Communication Guide to

Releasing Time to Care Programmes

Useful Contacts – December 2010 (v1.1)

NHS Ayrshire and Arran

NHS Borders

NHS Dumfries and Galloway

NHS Fife

NHS Forth Valley

NHS Grampian

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde

NHS Highland

NHS Lanarkshire

NHS Lothian

NHS National Waiting Times Hospital

NHS Orkney

NHS Shetland

NHS Tayside

NHS Western Isles

RTC National support

NHS Ayrshire and Arran

Executive Lead for RTC ward programmes / Fiona McQueen
Executive Nurse Director

Executive Lead for RTC Community / Mandy Yule
Health Care Director
01292 617122

Ann Gow
Assistant Director of Nursing
01292 613851

RTC in the Community
Facilitator / Brigid McMaster
Assistant Clinical Nurse
01292 660835

Chris Rodden
Clinical Improvement Lead
01292 513676

RTC Lead / Susan Hannah
Clinical Improvement Lead

RTC Facilitator / Allison wood
RTC facilitator

LTCC Programme Managers / Kathleen McGuire
LTCC Programme Manager
01294 323517

Sharon Holland
LTCC Service Improvement Manager

MHC Programme Managers / Anne Gerard

NHS Borders

Executive Lead for RTC ward programmes / Sheena Wright
Executive Nurse Director

Executive Lead for RTC Community / Phillip Lunts
Head of Service Improvement
01896 820728

RTC in the Community
Facilitator / Julie Clelland
District Nurse
01750 23714

Catriona (Katie) McNeil
Community SN
07590 526021

RTC Lead/Facilitator / Kim Smith

Kirsten Thomas

Nichola Wheal

RTC MH Facilitator / Pauline Burns

LTCC Programme Managers / Sandra Pratt
LTC/MCNs Manager
01896 820715

MHC Programme Managers / Pauline Burns

NHS Dumfries and Galloway

Executive Lead for RTC ward programmes / Hazel Borland
Executive Nurse Director

Programme Leader for RTC Community / Joan Pollard
Service Improvement Manager
01387 241883 x33883

RTC in the Community
Facilitator / Christine Lyon
Senior Nurse
01576 205520

Carol Bell
Senior Nurse
01556 505724

RTC Lead / Alice Wilson
Associate Nurse Director

RTC Facilitator / Karen Hills

RTC MH Facilitator / Julie Garton

LTCC Programme Managers / Alison Crooks

MHC Programme Managers / Linda Mckechnie

NHS Fife

Executive Lead for RTC ward programmes / Annie Buchanan
Executive Nurse Director

Executive Lead for RTC Community / Mary Porter
Head of Nursing, Kirkcaldy and Levenmouth CHP
01592 226467

RTC in the Community
Facilitator / Nicky Connor
Lead Nurse, Kirkcaldy and Levenmouth CHP
01334 656 200

Ann Thomson
District Nurse Team Leader
01333 350449

RTC Facilitator / Anne Simpson

LTCC Programme Managers / Ingrid Hale
LTCC Programme Manager

MHC Programme Managers / Mike Kelly

NHSForth Valley

Executive Lead for RTC ward programmes / Angela Wallace
Executive Nurse Director

Executive Lead for RTC Community / Margaret Duffy
Chief Operating Officer
01786 457206

Mary Orzel
Programme Director, Change & Improvement Plan
01324 624000 x 8768

RTC Lead / Helen Paterson
Associate Director of Nursing
01786 434 000 x 4145

RTC in the Community
Facilitator / Glynis Gordon
Lead Nurse, Clackmannanshire CHP
0779 533 2201

Irene Warnock
07768 707641

RTC Facilitator / Jacqui Bryceland

RTC MH Facilitator / Anne Cook

LTCC Programme Managers / David Arundel
LTCC Programme Manager

MHC Programme Managers / Graham McLaren

NHS Grampian

Executive Lead for RTC ward programmes / Jane Ormerod (ward & community hospital ward)

