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Meet our Independent Strategic Advisory Board
We are happy to announce that members of our Independent Strategic Board have been selected. We would like to welcome the following to our Independent Strategic Board, who bring a wide selection of skills and knowledge and hopefully will drive Healthwatch North East Lincolnshire forward over the up and coming year.
Our Independent Strategic Board consists of:
Helen Grimwood – Deputy Chief Officer for Meeting New Horizons
Tracy Slattery – Manager for Healthwatch North East Lincolnshire
Helen Wilson
Helen is aged 52 and from West Yorkshire. She has lived in Northern Lincolnshire for the past 30 years.
She is employed as the Deputy Chief Executive at the Carers Support Service in North and North East Lincolnshire.
Working for a charity, which holds Local Authority and CCG contracts, she has a very grounded and realistic view of what can be achieved. Her knowledge of services and support in the area is wide-ranging, her organisation supports Carers of Adults and Carers of Children. She has lots of experience in utilising sparse resources to give the best results!
Helen believes that most Carers want to care… but they shouldn’t have to do it alone. As a community we need to do more to help people, to help themselves.
She lives with her husband and 2 rescued Chocolate Labradors.
Ian Reekie
Following his retirement as North Lincolnshire Council’s Director of Leisure, Ian was appointed in 2008 as a non-executive director of North Lincolnshire Primary Care Trust. Following the abolition of the PCT in 2013 he took on the role as the lay member responsible for patient and public engagement on the governing body of North Lincolnshire Clinical Commissioning Group.
Ian’s principal interests are public/population health and the quality/safety of healthcare provision. He is a longstanding NICE (National Institute for Health and Care Excellence) lay member and currently serves on the Quality Standards Advisory Committee.
Ian has lived in Cleethorpes since 2012 having previously been a resident of Barton-upon-Humber for over 30 years.
Jean-Louis Plaatjies
Hi my name is Jean-Louis Plaatjies, I have recently graduated from the University of Hull where I studied Sport and Exercise Science achieving a 2:1 and completing my dissertation systematic review on the ‘Effects of Androgenic-Anabolic Steroids on the Cardiovascular System’. I am currently studying a MA in Cardiovascular Rehabilitation at the University of Hull. I am looking forward to being part of the Healthwatch board.
Lorna Briggs
I live and work in North East Lincolnshire.
I’ve worked for the Local Authority since 2001, working in several different departments from Libraries, Informatics to Special Educational Needs.
I was successfully part of the Councils first Talent and Leadership Academy.
I have a BA Hons in Information and Communication Management.
I enjoy reading, going to the Cinema, Dance Fitness and socialising. I like watching most sports especially football. I also enjoy going to the theate.
Michael Bateson
Mike is a retired NHS senior manager who has a keen interest in the health and wellbeing of the local community. He brings experience of strategic management and the use of new technology in the delivery of health and social care.
Mike has volunteered with Healthwatch for over four years as a Board member and a previous Chair of the Healthwatch Board. He is also on the Board of Trustees for Friendship at Home and a lay member of the STP Strategic Digital Board.
