcare Profession Council; Standing Senior Counsel, UK Government (Home Office); Equality and Human Rights Commission, Panel of Counsel; Curator, Advocates' Library; Member, Faculty of Advocates, Free Legal Services Unit; Member, Management Committee of Axiom Advocates; Member, Faculty of Advocates.

Professor Simon Mackenzie MBChb

Medical

Tribunal Member since 2011; Medical Director System improvement and professional standards, South East Region, NHS England and NHS Improvement;  Secondary Care Doctor, Lewisham CCG Governing Body; Honorary Professor, St George's University of London; Former Medical Director, St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Former Medical Director, NHS Lothian University Hospitals Division; Fellow, Royal College of Anaesthetists; Fellow, Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine.

Mrs Cindy Mackie BA, Dip RSA, CIPD Graduate Award, Further Adult Education Teaching Cert, Diploma Business Coaching

Lay

Tribunal Member since 2014; Public Appointment Independent Assessor; Board Member, Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland; Lay Chairperson, Quality Assurance Inspector, GDC Education Programmes UK; Lay Examiner, Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists; School Governor, Special School, Northern Ireland; Retired Civil Servant; Panel Member, Fitness to Practise, Nursing and Midwifery Council (2008-2017); Previous experience on integrated regional children's services committees.

Dr Paul Mackin MB BS PhD MRCPsych MFFLM PGDip (Law)

Medical

Tribunal Member since 2019; Civil Servant, Directorate of Science, Security and Innovation, Home Office; Former Senior Lecturer and Honorary Consultant Psychiatrist, Newcastle University and Northumberland Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust; Former Medicolegal Adviser, Medical Protection Society; Former Examiner; Member, Royal College of Psychiatrists; Member, Faculty of Forensic and Legal Medicine.

Mr Angus Macpherson

Lay

Legally Qualified Chair since 2017; Legal Assessor since 2010; Barrister.

Professor Robert Mansel CBE MRCS, LRCP, MBBS, MS, FRCS (Eng), FRCS (Edin)

Medical

Tribunal Member since 2012; Chair, European Commission Quality Assurance Committee in Breast Cancer; Former President, British Association of Surgical Oncology; Former President, Association of Breast Surgeons; Former President, European Society of Breast Specialists (EUSOMA).

Ms April Marland LLB (Hons) (University of Bristol), LLM Health Care Ethics and Law (University of Manchester).

Lay

Tribunal member since 2014; Solicitor Consultant, The Christie NHS Foundation Trust; Volunteer Student Supervisor and Legal Adviser, Legal Advice Centre, University of Manchester; Former Independent Mental Capacity Advocate.

Mr Stephen Marr

Lay

Tribunal member since 2011; Retired Detective Inspector, Merseyside Police.

Dr Sarah Marwick MBChB (Birmingham 1997), FRCGP, DFFP, DRCOG

Medical

Tribunal Member since 2011; Associate Medical Director (Professional Regulation and Appraisals/Revalidation) NHS England, West Midlands; GP Appraiser (2010-present); GP Appraiser, NHS England (Midlands and East) Regional Appraiser; Appraiser, MIAD; Non-executive Board Member, Strategic Policing and Crime Board, Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner, West Midlands; Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health Trust GP with special interest in the homeless (2002-present); GP Locum, various practices; Fellow, Royal College of General Practitioners (2001-present);  Former Junior Doctors Committee (1998-2001); Member, British Medical Association; Forum Moderator, Doctors.net.uk.

Mrs Brenda McAll-Kersting BSc, MSc, ALCM.

Lay

Tribunal member since 2012; Lay Assessor, National Clinical Assessment Service; Independent Member, Parole Board.

Miss Tarryn McCaffrey LLB, BVC

Lay

Legally Qualified Chair since 2017; Legal Assessor since 2017; Specialist Crown Prosecutor, International Justice and Organised Crime Division of the CPS, Crown Prosecution Service.

Dr Helen McCormack BM, Soton 1983, MRCPsych 1983, FRCPsych 2009

Medical

Tribunal Chair since 2016; Tribunal member since 2015; Medical Member, First Tier (Mental Health) Tribunal, Ministry of Justice; Executive Member, Old Age Faculty, Royal College of Psychiatrists.

Dr Damian McDermott MBChB, MRCGP, DRCOG.

Medical

Tribunal member since 2016; Former senior partner, Tower House Practice, Runcorn; Past Chairman, Mid-Mersey local medical committee; Former Governing Body Member and Clinical Lead, Halton CCG; Member, Royal College of General Practitioners; Member, British Medical Association; Member, Medical Defence Union; Former Volunteer Medical Officer, Shrewsbury Diocesan Pilgrimage, Lourdes.

Dr Aine McGeary MB BCh BA O (Hons), MRCPI, MRCGP, LLB (1st Hons)

Medical

Tribunal member since 2012; Qualified as both Doctor and Solicitor; Member, Royal College of General Practitioners (MRCGP), Practising as a GP in the UK; Member, Royal College of Physicians, Ireland (MRCPI); Member, Roll of Solicitors in England and Wales, Formerly practising in Healthcare Law; Member, MDU and BMA.

Professor Alastair McGowan MBChB, FRCP (Ed, Lond, Glas), FRCS (Ed), FCEH, FRCA, FRCEM

Medical

Tribunal member since 2012; Fellow, Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh; Fellow, Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh; Fellow, Royal College of Physicians, London; Fellow, Royal College of Physicians, Glasgow; Fellow, Royal College of Anaesthetists; Associate Director, Medical Education, Ayrshire and Arran Health Board; Former President, Faculty of Accident and Emergency Medicine (now known as the Royal College of Emergency Medicine); Retired Postgraduate Dean, NHS Education for Scotland.

Mrs Deborah McInerny MB, BS, FRCSEd, FFPHM, FCIArb

Medical

Tribunal member since 2015; Current: Medically Qualified Panel Member, Social Security and Child Support, Tribunals Service; Area visitor, Medical Liaison Officer, Royal Medical Benevolent Fund; Former: Non-Executive Director, Scarborough Acute NHS Trust; Associate Postgraduate Dean, Newcastle Deanery; Director, D McInerny Ltd.; Policy Adviser (Part-time secondment), Department of Health; Consultant, Northern Regional Health Authority/Regional Office; Regional Adviser, Northern Regional Training programme, Public Health, Faculty of Public Health; Magistrate Chair, Adult and Youth Bench, North Yorkshire Bench.

Mr Robert McKeon

Lay

Tribunal Member since 2014; Magistrate, North Staffordshire Bench; Independent Panel Member, The Parole Board; Member, Parole Board, Review Committee of Serious Further Offences; Member, Parole Board, Management Committee.

Mr David McLean LL. B (Hons) Dip. LP LL.M (commercial Law with Distinction)

Lay

Legally Qualified Chair since 2019; Legal Assessor since 2019; Advocate; Legal Assessor, Nursing and Midwifery Council; Tutor and Senior Tutor, University of Edinburgh; Cricket Scotland (Umpire, ICC Development Panel).

Mr Stuart McLeese LLB Hons

Lay

Legally Qualified Chair since 2017; Legal Assessor since 2017; Barrister, 30 Park Place, Cardiff.