Bill Harrison (mental health wards)

Executive Lead for RTC Community / Pam Gowans
LTC Programme Manager
01224 558565
;
RTC in the Community
Facilitator / Rebekah Tait
Service Improvement Facilitator
0750 003 3842

Pauline Bavidge
Learning and Development Manager
01224 559745

Jaki Bird
DN team Leader and Project Manager for Redesign Aberdeen CHP
01224 558023

RTC in the Community –
Local Authority Partners / Fiona Gibson
Continuous Improvement Officer
07760 293935

Nicola Henry
Senior Care Manager
01224 264035

RTC Lead MH
RTC Lead / Jenny Gibb
Head of Nursing,

Alison Hardy

RTC Facilitator / Sheila Irvine

LTCC Programme Managers / Pam Gowans
LTC Programme Manager
01224 558565

MHC Programme Managers / Bill Cowling

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde

Executive Lead for all RTC programmes / Rosslyn Crocket
Executive Nurse Director

RTC in the Community
Facilitator / Anne Clements
Practice Development Nurse, SE Glasgow CHCP
0141 276 6762

Liz Graham
Health Visitor (Bridgeton)
0141 531 6661

Mahri Nicholls
Senior Nurse for Adult Services

0141 531 6289
Frances Millar
OD Advisor
0141 2013186

Sandra Taylor
Community Midwifery Team Manager
07799 500272

RTC Lead / Kate Benson

RTC Facilitator / Kate Cocozza

RTC MH Facilitator / Kate Eunson

LTCC Programme Manager / Karen Ross
LTCC Programme Manager

0141 314 0223
MHC Programme Managers / Joan Blackwood

Peter Kaminski

Fiona McMahon

Jill Carson

NHS Highland

Executive Lead for RTC ward programmes / Heidi May
Executive Nurse Director

Executive Lead for RTC Community / Malcolm Iredale
Director of Finance
01463 704986

RTC in the Community
Facilitator / Jennifer Lobban
Project Manager/Clinical Facilitator
0777 616 1187

Sue Menzies
LTC Manager
01463 706921

Linda Skrastin
Practice development
07826 533434

Gavin Sell
LTC Manager
01463 704600

RTC Lead / Jenny Lobban
Project Manager/Clinical Facilitator
0777 616 1187

RTC Facilitator and RTC MH Facilitator / Dorothy Cripps
RTC facilitator

LTCC Programme Manager / Alexa Piltch
LTCC Programme Manager
MHC Programme Managers / Lynda Forrest

NHS Lanarkshire

Executive Lead for RTC ward programmes / Paul Wilson
Executive Nurse Director

Executive Lead for RTC Community & RTC lead ( ward) / Margot Russell
Leadership & Intern Specialist
01698 366584

RTC in the Community
Facilitator / John Carmichael
Practice Development Facilitator
01698 723205
Ann McCluskey
Practice Development Facilitator
01698 723205
Clare McGuire
Practice Development Facilitator
01698 723205
07917 053078

RTC Facilitator / Julie Main

Karen Morrow

RTC MH Facilitator / Karen Spiers

Theresa Watson

LTCC Programme Manager / Marjorie McGinty
MHC Programme Managers / Karen Spiers

NHS Lothian

Executive Lead for all RTC programmes / Melanie Hornett
Nurse Director

RTC Lead / Fiona Cook
Lead Practitioner - Workforce Development
0131 537 6919

RTC in the Community
Facilitator / Alison Jarvis
Project Manager,Modernising Nursing in the Community
0131 465 5661 or x35661

