EXPOSING THE TRUTH ABOUT UNITED LINCOLNSHIRE HOSPITALS TRUST (Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust (LCHS) trust board members & TESLA SCANNERS
Trust Board Members
Julie Frake-Harris, Chief Operating Officer at United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust, said:
“Our hospitals offer the correct and appropriate equipment for medical imaging, including 1.5 Tesla MRI scanners, which allow our experienced clinical teams to scan all our patients to a high diagnostic quality. 3 Tesla MRI scanners would usually only be in place at specialist tertiary centres, where they have a specific need for neurosurgery or research. ULHT does not provide this type of specialist service.
“We are commissioning four new state-of-the-art 1.5 Tesla MRI scanners in Lincolnshire this year, which is more appropriate for the wide variety of patients we care for, is safer for their clinical needs and offers a more comfortable experience during a scan. The new software allows comparative image quality and speed to a 3T without the additional risk.
“If any patients or carers have any questions about their care, we would encourage them to discuss them with us so we can address any concerns they may have.”
Our Trust Board
The overall purpose of the Trust Board is to take responsibility for leading, governing and managing the organisation and all of its services.
Led by an independent chair and composed of a mixture of both executive and independent non-executive directors, the Trust Board shapes the strategic direction, vision and purpose of the trust and ensures it delivers value for money services. The Trust Board is also responsible for assuring that risks to the organisation and the public are managed and mitigated effectively.
Questions from the public at board meetings
Questions are welcomed from members of the public and these can be submitted to the Trust Board by emailing lhnt.lchsecomms@nhs.net or by completing the form below.
Trust Board meetings, whilst held in public, are not public meetings. This means that the public are very welcome to view the broadcast and our Chair will conduct a short item before the start of each public Trust Board meeting to acknowledge and where possible respond to questions from the public which have been submitted in writing in advance of the meeting. Questions can be accepted until the Sunday before each Trust Board meeting.
Subject matter for questions
The Chair reserves the right to refuse any written question that:
- is not within the powers and duties of the Trust to answer;
- is defamatory or offensive, or related to individual members of staff;
- would require the disclosure of confidential or exempt information;
- Is deemed to be overtly political;
- is substantially the same as a question that has been answered before.
The next Trust Board meeting will be held at 10am on:
Tuesday, 12 March
The meeting will be held in person. If you wish to attend, please contact: lhnt.lchsecomms@nhs.net or call the Chief Executive’s Office on 01522 308686.
By clicking on the link below, we will have your email address and may contact you to ask about your experience of the meeting.
| Meeting date | Venue |
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| Tuesday, 9 January | Click here to watch a recording of the meeting. |
| Tuesday, 12 March | Virtual (link to be added soon) |
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Subject matter for questions
The Chair reserves the right to refuse any written question that:
- is not within the powers and duties of the Trust to answer;
- is defamatory or offensive, or related to individual members of staff;
- would require the disclosure of confidential or exempt information;
- Is deemed to be overtly political;
- is substantially the same as a question that has been answered before.
| Meeting date | Venue |
|---|---|
| Tuesday, 9 January | Click here to watch a recording of the meeting. |
| Tuesday, 12 March | Virtual (link to be added soon) |
Please submit a question for our Trust Board
Name RequiredEmail Address RequiredTelephone Number RequiredPlease submit your question RequiredPlease type the letters and numbers shown in the image. Click the image to see another captcha.
“If any patients or carers have any questions about their care, we would encourage them to discuss them with us so we can address any concerns they may have.” YES I DO AND I WANT TO DISCUSS THIS IN AN OPEN TRANSPARENT MANNER. I HAVE ENORMOUS CONCERNS REGARDING ELIZABETH AND SCANS AS YOU DO NOT HAVE AN ACCURATE SCANNER. I HAVE HAD A LETTER FOR SCREENING AND WISH FOR BOTH HER AND MYSELF TO BE REFERRED TO SHEFFIELD FOR THE ACCURATE TESLA 3. WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT NEW SOFTWARE – IT IS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE SOFTWARE. WHERE DID YOU GET THIS INFORMATION FROM AS IT IS TOTALLY WRONG AND INACCURATE. WHAT IS YOUR TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE OF TESLA SCANNERS AND SOFTWARE TO WHICH YOU SPEAK? WHAT IS THE SOURCE OF YOUR INFOMATION AND WHO TOLD YOU?
“The new software allows comparative image quality and speed to a 3T without the additional risk.“
That is totally wrong!