Dr Alexandra McMillan LLB, BSc, MBBS, MRCGP, Bar Professional Training Course.

Medical

Tribunal member since 2015; Current Civil Service Medical Practitioner; Member, British Medical Association; Member, Public and Commercial Services Union; Former Senior Medical Claims Handler, Medical Defence Union; Former Fellow, Drug Safety Research Unit; Former Locum GP, King Edward Memorial Hospital, Falkland Islands.

Mr Amar Mehta LLB (Hons)

Lay

Legally Qualified Chair since 2019; Legal Assessor since 2019; Solicitor and Head of Crown Court Department, ZMS Solicitors; Member, HCPC; Member, Valuation Tribunal of England & Wales.

Mr Neil Mercer LLB, BA, Barrister

Lay

Legally Qualified Chair since 2019; Legal Assessor since 2019; Legally Qualified Chair, MRHA; Legal Assessor, GDC; Legal Assessor, HCPC; Legal Assessor, NMC; Former Legal Assessor, MPTS (2007-2018); Member, Lincoln's Inn.

Mrs Sharmistha Michaels BSc (Hons) LLM Barrister

Lay

Legally Qualified Chair since 2019; Legal Assessor since 2019; Self Employed Barrister, Drystone Chambers; Trustee, 28 Too Many; Member, Middle Temple.

Mrs Alison Miller-Varey LLB (First class)

Lay

Tribunal member since 2014; Civil and Commercial Mediator; First Tier Tribunal Judge (fee-paid); Independent Assessor for Student Loans Company; Independent Member Need to Sell Panel HS2; previous Barrister at the employed and self-employed Bar.

Dr Paul Mitchell MB CHB

Medical

Tribunal Member since 2019; GP ST2; GP Registrar, Abergele; Former Anaesthetic Trainee, Mersey; Former Histopathology Trainee, Mersey; Member, British Medical Association.

Ms Christina (Alice) Moller MA LLM (Medical Law)

Lay

Legally Qualified Chair since 2017; Legal Assessor since 2017; Director, Fifth House Limited; Barrister, Middle Temple; First-tier Tribunal Judge, Social Entitlement Chamber; Associate Panel Member, Health and Care Professions Council; Tenant, Nexus Chambers; Former Tenant, Alexander Chambers. 

Mr Keith Moore BSc

Lay

Tribunal member since 2014; Deputy Director (Retired), Specialist Investigations, HM Revenue and Customs.

Dr Marsha Morgan MB ChB, FRCP

Medical

Tribunal Member since 2012; Academic Clinical Hepatologist, University College London Medical School; Fellow, Royal College of Physicians; Member, Royal College of Psychiatrists; Member, BMA; Company Director and Charity Trustee, Institute of Alcohol Studies; Company Director, Charity Trustee and Member, Executive, Journal and Education Committees, Medical Council on Alcohol; Member, NICE Guideline Development Groups and NICE appointed Topic Expert; Member, British Society of Gastroenterology (BSG); Member, British Association for the Study of the Liver (BASL); Member, European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL); Member, American Association for the Study of the Liver (AASLD); Member, International Association for the Study of the Liver (IASL); Member, European Society for Biomedical Research on Alcoholism (ESBRA); Member, International Society for Biomedical Research on Alcoholism (ISBRA); Member, Nutrition Society; Member, British Society for Enteral and Parenteral Nutrition (BAPEN); Member, European Society for Enteral and Parenteral Nutrition (ESPEN).

Dr Michael Morton MBChB

Medical

Tribunal Member since 2019; Locum GP, Betsi Cadwaladr NHS Trust, North Wales; Former GP Partner, Penryhndeudraeth, North Wales (2012-2017); Former GP Partner, Pwllheli (2010-2012); Former various psychiatry training positions, North Yorkshire (2005-2008).

Dr John Moriarty BA, MB, BCh, BAO, FRCPI, MRCPsych MD

Medical

Fee-paid Medical Member, First Tier Tribunal Health Education and Social Care Chamber, Mental Health (England); Honorary Senior Lecturer, King's College London; Former Consultant Psychiatrist and Director of Medical Education, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (2003-2018); Former Consultant Psychiatrist, Central & Northwest London, NHSFT (1996-2003).

 

Dr Edmund Morris BSc (Hons), MB BS, FRCA

Medical

Tribunal member since 2016; Consultant Anaesthetist, North Bristol NHS Trust; Past Chairman, Local Negotiating Committee, North Bristol NHS Trust; Member, Local Negotiating Committee, North Bristol NHS Trust; Interviewer for medical school admissions, University of Bristol; Member, Medical Advisory Committee, Spire Hospital, Bristol; Member, British Medical Association; Member, Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland.

Ms Gail Mortimer BA (Hons), MA PGCE

Lay

Tribunal Chair since 2015; Tribunal member since 2014; Retired Teacher; Lay Chair, Fitness to Practise Panels, Nursing and Midwifery Council; Lay Panellist, General Chiropractic Council; Lay Chair, Quality Assurance Inspection Panels, General Dental Council; Lay Member, Disciplinary Committee, The Chartered Insurance Institute; Former Chair, General Teaching Council of England; Former Teach First Professional Tutor.

Mr Paul Moulder LLB (Hons)

Lay

Legally Qualified Chair since 2015; Legal Assessor since 2017; Tribunal Member since 2012; Barrister in Private Practice; Lawyer Panellist, Professional Committees, Association of Chartered Certified Accountants; Case Manager, Postponements, MPTS; Legal Adviser, General Dental Council; Legal Adviser, General Optical Council; Former part-time Chair, Conduct & Competence Committees, General Chiropractic Council; Former Panellist, Conduct, Competence and Health Committees and Registration Appeals Committee, Nursing & Midwifery Council.

Dr Patricia Moultrie MBChB; LLM; FRCGP; DRCOG; DOccMed; DDAM. DOccMed; DDAM

Medical

 Tribunal Chair since 2016; Tribunal Member since 2012; MPTS Committee Member; Sessional General Practitioner, Fellow of the Royal College of General Practitioners; Joint Deputy Chair, Scottish General Practitioners committee of the British Medical Association; Medical Director, Glasgow Local Medical Committee; Medical Member, Pensions Appeal Tribunal Scotland; Medical Member, First-Tier Tribunal, Social Entitlement Chamber, War Pensions and Armed Forces Compensation Chamber, HM Courts and Tribunal Service; Clinical Advisor, General Pharmaceutical Council; GP Appraiser; NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde (2004-2014); GP Partner (1988 - 2002) NVIS GGC; BMA. 

Mr Nathan Moxon BVC, CPE, BA (Hons)

Lay

Legally Qualified Chair since 2017; Legal Assessor since 2017; Called to the bar 2006; Visiting lecturer, University of Law, Leeds and Sheffield Hallam University (since 2017); External Examiner, Bar Standard Board (since 2013); Fee-paid Judge, First-tier Social Entitlement Chamber (since 2013); Fee-paid Judge, First-tier Immigration and Asylum Chamber (since 2014); Legally Qualified Chair, Police Misconduct Hearings (since 2016); Former member, KBW Chambers Leeds (until 2017).