RTC Facilitator / Catriona Drummond
RTC Facilitator
0787 242 2007

RTC Facilitator / Robert Quate
Facilitator
07872 422003

RTC Lead / Simon Sikora

RTC Trainer / Pat Wynne

RTC MH Lead / Andy Wills

LTCC Programme Manager / Carol Lumsden
LTCC Programme Manager

MHC Programme Managers / Kerrie Buhagiar

NHSNationalWaitingTimesHospital

Executive Lead for RTC ward programmes / Shona Chaib
Executive Nurse Director

RTC Lead / Eleanor Lang

RTC Facilitator / Lisa Davey

NHS Orkney

Executive Lead for RTC ward programmes / Rhoda Walker
Executive Director of Nursing

Executive Lead for RTC Community / Gerry O'Brien
Director of Finance
01856 888079
Gerry.o'
Rhoda Walker
Director of Nursing
01856 888 237

RTC Facilitator / Ian Blair
Service Redesign Project Officer
01856 888901

RTC in the Community
Lead / Karen Stevenson
District Nurse Team Lead
01856 888079

RTC in the Ward Lead / Linda Merriman
Senior Charge Nurse
01856 888216

LTCC Programme Manager / Karen Crichton
Interim CHP General Manager
01856 888153

LTCC Clinical Lead / Keith Farrer

MHC Programme Managers / John Trainor

Shirley Ward

NHS Shetland

Executive Lead for RTC ward programmes / Kathleen Carolan
Executive Nurse Director

Executive Lead for RTC Community / Edna Mary Watson
Assistant Director of Nursing (Community)
01595 743377

RTC in the Community
Facilitator / Thelma Jamieson
Clinical Team Leader
07779 875911

Clare Stiles
Clinical Team Leader
07799 542318

RTC lead
Janice McMahon
Associate Nurse Director

MHC Programme Managers / Kerry Russell

NHS Tayside

Executive Lead for RTC ward programmes / Maggie Simpson
Director of Nursing

Executive Lead / Carrie Marr
Associate Director of Change and Innovation
01382 632392

RTC Lead for RTC community / Mandy Andrew
RTC in the Community
Facilitator / Wendy Reid
Service Development Manager
Deborah McSwiggan
Professional Development

Ann Bowdler
D/N Team Leader/Out of Hours coordinator
01241 430303

RTC lead / Eileen McKenna

RTC Facilitator / Kate Danskin

RTC MH Facilitator / Emma Lamont
07578610617

RTCCommunityHospital Facilitator / Gail Smith

MHC Programme Managers / Caroline Paterson

Hazel Mitchell

NHS Western Isles

Executive Lead for RTC ward programmes / Nigel Hobson
Executive Nurse Director

Executive Lead / Finella Morrison
CHaSCP Lead Nurse
01851 703545x 228

RTC in the Community
Facilitator / Kathleen McCulloch
Community Nurse Team Leader
07879 291691

RTC lead , RTC Facilitator,
RTC MH Facilitator / Mary McElligot

LTCC Programme Manager / Pat Welsh
LTCC Programme Manager

MHC Programme Managers / Anne Hutchison

RTC National support

Efficiency and Productivity Programme (including Releasing Time to Care in the Community) / Carole Morton
Programme Director
0131 244 2436

Sam Atkinson
Project Manager
0131 244 5612

Releasing Time to Care – general ward, mental health ward, and community hospital ward / Harriet Hunter
Head of Improvement & Innovation
0131 244 3027

Vicky Thompson
National Programme Leader – Leading Better Care & Releasing Time to Care
07920 765 343

RTC Trainers (Ward) / David Thomson
Mental Health Projects Manager &National ICP
Co-coordinator
NHS Quality Improvement Scotland
07795 061617

RTC (Community, midwifery & Neonates) / Julie Main
Project Lead – Quality Improvements
Releasing Time to Care Community Services, Maternity & Neonatal
NHS Education for Scotland
07769367665

Chief Nursing Officer Directorate
(for RTC Community) / Jane Harris
Programme Manager
Modernising Nursing in the Community
0131 244 3253

Karen Shewan
AHP Officer – Primary Care
0131 244 3499

Joint Improvement Team
(for RTC community) / Margot White
JIT Associate
0131 4476450/07765 604431

David Pigott
JIT Associate

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