The acuity and resolution of the scanner is determined by the strength of the magnets measured in Teslas not by imaging software.
No amount of software can resolve an image that has not been picked up in the first place.
The analogy is the James Webb telescope. Its acuity and resolution come from it mirrors. They ‘find’ the image the software only cleans it up.
If you use sophisticated software with a low resolution image it will not allow you to see something the ‘lens, mirror or magnet did not see in the first place.
MY QUESTION ABOVE GOES TO JULIE FRAKE-HARRISON:
Julie Frake-Harris – chief operating officer
Julie joined LCHS as Interim Chief Operating Officer (COO) in July 2023, and recently became Interim Chief Operating Officer at ULHT alongside this role. Julie has worked in the NHS for over 25 years, during this time she has had the privilege to delivery services across London, Cambridge, Peterborough, and Kent. She has a passion for integrated community and mental health services and held COO roles in community and mental health settings and in an acute trust during the COVID-19 pandemic.
She held her first director role championing forensic and integrated prison services before moving to Cambridge and Peterborough to be the architect of the Neighbourhood Team model for Cambridge and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust (CPFT). She has held system leadership roles and worked to develop with partners services closest to home across Kent and CPFT. She is committed to operational delivery for the communities we serve.
She lives in Cambridgeshire with her family and 4 dogs.
Malcolm Burch – trust board chair
Malcolm has had a career that spans universities, local government, policing and the NHS. Throughout his career, he has been focused on involving the public in service provision and supporting better performance and improved outcomes.
In the NHS, he was a non-executive director in Lincolnshire’s mental health trust for six years and before that spent four years as a commissioner as part of a Primary Care Trust in Peterborough and Cambridgeshire.
He has three degrees, including an MBA from the University of Birmingham, and works as the chief executive to the Lincolnshire Police and Crime Commissioner. He has lived and raised his family in the county for 15 years.
Andrew Morgan – group chief executive for LCHS and ULHT
Andrew has worked for the NHS since 1982. From August 2023 Andrew became the Group Chief Executive for LCHS and ULHT. He joined United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust as their Chief Executive in June 2019. Prior to this, Andrew was the Chief Executive of Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust from June 2014 to June 2019.
He has been a Chief Executive since 2004 and has held Chief Executive posts at East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust, NHS Norfolk and Waveney, NHS Bedfordshire and NHS Harrow. His earlier NHS career included a range of director posts at NHS organisations around the country, including in commissioning, performance management, strategy and service improvement. Andrew is married and has a grown up daughter.
Executive directors
Professor Karen Dunderdale – executive chief nurse
Karen has held board level roles as a Chief Nurse, Chief Operating Officer, Deputy CEO and acting CEO. In addition, she held the role of vice chair of her local hospice for a number of years. Her more recent role as director of nursing was at Walsall Healthcare Trust where her leadership supported the Trust achieve Outstanding for Caring. Karen qualified as a registered nurse in 1991 and her clinical experience has been in cardiology. She became a cardiac nurse specialist developing cardiac rehabilitation and heart failure services. She has a PhD in Health Related Quality of Life in Chronic Heart Failure from York University, has contributed substantially to the development of cardiac nursing, and raised expectations nationally within the nursing profession. In 2017 Karen joined the National nursing team at NHS Improvement working for Dr Ruth May, Chief Nursing Officer for England contributing to the wider nursing and patient experience agenda. Karen is passionate about delivering high quality fundamental nursing care.
Claire Low – director of people
Claire joined the Trust in October 2023 in an interim role alongside her role at United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust where she has worked as deputy director of people and organisational development since December 2021 before starting work in the director position in October 2022. She has a long career spanning over 20 years of working in people services within the NHS and acute trusts and has worked in operational HR, recruitment, transformational projects and deputy director roles, and more recently acted as Director of People at Northern Lincolnshire and Goole Hospitals NHS Trust for a period of two years. Claire is passionate about the people agenda and investment in training and development of staff, she graduated from her part-time MBA, which she completed under the apprenticeship scheme at her previous Trust. Claire is also a Chartered Fellow of the CIPD and is embedding a ‘just and learning’ as part of the transformation agenda for the People Directorate.
Sam Wilde – director of finance and business intelligence
Sam joined LCHS as interim director of finance and strategy on June 1, 2018, having worked as associate director of finance for Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust.
Sam graduated in 1996 having studied finance and accountancy before going on to complete an MBA at Durham University. He has worked in the NHS for six years interspersed with experience of working in the private sector for Rolls Royce PLC and Astra Zeneca.