Mr Gulzar Mufti MBBS, MS, MCh, FRCSE

Medical

Tribunal Member since 2012; Clinical Professional Adviser Care Quality Commission (CQC); Consultant NHS IMAS (Interim Management and Support); IRM Reviewer The Royal College of Surgeons England; Medical Appraiser Care UK; Fellow Royal College of Surgeons Edinburgh; Regional Fellow The Royal Society of Medicine; Member Medical Protection Society; Member American Urological Association; Member British Association of Urological Surgeons; Founding Secretary Asian British Urological Society. Formerly: Medical Director & Consultant Urological Surgeon, Medway NHS Foundation Trust; Director Medical Services Queen Elizabeth Hospital Barbados; Medical Director & Consultant Urological Surgeon Care UK; Interim Group Medical Director BMI Healthcare Limited.

Ms Gill Mullen BA (Hons), PGCE, MA

Lay

Tribunal Chair since 2012; Tribunal member since 2011; Former Senior Manager, Children's Services, Schools and Settings; Originally from a Teaching background as a Manager and Teacher in Further and Higher Education in Merseyside and as a Tutor for the Open University; Fitness to Practise Chair, General Dental Council.

Dr Farhan Munawar MBChB, MRCGP

Medical

Tribunal member since 2015; GP Partner, Halliwell Surgery, Bolton; Former Sub-committee Chair, BMA.

Mrs Amy Murphy (nee Jacobs) MA (CANTAB), Common Professional Exam, Bar Vocational Course

Lay

Tribunal member since 2014; Door Tenant, St Ives Chambers, Birmingham; Tutor, University of Law; Member, The Honourable Society of the Middle Temple; Member, Criminal Bar Association.

Dr Elizabeth Murphy MBBS, FRCP, FFOM

Medical

Tribunal member since 2012; Fellow, Faculty & Occupational Medicine; Fellow, Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh; Member, Society of Occupational Medicine; Lead Country Physician, Proctor & Gamble.

Miss Nicola Murphy B.A. Oxon (Jurisprudence), Law Society Finals, Diploma Medical Law & Ethics

Lay

Legally Qualified Chair since 2017; Legal Assessor since 2017; Partner, Whiteheads Solicitors, Staffordshire (1991-2001); Senior Associate Solicitor, Hempsons, Harrogate (2001-2005); Section Head, Civil Litigation, Leeds City Council (since 2005); Legally Qualified Chair, Police Misconduct Panels, North Eastern Region (2016).

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Dr Mahesh Nagar MBBS, MD (Anaes) FFARCSI, FRCA

Medical

Tribunal member since 2014; Associate Medical Director, Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust; Member and Former President, Yorkshire Indian Society; Trustee, Yorkshire Indian Society Charitable Trust; Member, International Advisory Board, Indian Journal of Anaesthesia; Former President & Member, British Association of Indian Anaesthetists.

Dr Vidhya Nagaratnam MBBS, MRCS, FRCA.

Medical

Tribunal member since 2016; Consultant Neuroanaesthetist; Mercy Ships Anaesthesiology Volunteer; Member, NASGBI; Member, AAGBI.

Dr Prashanth Nandhabalan BSc, MBBS, MRCP, FRCA, FFICM

Medical

Tribunal member since 2015; Specialist Registrar in Anaesthesia & Intensive Care Medicine, London Deanery; Director, Swanlowe Ltd; Fellow, Royal College of Anaesthetists; Fellow, Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine; Member, Intensive Care Society; Member, European Society of Intensive Care Medicine; Member, Medical Defence Union.

Ms Colette Neville LLB (Hons)

Lay

Fitness To Practise Committee, General Dental Council; Lay Adjudicator, Social Work England (from 02/12/19)

Mr James Newton-Price QC BA (Hons), Diploma in Law, Bar Examination

Lay

Legally Qualified Chair since 2017; Legal Assessor since 2017; Queen's Counsel; Head of Criminal and Regulatory Team, Pump Court Chambers, Temple, London; Legal Assessor, Health & Care Professions Tribunal Service (HCPTS); Recorder, Crown Court.

Dr Janet Nicholls MB BS, FRCP, FRCPCH

Medical

Tribunal Chair since 2013; Tribunal member since 2012; Consultant Paediatrician, Retired October 2014. Former Roles held: Clinical Director, Epsom & St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust; Examination Board Article 14 Assessor, Royal College of Paediatrics & Child Health; Associate Postgraduate Dean, The London Deanery; Chair of BMA Local Negotiating Committee, British Medical Association.

Dr Paul (Christopher) Nolan MD FRCS (Trauma and Orthopaedics)

Medical

Tribunal member since 2015; Clinical and medicolegal practice, Ulster Independent Clinic Belfast, Kingsbridge Private Hospital Belfast, Malone Medical Chambers Belfast; Member, British Medical Association; Member British Orthopaedic Association; Member, British Association of Spine Surgeons; Member, British Spinal Study Group; Fellow, Royal College of Surgeons of Ireland; Former Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, the Belfast Trust (1999–2014); Former Member, Belfast Orthopaedic Training programme.

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Mrs Rachel O'Connell MA Health Law, BA (Open), Dip. Nursing Education (London), Dip. Nursing (London), RGN, RNT

Lay

Tribunal member since 2011; Lay Chair, Fitness to Practise Committees, General Dental Council; Lay Chair, Health & Care Professions Council (HCPC); Lay Chair, General Optical Council (GOC); Assessor, GP Recruitment (London); Former Principal Lecturer at the School of Postgraduate Medicine, University of Hertfordshire; Former Chair and Registrant Panellist, Fitness to Practise and Registration Appeals Committees, Nursing and Midwifery Council (2004-13).

Dr Susan O'Connor BA, MB, BChir, FRCPsych

Medical

Tribunal Chair since 2013; Tribunal member since 2012; Fellow, Royal College of Psychiatrists; Chair, Citizens Advice Bureau (North Somerset Branch); Medical Panellist, Social Entitlement Chamber.

Ms Marianne O'Kane LLB, MBA

Lay

Legally Qualified Chair since 2015; Legal Assessor since 2017; Tribunal member since 2011; Solicitor; Civil Servant; Assistant Director, Public Prosecution Service Northern Ireland; Member, Law Society of Northern Ireland.

Dr Thomas O'Leary MB BCh, DRCOG, MRCGP

Medical

Tribunal member since 2015; Member, British Medical Association.

Dr Matthew John O'Meara FRCA MBChb DRTM DIMC (RCS Edin) BSc (Hons)

Medical

Tribunal member since 2012; Honorary Contract, East Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust; Undertake Air Ambulance Shifts, The Air Ambulance Service (TAAS); Accredited Doctor, British Association of Immediate Care Schemes (BASICS); Ordinary Member, Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh of Pre-Hospital Care; Fellow by Examination, Royal College of Anaesthetists; Consultant, Anaesthesia & Pre-Hospital Care, University Hospitals North Midland.

Mrs Julia Oakford

Lay

Legally Qualified Chair since 2017; Legal Assessor since 2009; Solicitor.

Dr Timothy Oakley BMedSc, MBChB, MMedSc, MRCPsych

Medical 

Tribunal Member since 2019; Consultant Psychiatrist, NTW NHS Trust; Second Opinion Doctor, Care Quality Commission; Part-Time Medical Member, Mental Health Tribunal; Member, Royal College of Psychiatrists; Member, BMA.

