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Our people

Oxford AHSN Directors and Board members are listed first. Scroll down or click through to the next pages for other members of the Oxford AHSN team. Alternatively, you can refine your search by using the specialties listed below.

Jon Vollam

Jon leads the deterioration programme. He joined the Oxford AHSN in 2021. Jon is an intensive care nurse by background. He has extensive experience in the Royal Air Force Medical Services where he held a variety of clinical leadership, assurance and policy development roles. Jon has a professional interest in human factors and ergonomics.

Specialties: Patient Safety and Clinical Improvement
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Rebecca Monk

Rebecca joined the Oxford AHSN in August 2022. She has over ten years’ experience in mental health and talking therapies services.  She is a psychological wellbeing practitioner (PWP) with a keen interest in improving patient outcomes. Rebecca has worked in primary care on depression and anxiety, progressing to clinical leadership roles.

Specialties: Patient Safety and Clinical Improvement

Praful Bhooma

Praful joined the Oxford AHSN in September 2022 as a Project Manager. He has worked in the NHS for over 15 years and he has expertise in project management, quality improvement and education. Praful has a Master’s degree in Management in Health and Social care

Specialties: Clinical Innovation Adoption
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Charlotte Heppell

Charlotte joined the Oxford AHSN in September 2022 having worked for a respiratory medical device company for eight years. Her previous role involved utilising the latest research and product developments to identify new areas of opportunity and applications for innovations. Charlotte has a masters degree in clinical research and has experience collaborating with multiple stakeholders […]

Specialties: Clinical Innovation Adoption
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Nigel Sims

Nigel joined the Oxford AHSN in 2021. He has 25 years’ experience in the public sector, working in health and wellbeing roles, designing and implementing service improvements. He has an MBA qualification and has held a number of senior roles working alongside and within the NHS on wellbeing and deprivation projects. Throughout his career Nigel […]

Specialties: Patient Safety and Clinical Improvement
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Julie Hewish

Julie joined the Oxford AHSN in 2022 to lead local work on the National Transforming Wound Care Programme. She is a tissue viability (TV) nurse with 12 years’ experience within acute, primary care and community services. Julie’s expertise lies within practice-based service improvement, formulary/medical device innovation, education and competency frameworks, complex wound management. She works […]

Specialties: Patient Safety and Clinical Improvement

Emma Brown

Emma is a physiotherapist and has worked in the NHS for almost 20 years.  Her experience spans across acute and community services in collaboration with social care and the voluntary sector.  Emma’s speciality is neuro rehabilitation and has held the role of vice chair of the Clinical Advisory Group for stroke rehabilitation across the East […]

Lucy Asquith

Lucy is experienced in listening to, working alongside and advising people across the health and social care system, including those with direct experience of using services. Her background is in the charity sector – ten years covering health, social care and community development – followed by 15 years as a management consultant helping charities, housing associations, […]

Specialties: Community Involvement Workforce Innovation

Lauren Hudson

*Currently on maternity leave* Lauren joined Oxford AHSN in January 2020 as a project manager. She has worked in both R&D and commercial roles within the medical device and pharmaceutical industry. She supports the AHSN market access team with early evidence generation for innovators.

Specialties: Strategic and Industry Partnerships