Dr Caroline Dollery – Chair and Elected GP
Dr Caroline Dollery has been a GP at Danbury Medical Centre (now Beacon Health Group) for 18 years. Her clinical interests include mental health, learning disabilities, cardiology and paediatrics. Caroline was previously the GP Board Member for Governance.
Caroline is also the Clinical Director for the East of England Clinical Network for Mental Health. She is on the Steering Group of NHS Clinical Commissioners and part of the National Advisory Group for Suicide Prevention.
- Chair of CCG Board and Clinical Board member
- Chair of Live Well Committee
- Chair of Primary Care Forum
- Member of Primary Care Commissioning Committee
- Member of Remuneration and Terms of Service Committee
Caroline has been the Accountable Officer of Mid Essex since January 2014. Caroline has extensive experience in both health and local government and at a national level having working as Deputy Chief Executive and Director of Finance of 2 arm’s length companies of the Department of Health.
Dan was previously Director of Clinical Comissioning and from 15 Jan 2018 was appointed Director of Clinical Transformation and Deputy Accountable Officer.
Rachel is a Registered Nurse and Director of Nursing and Quality. Rachel has over 17 years’ clinical experience as a nurse within the NHS. Having worked predominantly in emergency and general medicine, Rachel has led work streams on the changing face of emergency care.
Dee is responsible for financial systems, strategy and reporting and for business information and intelligence. Dee worked in Local Government for 20 years before joining the NHS.
James began his career on the Surrey County Council fast-track graduate scheme. James has since worked across local government predominantly within social care and education. In 2013 James moved into the NHS focusing on health contracting and commissioning. James was appointed to the role of Acting Director of Acute Commissioning from 2 September 2016 and in January 2018 was appointed as Chief Strategy and Transformation Officer.
Viv joined the CCG in August 2014 as Director of Corporate Services following a secondment from NHS England, where she was Assistant Director of Clinical Strategy for the Essex Area Team. She has a background in Corporate Governance and has worked at Board level within a number of Primary Care Trusts in south Essex and a London health authority. Viv began her career in the NHS supporting the development of primary care in Southend.
Dr Elizabeth Towers has been a GP at Whitley House Surgery for 30 years having spent three years as a junior doctor in the Chelmsford area. Her interests lie in cancer and end of life care and she became a Macmillan GP in 2010.
Dr Julie McGeachy qualified from Nottingham University medical school in 1987 and trained as a GP in Derby. She has been a GP at the Tillingham Medical Centre for the past 20 years.
Dr Anna Davey qualified from the Guy’s and St. Thomas’ Medical School in 1999, going on to train at The Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust and Colchester Hospital University NHS Trust in junior doctor posts.
Dr Fatai Salau qualified from the College of Medicine, University of Lagos, Nigeria in 1992 and has been a GP at Douglas Grover Surgery in Witham since 2006.
Dr Daniel Dalton graduated in medicine from St Bartholomew’s and the Royal London School of Medicine and Dentistry in 1999. He then undertook core postgraduate training in psychiatry in east London before moving to higher training in forensic psychiatry on the Eastern Region Training Scheme, achieving a Certificate of Completion of Specialist Training (CCST) in forensic psychiatry in 2009.
Alan Hubbard is a former senior executive with the Lloyds Banking Group. He has over 30 years’ management experience across a range of functions in the UK and abroad. Alan has served for more than 11 years as a public sector non-executive director with the local NHS in various roles, including Vice-Chair. He was previously Chair of Essex Probation Trust and has worked as a part-time consultant supporting Essex businesses. He is also an Independent Member of the Joint Audit Committee for the Essex Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner, Chief Constable and Essex Fire and Rescue authority.
Nathalie joined the CCG’s Board as its new Lay Member – Patient and Public Engagement in April 2018. Much of her earlier career was spent as a manager in the financial services industry but more recently she gained experience of the NHS when she took a new direction through work with mid Essex cancer services.
Maggie became mid Essex’s designated Consultant in Public Health in September 2015. Maggie splits her time between County Hall and the CCG. She focuses on the planning of services based upon the health needs assessment, evidence-based practice and prioritisation. She also acts as a link back to the rest of the Public Health team at the county council, other CCG Public Health consultants and the health improvement and health protection teams.