Ms Margaret Obi Solicitor, LLB (Hons)

Lay

Legally Qualified Chair since 2019; Legal Assessor since 2019; Legal Advisor, General Dental Council; Legal Assessor, General Osteopathic Council; Legal Assessor, General Optical Council; Legal Assessor, Health and Care Professionals Council; Independent Assessor, Student Loan Company; Deputy High Court Judge; Former Legal Assessor, MPTS (2010-2018).

Ms Ijeoma Omambala

Lay

Legally Qualified Chair since 2017; Legal Assessor since 2010.

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Dr Julius Parker BA, MBChB, LLB, MRCGP

Medical

Tribunal member since 2011; Chief Executive, Surrey and Sussex Local Medical Committees; Medical Director, East Berkshire Primary Care Out of Hours Service; Medical Adviser, Medical Solutions Ltd; Sessional General Practitioner, Farnham Road Surgery, Slough; Representative for Surrey and Croydon Constituency, General Practitioners Committee, BMA. Deputy Chairman, GPC Contracts and Regulations Sub-Committee; Discipline Specific Practitioner, NHS England Performers List Decision-Making Group.

Mrs Kim Parsons LLM

Lay

Legally Qualified Chair since 2017; Legal Assessor since 2017; Ombudsman, Financial Ombudsman Service; Deputy District Judge, Western Circuit; Standards Investigation Panellist, Independent Press Standards Organisation; Former Employee, Pensions Ombudsman; Former Employee, Pensions Regulator; Former Employee, Department for Work and Pensions; Former Adjudicator and Legal Chair, Solicitors Regulation Authority.

Mr Dharmesh Patel LLB (Hons)

Lay

Special Educational needs and disability, Health Education and Social Care Chamber; Tribunal Judge, First Tier Tribunal; Legally Qualified Chair since May 2017; Legal Assessor since May 2017; Solicitor; Legal Adviser, HMCTS; Environment and Traffic Adjudicator, London Tribunals; Appeals Panel, School Admissions; Criminal Law Committee, The Law Society; Legally Qualified Chair, Valuation Tribunal England.

Mrs Valerie Paterson LLB, DipLP, LLM, NP, WS

Lay

Tribunal Chair since 2015; Tribunal member since 2014; Chair, Fitness to Practise Panel, Nursing and Midwifery Council; Legally Qualified Chair, Scottish Social Services Commission; Legal Chair, General Chiropractic Council; Chair, General Optical Council; Legal Assessor, General Dental Council; Legal Assessor, Health Care Professions Council; Legal Assessor, Social Work England; Public Interest Member, Discipline Panel, Institute of Chartered Accountants Scotland; Chair, Association of Chartered Certified Accountants; Former Panel/Chair, Royal Pharmaceutical Society of GB, Council's Conduct Committee; Tutor, University of Edinburgh; Former Chair, General Dental Council (2006-2016); Former Chair, FHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde Disciplinary Committees; Member, Law Society of Scotland; Member, Independent Legal Assessors; Writer to Her Majesty's Signet, Solicitor and Notary Public. 

Mrs Laura Paul

Lay

Legally Qualified Chair since 2017; Legal Assessor since 2017; Tribunal Judge, HMCTS - Social Entitlement Chamber (2013-present); Member, Law Society (not currently practising); Former Tribunal Judge, HMCTS - Immigration and Asylum Chamber (2014-2016); Former Solicitor, Specialising in Family Law (1999-2013).

Mr Geoffrey Payne BA (Hons) (St Edmund Hall, Oxford), Dip Law, (City University) Dip PLS (Inns of Court School of Law)

Lay

Legally Qualified Chair since 2017; Legal Assessor since 2017; Barrister-at-law, 25 Bedford Row, London since 2000; Treasurer, 25 Bedford Row; Legally Qualified Chair, Police Misconduct Panels, Recorder (civil, crime and serious sexual offences) Trustee, Sir John Lawes School Multi-Academy Trust.

 

Ms Debra Pearlman BSc (Econ) Hons; Common Professional Exam (Law); Diploma & Certificate of Qualification in Social Work

Lay

MPTS Tribunal Member since 2014; Registrant Panel Member, Health and Care Professions Tribunal Service; Mental Health Act Manager (Independent Member of Panel Hearing Applications under MHA 1983), Leeds and York Partnership Foundation Trust; Panel Member of Independent decision making Body of Bar Standards Board; Volunteer Screener, Positive Action for Refugees and Asylum Seekers; Trustee, Burmantofts Community Nursery, Leeds; Former Lay Panel Member, Mental Health Review Tribunal (Wales); Former Voluntary Joint Coordinator of SSWIM (Supporting Social Work in Malawi). 

Dr Andy Petros MBBS, FRCP, FCAI, FRCPCH, MA, MSc, MD

Medical

Tribunal Member since 2015; Consultant Paediatric Intensivist and Anaesthetist, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust; Specialty Assessor Anaesthesia, National Clinical Assessment Service (NCAS) (2012-present); Medically Qualified Panel Member, First-Tier Tribunal, Social Entitlement (2013-present).

Dr Jeffrey Phillips BSc, MBBS, FRCA, FFICM

Medical

Tribunal Member since 2016; Consultant in Intensive Care Medicine and Anaesthetics and Deputy Responsible Officer, Royal College of Anaesthetists; Tutor, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Harlow (NHS); Consultant Anaesthetist, Ramsay Rivers Hospital, The Holly Hospital, Spire Rodings Hospital, Herts and Essex Fertility Centre; Former National Clinical Champion for Infection Control Healthcare Acquired Infections Programme, Department of Health.

Dr Rosalind Piper MBBS, MRCGP

Medical

Tribunal member since 2016; Appraisal Lead, NHS England; Training Programme Director, Health Education England. GP for GP Health Service. MRCGP.

Mrs Jennifer Ann Portway LLB (hons) 

Lay

Tribunal member since 2012; Independent Member, Parole Board; Commissioner, Criminal Cases Review Commission; Lay Member, Criminal Injuries Compensation Appeals Tribunal; Lay Member, Police Misconduct Panel; Former Prosecutor/Senior Policy Advisor (until July 2011), Crown Prosecution Service.

Dr Aparna Prasanna MBBS MRCPsych

Medical

Tribunal Member since 2016; Consultant Psychiatrist, Black Country Partnership NHS Foundation Trust; Member, Medical Protection Society; Member, Appointments Advisory Committee, Royal College of Psychiatrists; Medical Member, First Tier Tribunal, Social Entitlement Chamber.

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Dr Thandla Raghavendra MBBS, MD (Anaesthesia), FRCA

Medical

Tribunal Member since 2019; Consultant, Paediatric Anaesthetist Royal Manchester Children's Hospital; Medical Member, First Tier Tribunal, Social Security; Examiner, Primary FRCA RCOA; Member, Association of Anaesthetists, Great Britain and Northern Ireland; Member, Royal College of Anaesthetists; Member, British Medical Association.

Dr Nitesh Raithatha MBBS, MSc 

Medical

Tribunal Member since 2015; GP Tutor & Honorary Senior Lecturer, Norwich Medical School (UEA); GP Appraiser, NHS England (East Anglia area); GP Coach, Akeso Coaching & Mentoring Network; Fee paid Medical Member, First Tier Tribunal Service, Social Entitlement Chamber; Specialist Lay Member, Mental Health Tribunal (2018); Former GP Partner, University Medical Centre (UEA) (1992-2010); Former Executive Medical Member, Norwich PCT (1998-2005).

