Click here to view the Terms of Reference.

Click to expand.

Chair
Anita Astle MBE Chair of Midlands SCNAC

Anita
Astle MBE

Managing Director
Wren Hall Nursing Home

chair.midlands@scnac.co.uk

Anita has worked in health and social care for almost 40 years as a Registered Nurse, System Leader and Advocate.

For 34 years, she has led the team at Wren Hall Nursing Home, which is rated outstanding in all five domains by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).

Anita is passionate about delivering high-quality care, empowering individuals to live well and nurturing individuals to achieve their aspirations.

Anita is proud to have supported many care assistants to progress professionally; 107 as Registered Nurses, 6 as Nursing Associates, 3 as Midwives and 1 as a Social Worker.

Anita is currently a Board Member for the National Care Association merged with the Registered Nursing Home Association. She has held positions such as Board Member and Fellow for Skills for Care, Governor of a NHS Mental Health Trust and Non-Executive Director of a Primary Care Trust.

Recently, Anita supported the campaign for a Specialist Practice Qualification for Care Home Nursing, believing it important for this area of nursing to be recognised as a specialism.

She has worked with the Queens Nursing Institute Reference Group to develop and map the standards.

Jo-Anne Wilson Co-Chair Mildands SCNAC

Jo-Anne
Wilson

Registered Manager
Royal British Legion

co-chair.midlands@scnac.co.uk

Jo-Anne qualified as a registered nurse in the mid-’80s and worked in the NHS in London for several years before returning to Warwickshire. As a ward sister in Northampton, then later a McMillan Nurse, she introduced ‘Primary Nursing’, which at the time was an innovative concept of ‘My Nurse: My Patient’ recognising the importance of getting to know the people we nursed; Person Centred Care

Jo-Anne moved to work with older people in the late 1990s, where she developed a real interest in working with People living with Dementia and long-term conditions within care homes. As a trustee and trainer for WRAP (Warwickshire Reminiscence Action Project), Jo-Anne visited care homes training staff, supporting them to change both attitude and environment positively.

Jo-Anne started working for the Royal British Legion in 2003 as a Registered Manager. She led the home through its first inspection in 36 years and introduced a culture of person-centeredness, innovation, change and excellence. She is passionate about the positive impact and added value nurses make to the social care environment.

Over the years, the home worked with Dementia Care Matters to become an accredited Butterfly Home, with GSF to become a Platinum-rated home, and the home has been rated Outstanding on their last 2 CQC inspections. In 2015 the home was featured in a Channel 4 documentary, Dementiaville, and later awarded Care Home of the Year.

Jo-Anne is an active member of various best practice and research groups and regularly speaks at conferences. She is also Chair of the Skills for Care Registered Managers Network in South Warwickshire. In 2020 Jo-Anne was made a Queen’s Nurse and has been awarded an MBE in this year’s New Year’s Honours List.

Prof. Nina Morgan Regional Chief Nurse Midlands

Nina
Morgan

Chief Nurse
MIdlands

Midlands

NameBioRoleOrganisation
Anita AstleChair for Midlands SCNAC & Managing DirectorWren Hall Nursing Home
Jo-Anne WilsonCo-Chair for Midlands SCNAC & Registered ManagerRoyal British Legion
Jacqueline BarnesDirector of NursingMidlands Regional CNO
Helen SandsHead of All-age Continuing HealthcareNHS Lincolnshire ICB
Louise LuckmanSenior Clinical Quality Assurance LeadBirmingham & Solihull ICB
Andrea WestladeDirector of NursingBirmingham & Solihull ICB
Rosa WaddinghamChief NurseNHS Nottingham and Nottinghamshire ICB
Sally RobertsChief NurseBlack Country and West Birmingham ICB
Ellie MonkhouseCNOCoventry and Warwickshire ICB
Dean HowellsCNOJoined up Derbyshire ICB
Kay DarbyChief NurseNHS Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland ICB
Kathryn CobainChief NurseWorcestershire and Herefordshire ICB
Lynn TolleyChief NurseStaffordshire and Stoke ICB
Yvonne HigginsChief NurseNHS Northamptonshire ICB
Vanessa WhatleyChief NurseNHS Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin ICB
Jackie RiddettRegistered ManagerThe Willows Nursing and Residential Home
Masline ChituraQuality DirectorBerkley Care Group
Jayanthi AntonyRegistered ManagerJulie Richardson Nursing Home
Tom RoseAdmiral Nurse Clinical LeadSt Barnabas Hospice
Shirley WayReadHead of Area for East & West MidlandsSkills for Care
Sandra PrewReadNIHR
Lynne BowersADASS
Loucia KyprianouRegulation Advisor for Independent Health & CareNMC
Tony NewmanRegulations Advisor, MidlandsNMC
Diane MayhewReadCo-founderRights for Residents
Sam PrestonReadIndependent Health & Social Care Lead Nurse for East MidlandsRCN
Vicky Sandy-DaviesReadIndependent Health & Social Care Lead NurseRCN
Kate HodgkinsonNursing AssociateWren Hall Nursing Home
Emma CopleyNursing AssociateWren Hall Nursing Home
Weston Muranda3rd Year StudentStudent Nurse
Charlie BitchenorHeritage Manor
Shanci MathewReadDistrict ManagerMorton Grange Nursing Home
Martha MutukwaAnchor Care Services
Jasmine StanhopeManaging DirectorRushcliffe Care Group
Darren PitcherReadGroup Commissioning & Operations ManagerBracebridge Care
Itai NyamatoreRegistered ManagerGAIN Care Ltd

Midlands Regional Meetings

Meeting Date

Document - click to open

1st October 2024

2nd July 2024

Thank you for your upload

Skip to content