Dr Anne-Louise Schokker – medical director
Dr Anne-Louise Schokker is the Medical Director and a Consultant Geriatrician. After completing her medical degree and post graduate training in London, she moved to the East Midlands as a consultant in 2007 where she gained extensive clinical experience in general medicine and geriatrics across secondary care and community settings. Her leadership journey began as a junior doctor and she has been passionate about compassionate, clinical leadership since. She has held divisional clinical director and deputy medical director roles where she delivered turn around improvements in nonelective care, successfully transformed integrated services across providers and advanced the quality agenda. She is also a regional clinical associate for the NHSE ECIST team. She lives locally in Lincolnshire with her husband, daughter and extended family.
Julie Frake-Harris – chief operating officer
Julie joined LCHS as Interim Chief Operating Officer (COO) in July 2023, and recently became Interim Chief Operating Officer at ULHT alongside this role. Julie has worked in the NHS for over 25 years, during this time she has had the privilege to delivery services across London, Cambridge, Peterborough, and Kent. She has a passion for integrated community and mental health services and held COO roles in community and mental health settings and in an acute trust during the COVID-19 pandemic.
She held her first director role championing forensic and integrated prison services before moving to Cambridge and Peterborough to be the architect of the Neighbourhood Team model for Cambridge and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust (CPFT). She has held system leadership roles and worked to develop with partners services closest to home across Kent and CPFT. She is committed to operational delivery for the communities we serve.
She lives in Cambridgeshire with her family and 4 dogs.
Non-executive directors
Ian Orrell
Ian joined LCHS in February 2023, on an interim basis. Ian has a wealth of experience in the public sector, particularly with large and complex councils. He has experience of working within senior corporate leadership teams to help reshape and deliver quality frontline adult and children social care services, as well as delivering professional support services.
Ian also has over 30 years as a qualified accountant and previous experience in non-executive roles where partnership approaches were taken to improve service provision.
Gail Shadlock
Gail is a highly experienced director with a professional background in human resources and organisational development and extensive general and project management experience working in the UK and abroad. Gail has worked both as an executive director and as a non-executive director and has led and contributed to significant transformational change across the following sectors; private sector – FTSE 100 and FTSE 350 (major projects include mergers, acquisitions and flotation of a company on the London Stock Exchange); public sector – NHS, police, local government; third/not for profit sector – charity supporting people with learning disabilities and a housing association with a national footprint.
Murray Macdonald
Murray Macdonald has had a varied career across a number of sectors. He started in the commercial leisure sector managing a number of venues, before moving into regeneration and project management with local authorities.
Currently, Murray is Chief Executive of Boston Mayflower Housing Association, where he is responsible for all operational aspects of the company including housing management, asset management, regeneration, older peoples’ services and development.
Murray is an experienced Non-Executive Director, with posts currently also held with Lincolnshire Community Voluntary Service and Speedwell Homes.
Jim Connolly
Jim has a had a varied career in the NHS as a nurse, working in a range of clinical, managerial and executive roles. He worked as a Director of Nursing and was the National Director for Continuing Healthcare with NHS England. In addition he works with the Care Quality Commission as a specialist advisor on governance. Prior to joining LCHS he was a Non Executive Director at Lincolnshire Clinical Commissioning Group and is supporting the vaccination programme as a vaccinator at the Meres Clinic in Grantham. HOW EXACTLY ARE YOU INDEPENDENT??? IS IT NOT A CONFLICT OF INTEREST WORKING FOR THE CQC?
Rebecca Brown MBE
Rebecca Brown began her career in the NHS as a nurse in 1989.
From 2012 to 2016 Rebecca was Deputy Chief Operating Officer at Northampton General Hospital. In 2016 Rebecca took on the role of Chief Operating Officer and Deputy Chief Executive at Kettering General Hospital. In 2018 She joined Leicester’s Hospitals as Chief Operating Officer and Deputy Chief Executive. She took on the role of Chief Executive in early 2020. Rebecca successfully lead the Trust during the pandemic, with Leicester Hospitals leading nationally on research and treatment of Covid.
Rebecca has played an integral role in the development of wider system and partnership working within the NHS and latterly with social care, local government and the independent sector.
In 2000, Rebecca was awarded the MBE by Her Majesty the Queen for Services to Nursing.
Rebecca also holds a Non Executive role for ULHT. Date Last Modified 29/02/2024
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