Dr Ranjana Rani MBBS, MS

Medical

Tribunal member since 2015; Former Consultant in Genitourinary Medicine.

Dr Pavan Rao MBBS, MRCGP, DFFP

Medical

Tribunal member since 2012; Locum GP, Manchester PCT; Member, Royal College of General Practitioners; Member, Medical Defence Union.

Professor Anthony D Redmond MBChB; MD; DSC (Hon); MRCP (uk); FRCPGlas; FRCSEd; FRCEM; FIMCRCSEd; HonMFPH; DMCC; FIMgt

Medical

Tribunal Member since 2012; Emeritus Professor of International Emergency Medicine, University of Manchester. Chair UK-Med, Hon Colonel, 207 Manchester field Hospital. Professor Emeritus of Emergency Medicine, Keele University. EM Consultants, Stockport, Wythenshawe N. Staffs. Hospitals.

Mrs Lucy Reid LL.M, CIA, CMIIA

Lay

Tribunal Chair since 2016; Tribunal member since 2011; Master of Laws in Healthcare Ethics and Law, University of Manchester; Certified Internal Auditor; Chartered Member of the Institute of Internal Auditors; Director, Anakrisis Ltd; Magistrate, North Wales Criminal and Family Bench; Independent Board Member, Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board; Professional Adviser, CQC.

Dr Sid (David) Riddington MB, ChB, FRCA, MSc, FFICM

Medical

Tribunal Member since 2012; Consultant in Anaesthesia & Critical Care Medicine, University Hospitals Birmingham; Associate Medical Director, NHS Foundation Trust; Private Medical Services for Anaesthesia & Critical Care Medicine, BMI Hospitals (private practice); Director, Riddington Medical Consulting. Medical Expert witness Services to plaintiffs and defendants. Medical Examiner for the Trust at Birmingham Heartlands Hospital. BMA.

Professor William R Roche MSc, MD, FRCPath, SFFFMLM, MB, BCh, BAO

Medical

Tribunal Chair since 2017; Tribunal Member since 2015; Emeritus Professor of Pathology, University of Southampton; Honorary Consultant, University Hospitals Southampton; Trustee and Board Member, Faculty of Medical Leadership and Management; Fellow, Royal College of Pathologists; Former Medical Director (Interim), Health and Social Service Department, Guernsey (2015); Former Responsible Officer, South East and South Central SHAS (until 2013); Senate Chair, NHS England, Wessex; Former Medical Director, Western Sussex Hospital NHS FT (until 2013); Former Special Adviser, South East London NHS Trust (until 2013); Former Medical Director, Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust (2006-2009).

Ms Wanda Rossiter BA (Hons), A.C.I.S, F.C.C.A

Lay

Tribunal Chair since 2015; Tribunal Member since 2014; Member, Association of Chartered Certified Accountants Disciplinary and Regulatory Committees (2016-present); Former Non-Executive Director and Chair of Audit Committee, Cumbria Partnership NHS foundation Trust (2013-2017); Formerly worked for the Audit Commission (1999-2011); Previously held Director and Senior Management Roles in a number of sectors including private and not-for-profit.

Mrs Helen Russell LLB (Hons)

Lay

Tribunal member since 2014; LLB (Hons) from University of Newcastle Law School; Member, Law Society; Practising Lawyer (2004-present); Associate at Halliwells LLP and Gateley LLP, Particular expertise in Hotel and Commercial Land Development (2004-2013 ); Legal Consultant in Commercial Business (2013-present).

Mr Evan Ruth BA, LLB, LLM

Lay

Tribunal Member since 2014; Judge, First Tier Tribunal, Immigration and Asylum Chamber and Social Entitlement Chamber; Adjudicator, Torture Claims Appeal Board, Hong Kong.

Mrs Carrie (Carol-Anna) Ryan-Palmer JP, BA (QTS) Hons

Lay

Tribunal Chair since 2012; Tribunal member since 2011; Teacher; JP; Ambassador for Burnley

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Dr Clive Saffer BSc, MBChB, LLM, DRCOG, DOccMed

Medical

Medical Tribunal member since 2015; Medical Member First Tier Tribunal Social Entitlement Chamber; Civil Service Doctor; Former roles Clinical & Professional Adviser Care Quality Commission; General Practitioner Leeds (retired); Member British Medical Association; Member Independent Doctors Federation.

Dr Priyanka Saigal LLB, MBBS, MA, MRCP(UK), DipGUM, DFSRH, DipHIV

Medical

Tribunal member since 2016; SpR HIV/GUM, King's College Hospital; Member and trainee representative, British Association of Sexual Health and HIV; Member, British HIV Association.

Dr Louis Savage MBChB, BSc (Hons), MRCS (Eng), MRCGP, PG Cert Med Ed

Medical

Tribunal Member since 2019; Locum GP, NHS Gloucestershire CCG; Borough Councillor; Specialist Adviser, Care Quality Commission.

Mr Peter Scofield BA (Hons)

Lay

Tribunal Chair since 2013; Tribunal member since 2012; Simulated patient for Manchester University Medical School; Member of Bolton Newstalk, Audio newspaper for the blind; Member of 'Friends of Smithills Hall'; Co-director of Drama, Bolton Little Theatre; Member, Farnworth Little Theatre and the Whitefield Garrick Theatre; Former Warranted Police Officer, Retired at the rank of Superintendent, Greater Manchester Police.

Mr Barrie Searle LLB (Hons)

Lay

Legally Qualified Chair since 2017; Legal Assessor since 2002; Recorder (2000-present); Legal Adviser, GDC (2010-present); Legal Assessor, NMC (2013-present); Legal Assessor, HCPC (2007-present). Barrister in Practice (1976-2015).

Dr William Seligman BA (Hons) Oxon, BM BCh MPH MRCP

Medical

Tribunal Member since 2019; Specialist Registrar in Intensive Care Medicine, London Former Core Trainee in Anaesthesia, North West London (2017 - 2019); Member, Advisory Board, Oxford Medical Alumni; Former Research Fellow, International Consortium for Health Outcomes Measurement (ICHOM) (2018-2019); Former Core Trainee in Anaesthesia, The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Former Core Anaesthetic Trainee, Imperial School of Anaesthesia (2017-2019); Former Foundation Doctor Trainee, Severn Deanery (2014-2016); Member, Royal College of Anaesthetists; Member, Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland; Member, Royal College of Physicians; Member, Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine. 

Dr Vivek Sen MB BS, FRCP, FRCPATH

Medical

Tribunal member since 2012; Consultant Haematologist, Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust, Greater Manchester (1992–2014); Royal College Regional Speciality Adviser in Haematology, North West England (2011–2014); Vice-Chair, Clinical Sub Group in Haematological Oncology, Greater Manchester and Cheshire Cancer Network (2004–2013); Divisional Medical Director, Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust, Greater Manchester (2002–2009); Fellow, Royal College of Physicians, London; Fellow, Royal College of Pathologists, London; Senior Member, British Society for Haematology; Member, British Medical Association; Member, Medical Protection Society.

