Jean Arrowsmith trained as a nurse at Warwick Hospital and worked in a variety of roles for 15 years. She believes that the knowledge and experience gained both in a hospital and community setting will assist her with achieving the full potential of being a Governor. Her clinical experience will also help in gaining the respect of clinicians, important in developing the credibility around the role of Governor.
Robert Ashby was a public governor when the hospital first became a Foundation Trust; he helped to establish the authority of governors. Over the last 50 years, his family and grandchildren have lived locally (in Kenilworth). He believes that we should get involved with helping our own health services and he is pleased to offer his time and energy. Robert has never had private medical insurance so he has a personal interest in being a governor and he is pleased to be representing his constituency again. His working life as a chartered engineer and a corporate senior manager provides directly relevant experience for the job of governor. This involved understanding and influencing directors, managers and staff with views, information and persuasion. Robert will make sure that the Trust listens and appreciates his feedback as well as the feedback from his constituency.
Richard Grimes became a Governor because he wanted to see the Trust continue to build upon these improvements. He is passionate about maintaining the principles upon which the NHS was founded and, as a Governor, ensures that the Trust is held to those principles and that the Trust’s actions are to the benefit of the community.
Phil Harvey has worked either in, or with the NHS most of his adult life. On leaving college, where he studied photography, he was employed by Coventry and Warwickshire Hospital as a trainee Medical Photographer. In 1974 he set up a commercial photography and design studio in Warwick and was invited to become medical photographer for Warwick Hospital, on a freelance basis. In 1988 he applied for the post of Audio Visual Supervisor at St Georges Hospital Medical School in London, where he became a member of the medical photography team, video team and lecture theatre manager, which served St Georges Hospital. He retired in 2009 and having been a work place first aider at St Georges, he volunteered for the British Red Cross as an event first aider. He served as a volunteer council chair for Warwickshire for three years. He would welcome the opportunity to give something back to the NHS.
David Gee was the last Chair of the South Warwickshire Public and Patient Involvement (PPI) Forum; he has been actively involved in representing the interests of patients throughout South Warwickshire for many years. David is experienced in the needs of the residents of South Warwickshire and will use this experience to ensure that the Trust continues to deliver an improving healthcare service.
Mike Wells is a retired IT project manager who has lived in Shipston on Stour for over 20 years and in South Warwickshire for nearly 30 years. He has 35 years of experience in the delivery of IT to businesses ranging from Automotive Manufacturing to the NHS, including South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust, to Government departments. As a supplier of IT Solutions to the Trust from 2005 to 2009 through an ex-employer, Mike has worked with Trust staff at all levels as they worked through the changes to their processes brought about by introducing new IT and, in some cases, changes to the Trust’s organisation happening at the same time. As a Governor, Mike hopes that he can help the Trust to lead on building a more complete end to end service across the Trust and external agencies to improve the patient experience particularly for patients with complex needs.
Pamela Hemsley through a mixture of both life experiences and her 12 years, spent helping the public in the role of a health care assistant she feels that her election to the role of staff governor will benefit and enhance the decision making process within South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust. 
Jane Mason joined the Trust as an Occupational Therapist 14 years ago, spending nearly 9 years working in the community hospitals before moving across to the acute setting at Warwick as the Occupational Therapy Medical Team Lead in 2011. Since January 2015, Jane has been the Principal Occupational Therapist for the Medical, Trauma, Orthopaedic, and Surgical flows across Warwick Hospital and the Community Hospital sites. Jane is responsible for the operational day to day management of the OT team and the implementation of changes to service delivery in line with OT and Trust objectives such as the rollout of 7 day working.
Jane Wheelan has worked for the Trust for 19 years and in that time held various positions, working in many different departments at Warwick Hospital including a service which was part acute and part primary care. She has been working in Patient Experience for 9 years, which incorporates the Trusts Patient Advice Liaison Service, Bereavement and Formal Complaint services.
