Pulse PCN Birmingham

Having graduated from Guy’s, King’s and St Thomas’ Medical School, Dr Dinesh Shrikrishna trained in Respiratory and General medicine in the South West of England Deanery. During his clinical training he completed a PhD at the Royal Brompton Hospital and Imperial College London investigating ACE-inhibition, Physical activity and Skeletal Muscle function in patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. He is currently Consultant Respiratory physician and Clinical Lead in Respiratory medicine at Musgrove Park Hospital, Somerset NHS Foundation Trust.

Dr Shrikrishna’s clinical research in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease has received two awards from the National Heart and Lung Institute and his work has been published in the European Respiratory Journal, CHEST and Thorax. He has spoken at National and International Respiratory Conferences and has co-chaired a session on the ‘Latest insights into Chronic Care’ at the European Respiratory Society Congress. Dr Shrikrishna has previously been a member of the Standards of Care Committee and Air Travel Working Party for the British Thoracic Society. He is also the Academy Senior Medicine Unit Lead for final year undergraduates at Bristol Medical School.

Nils Christiansen is the Managing Partner and co-founder of award winning law firm, DR Solicitors.  An acknowledged expert on the NHS regulations and the challenges faced by primary care professionals, Nils is in frequent demand as a speaker.

Nils is a named contributor to the GP Partnership Review 2019 and has been instrumental in designing PCN operating models, having advised over 250 PCNs to date. An exceptional problem solver, Nils is well regarded in the healthcare sector for advising on business strategy and operational improvement.

Nils previously worked as a consulting partner in PriceWaterhouseCoopers and IBM Business Consulting and is a graduate of Oxford University Said Business School.

Davinder Garcha is a Respiratory Medical Scientific Liaison (MSL) for AstraZeneca covering the Midlands region – he has been with the company for almost 3 years. Davinder’s background is in research, having previously completed a PhD focused on acute exacerbations of COPD, conducted at the Royal Free hospital in London. Prior to his current role, Davinder worked in Medical Information for another pharmaceutical company, providing assistance to Health Care Practitioners following enquiries around the cardiovascular product portfolio, and has also been an MSL in gastroenterology.

Being a respected generalist, Craig has supported the development of nine Primary Care Networks in West Kent, working very closely with two who are:

• Sixteen Practices
• Operating from 19 sites
• Covering 125k patients

Craig has also supported a number of other projects,  if you would like to know more, head over to: linkedin.com/in/craigbrownkent

@craig84brown

Christiana is the Chief Executive of National Association of Link Workers, the professional membership body for Social Prescribing Link Workers. She is the architect of the UK Annual Social Prescribing Link Worker Day/Awards/Conference, and an international Social Prescribing Link Worker champion. 

The main driver of the link worker model is a recognition that we need to move from admiring the problem to doing something about it. Evidence shows that the health and wellbeing of individuals and communities are largely dictated by a range of environmental and socio-economic factors. These factors are largely driven by social injustice and inequalities. These unfair disadvantages have impact on the overall healthcare system and quality of life. Let’s support people to live not only survive.   

Social Prescribing Link Workers are the creative disruptors reducing inequality and powering up integrated care to improve quality of life. Let’s channel our energy and talent into achieving better health outcomes for others and championing social prescribing link workers. @christy_melam

Peter has been involved in health care throughout his working career. The first half was spent managing hospital services in Yorkshire, London and Lancashire, across the full range of provision from A&E and acute beds to acute psychiatry and elderly care.  The second part of his career was in developing and leading commissioning and then in leading a Cancer Network, before taking up his current role 13 years ago.

Much of his time has involved inheriting or creating new teams. He has a great wealth of experience in forming these teams, getting the most out of the individuals within these teams and creating motivated, high performing teams. In the last three years he has worked with many PCNs in Lancashire and Cumbria to help equip them for the challenges they face.

Richard is both the chair of the BMA GP committee in England and chair of GPC UK. He was elected to these roles in 2017 after having been a member of the GPC executive and negotiating team since 2004 and a member of GPC since 2001.

He is also a nationally elected member of BMA Council.

He is a GP partner in a practice in Leeds and the assistant secretary of Leeds LMC. @rvautrey

General practitioner for more than 15 years, Anand has been involved in commissioning since PCT days. He saw through transition of PCT as PEC member to GB member of Walsall CCG ( transition board) and helped establishing Walsall CCG. He has worked closely with patient engagement programmes, and was leading Urgent care commissioning. He was involved in setting long term strategy for Urgent care services and redesign services with support of his primary care colleagues.

In 2001 he was elected as Chair of Walsall CCG. He worked with other Chairs of Black Country and West Birmingham to for a Joint commissioning forum to initiate commissioning at scale. He, along with colleagues were able to work towards establishing Black Country and West Birmingham CCG. This will see through a smooth transition towards ICS, for which some of the key foundation stones have already been put in by colleagues across Black Country and WB.