Public partners (sometimes referred to as patient representatives or lay partners) are essential to our work to help ensure that the voice of the local population is heard, and that the experience and views of service users, patients and carers are understood and acted on within our work. Please see below the details of our current public partners.
Local link partners
In 2022 the Oxford AHSN appointed three county-based public partners – known as Local Link Partners – to work with us on our community involvement activities, one each for:
- Buckinghamshire
- Oxfordshire
- Frimley/Surrey
Public Partners are essential to help ensure that the experiences and views of local people, patients and carers are understood and acted on within our work.
Public partners
In addition, we have been working with the public partners listed below for a number of years. Each brings their own expertise and experience to our work.
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Georgina McMastersGeorgina is a retired public sector solicitor. She has been a patient/public contributor since 2007. Her extensive involvement experience includes sitting on patient panels, contributing to Care Quality Commission inspections and providing patient stories to NHS leadership training. Georgina is a rheumatology champion, working with the Oxford AHSN to raise awareness of inflammatory arthritis. |
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Alison ProvinsAlison has a background in financial services specialising in customer experience, staff development and change management. She now uses this experience to help a wide range of organisations to improve. Alison is a lay representative for Health Education England and a member of the Pharmacy Executive Stakeholder Group at the University of Reading. She completed the Leading Together programme in 2016. Her Oxford AHSN roles include membership of the Patient Experience operational group, Patient Safety Collaborative oversight group and chair of the Working Together Partnership operational group. |
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Karen SwaffieldKaren is passionate about the NHS and patient and public involvement in all public committees and groups, at all levels. She is an advocate for marginalised and disadvantaged groups with a background in education, training and development. Karen has experience of caring, dementia, learning disability, ASD, ADHD and life-limiting disease. Read more about Karen’s roles. |