Mrs Nessa Sharkett LLB (Hons), PGDL, SCM

Lay

Legally Qualified Chair since 2017; Legal Assessor since 2017; Part-time Employment Judge and Judge of the First Tier Tribunal, Ministry of Justice; Former Trustee, Willow Wood Hospice; Former Midwife, NHS, ODGH and TGH.

Mrs Claire Sharp LL.B (Bachelor of Laws); Diploma in Legal Practice

Lay

Legally Qualified Chair since 2015; Legal Assessor since 2017; Tribunal member since 2014; Solicitor-Advocate (Civil); Employment Judge, Wales Region, HMCTS; Financial Ombudsman, Financial Ombudsman Service; President of the Adjudication Panel for Wales.

Dr Neil Shastri-Hurst BMedSci (Hons), BMBS, MRCS, DMCC, PgDip, DLM

Medical

Tribunal Member since 2016; Major Trauma Co-ordinator (Sessional), University Hospitals Birmingham; Member, Royal College of Surgeons; Member, British Medical Association; Member, Medical Protection Society; Governor, Foundation of the Schools of King Edward VI in Birmingham; Executive Officer (Heartlands and Solihull area), Conservative Party; Kings Chambers (Pupil Barrister).

Mr Darren Shenton

Lay

Tribunal member since 2014; Panel Member, Conduct and Competence Committee, Nursing and Midwifery Council; Former Detective Chief Superintendent, Greater Manchester Police.

Dr Alan N Shepherd BSc, MB ChB, MRCP, FRCP (Edin)

Medical

Tribunal Member since 2012; Former Consultant Physician Gastroenterologist, NHS Tayside; Former Clinical Director and NHS Board Member, NHS Tayside; Member of the Law Society of Scotland Health and Medical Law Committee.

Mr Jetinder Shergill LL.B Hons, LL.M (KCL), MInstLM

Lay

Legally Qualified Chair since 2015; Legal Assessor since 2017; Tribunal member since 2011; Current Roles: Judge of the First-tier Tribunal (Social Entitlement Chamber central region) and concurrently Judge of the First-tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber); Independent Disciplinary Assessor, Association of Chartered and Certified Accountants; Member, Institute of Leadership and Management; Member, Association of Regulatory and Disciplinary Lawyers; Associate Full Member, Institute of Directors; Qualified workplace mediator; Trained as a Barrister in a large criminal chambers and the Home Office (prisons law including prisons healthcare); Practised as a Lawyer at the Scottish Government advising on miscarriages of justice, Scots/UK criminal and prisons law mainly; Former Roles: Adjudicator, Financial Ombudsman Service; Part-time visiting lecturer (public law), King’s College London; Adjudicator, Solicitors Regulation Authority (2008-2013); FTP Panel Chair, Nursing & Midwifery Council (2012-2016).

Dr Christopher Simpson MB BS MPhil DHSM FRCPsych

Medical

Tribunal member since 2012; Consultant Psychiatrist and Medical Manager in North Yorkshire Mental Health Services (1987-2011); Regional Adviser for Yorkshire for the Royal College of Psychiatrists (2004-2009); Second Opinion Approved Doctor (SOAD) for the Care Quality Commission; Medical member of Mental Health Tribunals.

Mr Gurpreet Singh MBBS, FRCS (Ed) FRCS (G), D.Urol, FRCS (Urol), PGC TLCP

Medical

Tribunal Chair since 2016; Tribunal member since 2015; Honorary Consultant (Neurology), Walton Neurosciences; Lead Assessor, NCAS; Former Associate PG Dean, HEE North West; Former Consultant Urologist, Southport NHS Trust; Former Chair, Mersey Consultants Committee.

Dr Pranveer Singh, VRACH, MS (Master of Surgery in Orthopaedics & Traumatology), MRCPsych, MRes (Masters by research), MSc (alcohol & drug studies), PgCert (Healthcare & Medical Education at Workplace), DLM

Medical

Tribunal member since 2015; Clinical & Professional Adviser, Care Quality Commission; Fellow, Higher Education Academy (FHEA); Consultant Psychiatrist, Essex Partnership University, NHS Foundation Trust; Chair, Home Treatment Accreditation Scheme (HTAS) Advisory Group, Royal College of Psychiatrists; Member, Medical and Defence Union of Scotland; Reviewer, Invited Review Service (IRS), Royal College of Psychiatrists.

Dr Karen Slade MFPHM MPH BM & MA.

Medical

Tribunal Member since 2015; Medical Tribunal Member, First Tier Tribunal Social Entitlement Chamber; Medical Advisor Veterans UK; Former Medical Director, Bridgewater Community Healthcare, NHS Foundation Trust (March-October 2016); Former Consultant Clinical Adviser, National Institute for Health and Care Excellence; Former Consultant in Public Health, Lancashire County Council, NHS North Lancashire PCT; Former Individual Patient Activity Panel Member, Lancashire North CCG and Fylde & Wyre CCG.

Dr Ann Smalldridge BMed Sci BMBS FRCGP

Medical

Tribunal Member since 2019; Sessional GP; GP Tutor, Refugee & Asylum Seeker Centre for Healthcare Professional Education (Reache Northwest) Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust; Medicolegal Report Writer, Freedom from Torture; International GP Trainer in Myanmar & Palestine; Former GP in Manchester, Salford & Bury (1986 onwards); Former Associate Medical Director, Salford Primary Care Trust; Former GP SpA, CQC; Former RCGP GP Special Measures Project; Member, BMA; Member, RCGP.

Dr Neil Smart MBChB, BSc (Hons) Pharmacology, FCAI, MBA

Medical

Tribunal member since 2016; Consultant Anaesthetist, NHS Glasgow & Clyde; Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer, University of Glasgow; Vice Chair, Scottish Health Technologies, Healthcare Improvement Scotland; Member, NHS National Services Scotland Commodity Advisory Panels (various); Fellow, College of Anaesthetists Ireland; Member, Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland; Member, Medical & Dental Defence Union of Scotland.

Dr John (Edward) Smith MA MD BChir FRCS

Medical

Tribunal Chair since 2015; Tribunal member since 2015; Honorary Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon, St George's Hospital; Chair, International Cardiothoracic FRCS Examination Board; Justice of the Peace, East London; Former Chair, Dept of Cardiothoracic Surgery, St George's Hospital.

Ms Lisa (Elisabeth) Smith BA (Hons), MBA

Lay

Tribunal Chair since 2014; Tribunal member since 2011; Director, Equal to the Occasion Ltd; Former Civil Servant, Department for Work and Pensions.

Mr Tim Smith LLB, LLM 

Lay

Fee paid employment judge; Fee Paid immigration judge; Chair investigations Committee, CIPFA; LQC Police misconduct panels (NW); Chair PNE; Partner Ward Hadaway.

Ms Deborah Spring BA (Hons) Cantab, MA London, MA University of East Anglia

Lay

Tribunal member since 2014; Magistrate, West and Central Hertfordshire; Lay panel member, Bar Tribunals and Adjudication Service; Former Charity Trustee, Victim Support; Academic Publisher.

