DCS - Meet the Team

Mike is responsible for the entire implementation of the Programme. He has several lenses, including the day to day running of the initiative but also to ensure all key stakeholders, including Trust Executive (and Non-Executive) Directors are appropriately briefed.Resource (staff and non-staff), finances, schedules and safety are paramount, amongst aspects like initiative scope and ensuring success.Mike strives to ensure transformation is led by the business, not by technology!Mike brings 20+ years of NHS experience in senior digital transformation initiatives and has deployed many Electronic Patient Records in Trusts across England. Mike’s experience also includes representing the NHS in America, India, China and Europe, in addition to working for the Home Office and Vodafone Global.

Vanessa is responsible for the delivery of the DCS programme, working with the Interim Programme Delivery Director to ensure all DCS functions and service-facing projects deliver core activities and deliverables outlined within the Project Initiation Document (PID).As an Organisational Development practitioner Vanessa works with a range of stakeholders to help inform and develop our approach, identify areas of focus and ensure ways of working are safe and effective. Vanessa line manages the HoS for each of the functions and the CSO whilst actively overseeing the work of the PMO to ensure governance is robust, risks are managed and monitored, financial plans deliver VFM, and the programme is adequately resourced.

Rosie began her NHS career with NHS Horizons, alongside Helen Bevan OBE where she re-created the School for Change Agents for FutureLearn and worked on national transformation programmes including ProjectA and Nursing Now. She joined the Personalised Care Group where she adapted thelongstanding Leadership for Empowered Communities and Personalised Care programme to create a co-produced leadership framework with people with lived experience, bitesize e-learning packages and designed a regional leadership programme as well as bitesize workshops for NHS staff and led their Organisational Development function. She held the position of co-chair of the NHSE Disability and Wellbeing Network, is a Mental Health First Aider and is working to become an EMCC Accredited Coach in Transformational Coaching.

Yvette has been working for the NHS at MCHFT for 14 years and has been involved in various projects, implementing electronic solutions of various sizes and complexities across a breadth of Clinical and Corporate services. Providing project management skills and advice, a listening ear, supplier/client structure, as well as technical and training resources, to support specific “Clinically led, Digitally enabled” needs. A role change brought further experience as a Configuration Manager within the Infrastructure team, followed by secondments, including implementing Pathology OrderComms for ECT. In addition, gaining academic knowledge to support practical learning, for example; BSc, Prince2, ITIL and recently a Masters Degree in Programme and Project Management.

Rob is responsible for the Project Delivery function of the DCS Programme, which comprises eight service-facing projects.

Rob brings 15-plus years of experience of delivering digital change across the NHS and has deployed Electronic Patient Records in a number of Secondary Care Trusts across the UK.

Rob’s experience includes working for both suppliers and a number of NHS organisations implementing digital transformation programmes.

Dennis was a registered Nurse and has more than 30 years’ experience, of which the last 15 years have been within Clinical Risk Management and Clinical Governance.He joined the DCS Programme as he thought it looked like an exciting and diverse opportunity, and to date he hasn’t been disappointed.

Dylan has more than 20 years' experience in NHS senior digital leadership roles in England and Wales. He joined Mid Cheshire from the Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board in North Wales, where he was Chief Information Officer. Dylan is passionate about applying data, digital technology, and quality improvement methodologies to improve outcomes and experiences for staff and patients.

Cefin is a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon. Raised and educated in Menai Bridge, Anglesey. He started his surgical career at the University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff and Morriston Hospital, Swansea. He was appointed as a substantive NHS consultant at Leighton Hospital in 2011 and became the Clinical Director of Trauma and Orthopaedic surgery in 2012 before becoming the Chief Clinical Information Officer for the trust in 2015. He has been involved in introducing Office 365 to the trust as well as the Carestream PACS and ICE systems. He was also instrumental in the hardware refresh that saw all senior medical staff receive new laptops / desktops in response to a poor IT experience in the trust. He has been involved in trying to introduce a Digital Clinical System to the trust for the last 7 years.

Jackie has more than 17 years of nursing experience at Mid Cheshire, working in surgical wards, the Emergency Department and Bed/Site management.  An interest in data and technology grew during the pandemic when the need for quality patient information was challenging. Appointed as Chief Nursing Information Officer in July 2022, she is passionate about supporting staff to improve data quality, using digital ways of working to enhance patients journeys and deliver safe and effective quality care.