Maternity and neonatal care - Best Start five-year plan 2017–2024: report

This report provides insight into the key actions and achievements that have been delivered during the lifetime of the Best Start.


Annex B – Membership of the Implementation Programme Board

Original membership of Implementation Programme Board – Convened 2017

  • Chaired by Jane Grant, Chief Executive of NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde
  • Secretariat provided by the Scottish Government

Name

Job Title

Organisation

Jane Grant

Chair - Chief Executive

NHS GGC

Professor Ann Holmes

Vice Chair - Chief Midwifery Advisor & Associate Chief Nursing Officer

Scottish Government

Dr Corinne Love

Vice Chair - Senior Medical Officer Maternity and Women’s Health

Scottish Government

Sharon Adamson

Regional Planning Director

West of Scotland Region

Dr Jenny Bennison

GP

Royal College of General Practitioners

NHS Lothian

Hazel Borland

NMAHP Director

NHS Ayrshire & Arran

Professor Alan Cameron

Obstetrician and Fetal Medicine Specialist

Royal College of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Elsbeth Campbell

Communications Officer

NHS Forth Valley

Kirstie Campbell

Secretary of the IPB - Unit Head, Maternal and Infant Health

Scottish Government

Professor Justine Craig

Head of Midwifery and Chair of Lead Midwives Scotland Group

NHS Tayside

Elizabeth Duff

Senior Policy Advisor

National Childbirth Trust

Dr Tara Fairley

Clinical Director

NHS Grampian

John Froggatt

Head Child and Maternal Health

Scottish Government

Dr Roderick Harvey

Medical Director

NHS Highland

Kate Kenmure

Head of Midwifery

NHS Shetland

Susan Key

Programme Director

NHS Education for Scotland

Heather Knox

Chief Operating Officer

NHS Lanarkshire

Caroline Lee-Davey

Chief Executive

Bliss

Dr Helen Mactier

Chair of Scottish Neonatal Consultants Group

NHS GGC

Dr Alan Mathers

Obstetrician

NHS GGC

Gillian Morton

General Manager

NHS Forth Valley

Dr Edile Murdoch

Clinical Director Women’s and Children’s and Neonatologist

NHS Lothian

Professor Mary Renfrew

Professor of Mother and Infant Health

School of Nursing and Health Sciences, University of Dundee

Dr Mary Ross-Davie

Director for Scotland

RCM

Alison Wright

Chair of Scottish Neonatal Nurses Group

NHS Tayside

Membership of Implementation Programme Board – June 2024

  • Secretariat provided by the Scottish Government

Name

Job Title

Organisation

Jane Grant

Chair - Chief Executive

NHS GGC

Professor Justine Craig

Vice Chair - Chief Midwifery Officer

Scottish Government

Dr Corinne Love

Vice Chair - Senior Medical Officer Maternity and Women’s Health

Scottish Government

Kirstie Campbell

Secretary of the IPB - Unit Head, Maternal and Infant Health

Scottish Government

Dr Alastair Campbell

Scottish Fellows’ Council representative

Royal College of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Cheryl Clark

Director of Midwifery

NHS Lanarkshire

Jim Crombie

Deputy Chief Executive

NHS Lothian

Emma Currer

National Officer

RCM

Elizabeth Duff

Senior Policy Advisor

National Childbirth Trust

Gavin Fergie

Lead Professional Officer

Unite

Janis Heaney

Associate Director

NHS National Services Scotland

Sarah Horan

Executive Director NMAPH

NHS Borders

Dr Lesley Jackson

Consultant Neonatologist

NHS GGC

Jaki Lambert

Director for Scotland

RCM

Caroline Lee-Davey

Chief Executive

Bliss

Catherine MacDonald

Head of Midwifery

NHS Western Isles

Mairi Macpherson

Deputy Director, Improving Health and Wellbeing

Scottish Government

Carsten Mandt

Senior Programme Manager,National Strategic Networks

NHS National Services Scotland

Dr Alan Mathers

Chief of Medicine for Women and Children

NHS GGC

Gillian Morton

Director of Midwifery and Women and Children’s Nursing

NHS Forth Valley

Maria Pollard

Deputy Director NMAHP/ Lead Midwife

NES

Lesley Sharkey

Director of Midwifery/ Operational Nurse Director

Chair Midwifery Directors Scotland

NHS Tayside

Alison Wright

Scottish Neonatal Nurses’ Group Vice Chair

NHS Tayside

Contact

Email: maternalandinfanthealth@gov.scot

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