Mrs Susan Staveley

Lay

Tribunal member since 2011; Consultant Solicitor, Lewis Nedas LLP; Member, The Law Society; Member, London Criminal Courts Solicitors Association; Former Deputy District Judge, Magistrates Court, Ministry of Justice (1993-2014); Former Foundation Governor, Our Lady Immaculate School, Tolworth, Surrey (2011-2016).

Mr Colin Sturgeon BA (Hons), MSc

Lay

Tribunal member since 2014; School Governor, Special School; Fitness to Practise Lay Member, Nursing and Midwifery Council; Former Civil Servant working in the Justice Sector.

Dr Ashish Sukthankar FRCP, MD (Dermatology and Venereology, Mumbai), Dip. GUM, FCPS, DVD, DNB

Medical

Tribunal member since 2016; Consultant Physician in Genito-Urinary Medicine, Associate Clinical Head of Division for Specialist Medical Services and Clinical Lead for the Northern Contraception, Sexual Health and HIV Service,, Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Member, British Medical Association; Member, British Association for Sexual Health and HIV; Member, Medical Protection Society; Member, British HIV Association; Former Medical Lead, Greater Manchester Sexual Health Network.

Ms Louise Sweet QC LLB (Hons)

Lay

Legally Qualified Chair since 2017; Legal Assessor since 2017.

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Dr Michelle Taggart MBChB commended MRCGP, DRCOG

Medical 

Tribunal member since 2016; Associate Specialist in Emergency Medicine, Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust; Associate Fellow, Royal College of Emergency Medicine; Member, Medical Protection Society; Member, British Medical Association; Former member, Royal College of General Practitioners.

Dr Roberto Tamsanguan MBBS, DRCOG, DFSRH, MRCGP

Medical

Tribunal Member since 2019; GP, Bromley by Bow Health Centre; Darzi Fellow Outpatient Transformation, Inner North East London System Transformation Team (Waltham Forest, Newham Tower Hamlets and City and Hackney CCG's); Former FY1, Royal Derby Hospital; Former FY2, Kings Mill Hospital; Former GP training, Whipps Cross Hospital and Green Man Medical Centre and Churchill Medical Centre; Member, British Medical Association; Member, Medical Protection Society.

Mrs Jacqueline Telfer, MA Social Work; Diploma in Public Services Management; Certificate in Commissioning Public Services

Lay 

Tribunal member since 2014; Panel Chair, Investigating Committee, General Osteopathic Council; General Visitor, Office of the Public Guardian (OPG) - Court of Protection (COP); Partner, Health & Care Professions Council (HCPC).

Miss Gillian Temple-Bone BA (Hon) Law, MA

Lay

Legally Qualified Chair since 2017; Legal Assessor since 2017; Barrister.

Dr Nagarajah Thevamanoharan MBBS, LMSSA, MRCGP

Medical

Tribunal member since 2016; Out of hours sessional GP, Hywel Dda Health Board (2004-present); GP Specialist Advisor, Care Quality Commission (2014-present); Peer Reviewer, Healthcare Inspectorate of Wales (2014-present); Fitness to Practise Panellist, Nursing and Midwifery Council (2011-present); Medical Member of the Tribunals, Ministry of Justice (2001-present); Former roles: Full time GP Partner, Woodlands Surgery (2000-2011); Fitness to Practise Panellist, GMC (2003-2013); GP Assessor, National Clinical Assessment Service (2008-2012); Health Committee Member, Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (2008-2012); GP Appraiser, University of Wales, Cardiff (2005-2017); GP Appraiser, Chelsea & Kensington PCT (2010-2013).

Mr Charles Thomas BA (Oxon) Ancient & Modern History, Dip Law

Lay 

Legally Qualified Chair since 2017; Legal Assessor since 2010; Barrister, Guildhall Chambers, Bristol.

Dr Kate Thomas MBChB, BSc

Medical

Tribunal member since 2015; Radiology registrar, Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board, North Wales training scheme (2015-).

Mr Tony Thomas MBBS MRCOG

Medical

Director Thomas Paul Associate; Tribunal Member since 2015; Consultant, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust; RCOG College Tutor, Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust; Senior Clinical Examiner, University of Birmingham Medical School; Faculty Member (Enhanced Revision Programme; RCOG OSCE Course;  MTI Induction Programme; SBA Question Writing Sub Committee), Consultant Gynaecologist, Spire Little Aston, Health Harmonie, Alliance Medical; PLAB Panel, GMC; Member, ARCP Panel Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Health Education England-West Midlands; Examiner, MRCOG PART 3; Training Programme Director of F1 Programme, Health Education England. Member RCOG Council; Principal Investigator GaPP2 trial; Member Scientific Advisory Board Rawal Medical Journal; Member expert advisory group on Gynaecological Cancer West Midlands.

 

Mr Duncan Toole LLB

Lay

Legally Qualified Chair since 2019; Legal Assessor since 2019; Senior Regulatory Enforcement Lawyer, OFSTED; Member, Association of Regulatory and Disciplinary Lawyers (ARDL).

Dr Joanne Topping MB ChB FRCOG

Medical 

Tribunal member since 2016; Fellow of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists and BMA member; Retired Obstetrician; Previous Associate Medical Director and Responsible Officer Liverpool Women’s Hospital NHS Trust; Previous Trustee & Treasurer of The Female Mutilation National Clinical Group (Charity).

Dr Alice Trant MBChB DTM&H

Medical

Tribunal Member since 2019; Medical Registrar, Whipps Cross Hospital, Barts NHS Trust; Former Core Medical Trainee at Barts Health; Former Foundation Training, Heart of England NHS Trust; Member, British Medical Association; Member, Medical Defence Union.

Mr Michael Turner LL.B

Lay

Tribunal member since 2011; Director, Sancus Solutions Ltd; Director, DDRS North West Ltd; Former Detective Superintendent, Lancashire Constabulary.

Mr Richard Tutt LLB

Lay

Legally Qualified Chair since 2017; Legal Assessor since 2017.

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Mr Miran Uddin, LLB (Hons); PGDip (BVC)

Lay

Legally Qualified Chair since 2019; Legal Assessor since 2019; Tribunal Chair since 2015; Tribunal Member since 2014; Barrister; Panellist, Conduct and Competence Committee, Nursing & Midwifery Council (2008-2016); Chair, Professional Practice Committee, General Dental Council; Assessor, The Law Society’s Immigration and Asylum Accreditation Scheme; Legally Qualified Chair, General Chiropractic Council; Legally Qualified Chair, Police Misconduct Panels; Chair, British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy.

Mr David Urpeth, Law Degree with honours, Post Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice

Lay

Legally Qualified Chair since 2017; Legal Assessor since 2017; Barrister, Bank House Chambers Sheffield; HM Assistant Coroner, The Coroner Service; Syndicate Leader, Judicial College; Assessor, The Law Society's Personal Injury Panel; former Non-Executive at Chesterfield Royal Hospital. 

 

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Dr Sarah Vause MD FRCOG

Medical

Tribunal member since 2012; Employee, Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Member & Examiner, RCOG; Former Training Programme Director, North Western Deanery School of Obstetrics & Gynaecology; Member, British Maternal and Fetal Medicine Society; Member of four person review team, Monitor Review Team for University Hospitals Morecambe Bay (Maternity & Paediatrics); Member, RCOG Council (North West Fellows' Representative).

Dr Meenakshi Verma MBChB; MRCP

Medical

Tribunal Member since 2016; Clinical Speciality - Dermatology; Specialist Registrar, Dermatology; Member, Royal College of Physicians; Member, British Society for Dermatological Surgery; Member, British Association of Dermatologists; Honorary Clinical Tutor (since 2012); Honorary Clinical Tutor, University of Birmingham; Member, British Medical Association; Member, Medical Defence Union; Former Honorary Clinical Lecturer, University of Birmingham (2012-2013).

Dr Tushar Vince MSc, FRCPCH

Medical

Tribunal member since 2012; Fellow, Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health; Head of Clinical and Formative Assessment Academic Support Lead, Kings College London; Member, Paediatric Intensive Care Society; Member, PLAB Part 1 Panel.

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Mrs Sue Wadham BSc. (Hons) PGCE, Dip. Clin. Psych

Lay

Tribunal member since 2014; Fitness to Practise Panellist, Nursing and Midwifery Council (2008-16); Former Director of Specialist Services, North Warwickshire NHS Trust; Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Partnership Trust (Until December 2008).

Mr Andrew Waite

Lay

Tribunal member since 2014; Detective Chief Inspector (retired), Hampshire Constabulary; Retired Member Police Federation; Director of Rugby and Youth Coach, Andover Rugby Football Club; Company Director, Adult and Child Safeguarding consultant and training provider; Organisational performance inspection training provider, Bull by the Horns Limited; Lay Member, General Dental Council.

Mrs Judith Walker LLB (Hons)

Lay

MPTS Legally Qualified Chair since 2017; Legal Assessor since 2002; Legal Adviser, General Dental Council; Former Chief Crown Prosecutor East Midlands (2007-2013), Crown Prosecution Service; Former Chief Crown Prosecutor South Yorkshire (1999-2007), Crown Prosecution Service.  

Mr Robert Ward LL.B, M.A., Dip SP&C, Cert Iod

Lay

Legally Qualified Chair since 2017; Legal Assessor since 2017; Solicitor; First-tier Tribunal Judge, Social Entitlement Chamber; Investigations Committee Member, CIMA. 

Mr Andrew Webster QC, LL.B (Hons), DLP

Lay

Queens Council, Legally Qualified Chair since 2017; Legal Assessor since 2010; Part time Sheriff, Scottish Judiciary; Chair, Pensions Appeal Tribunal, Scottish Judiciary; Legal Member, Police Appeals Tribunal, Scottish Judiciary; Legal Assessor, General Osteopathic Council; Advocate, Faculty of Advocates; First Standing Counsel, H.M Advocate General for Scotland; Independent Examiner of Complaints, Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland; Independent Reviewer of Complaints, Chartered Accountants Regulatory Board (Ireland).

Miss Rachel Wedderspoon

Lay

Legally Qualified Chair since 2017; Legal Assessor since 2017; Barrister.

Mr Chris Weigh QPM

Lay

Tribunal member since 2014; Adviser, O2 Telefonica; Senior Adviser, Price Waterhouse Coopers; Security Adviser/Consultant, Various; Retired Deputy Chief Constable, Lancashire Constabulary.

Mr Julian Weinberg

Lay

Legally Qualified Chair since 2017; Legal Assessor since 2017; Solicitor.

Dr Nigel Barry Westwood MA MSc PhD FIBMS

Lay

Tribunal Chair since 2015; Tribunal member since 2014; External Lecturer, Biomedical Sciences; Fellow, Institute of Biomedical Sciences; Lay Adjudicator, Solicitors Regulation Authority; Former Consultant Biomedical Scientist (Retired 2017); Former Biomedical Scientist, King's College London (1990-2014); Former Registrant Fitness to Practise Panel Member (2004-2015) and Education Visitor (2012-2017), Health and Care Professions Council; Former Lay Member, Fitness to Practise Panel, Nursing & Midwifery Council (2008-2016); Former Specialist Adviser, Care Quality Commission (2012-2017).

Mrs Jayne Wheat LLB (Hons)

Lay

Legally Qualified Chair since 2019; Legal Assessor since 2019; Tribunal Chair since 2016; Tribunal Member since 2014; Solicitor; Lay Chair and Lay Member, General Optical Council Fitness to Practise Committee (since 2015); Lay Member, British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, various committees (since 2017); Former Legal Adviser, Her Majesty's Courts and Tribunal Service (HMCTS), Criminal and Family Law (1996-2011); Member, Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA).

Mr Graham White

Lay

Legally Qualified Chair since 2017; Legal Assessor since 2017; Solicitor and Higher Courts Advocate; Parole Board Judicial Member and Panel Chair; Chair, Chartered Association of Certified Accountants Disciplinary and Regulatory Committees; Chair, Health and Care Practitioners Tribunal Service; Legal Chair, NHS Family Health Service Appeals Unit Committees; Member/Chair, HS2 and Heathrow Airport Compensation Panels; Former Circuit Judge; Former Member, Council of the Law Society and Criminal Law Committee Chair.

Mr Julian Williams MBChB, MD, FRCS

Medical

Tribunal Member since 2019; Consultant Surgeon, Nottingham University Hospital; Internal Professional Adviser, Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman; Member, BMA; Member, Association Coloproctology GB & Ireland; Member, Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh.

Dr Asela (Thivanka) Wimalaratne MBBS, FRCA, FCAI

Medical

Tribunal Member since 2012; Consultant Anaesthetist Aspen Healthcare. Director: Locum Care Services Ltd. Director: Anaesthesia London Services Ltd; Locum Consultant Anaesthetist - Whittington Health 2016-2019. Various Trainee Anaesthetist Posts in London - 2008-2016; Member, Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain & Ireland; Member, Medical Protection Society; Fellow, Royal College of Anaesthetists; Fellow, College of Anaesthetists of Ireland.

  

Dr Ann Wolton MBChB DCH MRCPsych LLM

Medical

Tribunal Member since 2016; Consultant Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist, Somerset Partnership NHS Foundation Trust; SOAD (second opinion appointed doctor), CQC (care quality commission).

Dr David Wrigley MBChB, MRCGP

Medical

Tribunal member since 2015; GP Partner, Ash Trees Surgery, Carnforth; Elected Member, UK Council, British Medical Association; Deputy Chair, BMA Council (2016-2017); Elected Member, UK GP Committee, British Medical Association; Treasurer and Trustee, Cameron Fund (benevolent GP Charity); Member, Morecambe Bay Local Medical Committee.

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Dr Farah Yusuf MBChB, MRCGP, MFFLM, FFFLM

Medical

Tribunal Member since 2012; Forensic Physician contracted to Greater Manchester Police, based within Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Fellow, The Faculty of Forensic and Legal Medicine, Royal College of Physicians; Tutor, Trainer and Appraiser of Forensic Doctors; Tutor and Examiner for Students at Manchester Medical School; PLAB Examiner; Former General Practitioner in Manchester.

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Dr Amir Zafar MRCGP MBBCh ACA DRCOG DCH BSc (Econ)

Medical

Tribunal Member since 2019; Partner, Charles Road Surgery, Birmingham; Member, Royal College of General Practitioners; Member, Association of Chartered Accountants; Member, British Medical Association.