Meet the Council Members
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Public - elected
Christine Breare is a retired general dental practitioner. Married with two sons and five grand-children, she lives in Upper Hopton near Mirfield. Chris is a church warden and secretary of the Upper Hopton Community Association.
Lisa Francis is a radiography student at the University of Huddersfield. She has two daughters and lives in Rastrick. Lisa is a Governor at Woodhouse Primary School.
Peter John Middleton is a former managing director of a plastic manufacturing company. Married with four grown up children he lives in Kirkburton. Peter is a supporter of Movember, a campaign to promote awareness about men’s health issues.
Bernard Pierce of Mytholmroyd, has a background in social work and then in medical education at both undergraduate and post-graduate level. He was a lecturer at the Leeds School of Medicine and at the Yorkshire Deanery.
Janette Roberts of Meltham, was head teacher of a community primary school in Rochdale and two multicultural schools in Wakefield. Now retired, she is a former member of the Patient Liaison Committee of the Royal College of Anaesthetists and is currently involved in clinical audit and various cancer groups.
Liz Schofield was a business advisor with HM Revenue and Customs. Now retired, she is the support officer for the Halifax and Calder Valley MS Society. Liz lives in Calderdale.
Harjinder Singh Sandhu is married with three children and lives in Kirklees. He is self-employed in a private hire business.
Linda Wild is married with one daughter and lives in Huddersfield. She graduated at the University of Huddersfield. Strongly committed to community involvement and engagement, she is a former Kirklees Councillor.
Wendy Wood was a tutor in adult education and a primary school teacher. She was a magistrate in Huddersfield then Dewsbury for many years and is a member of the Huddersfield and District Family History Society and the Youth Hostel Association. Wendy has four children, ten grandchildren and two great grandchildren and lives in Kirklees.
Martin Urmston is a physiotherapist and lives in Heptonstall, Calderdale. He is married with one son.
Andrew Sykes, from Holmfirth, is a Chartered Management Accountant. He is married with two sons and enjoys walking.
Marlene Chamers is a local magistrate in Dewsbury and was a youth worker and youth justice worker for 20 years before she retired in 2001. She is a trustee of the Thornhill Community Centre and a member of Croft House Community Centre, Mirfield, and member of Dewsbury Town Team. She is also a board member of Voluntary Action, Kirklees and has extensive voluntary community involvement.
Johanna Turner is retired and lives in Calderdale and was formerly a senior infection prevention and control nurse at the Trust. She retired in December 2011.
Kate Wildeman lives in Calderdale and is a former teacher. She developed and disseminated a health education project nationally. Latterly she has been involved in teacher training at Sheffield Hallam University and is now retired. She is chair of the Cancer Partnership Group at St James’s Hospital, Leeds and President of the Shibden WI, in Northowram, Halifax.
Vic Siswick lives in Elland and set up the Whiteknights Biker service which makes emergency out of hours deliveries between West Yorkshire hospitals on a voluntary basis. He is a former patient and set up the service to give something back.
Staff - elected
Chris Bentley is matron of the estates & facilities and corporate divisions. Her previous post was Matron within the division of medicine. She lives in Kirklees and has one daughter.
Julie Couldwell is a Clinical Nurse Manager in Children’s Acute Services and Lead Directorate Nurse at the Trust. She lives in Kirklees.
Liz Farnell is a nursing auxiliary on ward 6 at Huddersfield Royal Infirmary. Prior to this appointment, she worked at the Calderdale Royal Hospital. She lives in Calderdale.
Mary Kiely is a consultant in palliative medicine at the Trust and Kirkwood Hospice. She is the lead clinician for palliative care at the Trust. Mary lives in Kirklees.
Eileen Hamer, is the Trust’s Pharmacy Operations Manager and works at both hospitals. She has been at the Trust for 23 years. She lives in Birchencliffe and has two daughters.
Avril Henson is team leader for neurology and part of the Huddersfield Community Rehabilitation team based at HRI. She is a physiotherapist by profession. Away from work she is a member of the Holme Valley Mountain rescue Team.
Stakeholders - nominated
Sue Cannon is executive director of quality and engagement at NHS Calderdale. Prior to this appointment she worked for NHS Leeds.
Jan Giles is assistant director of commissioning for NHS Kirklees. She has three children and lives in Kirklees.
Bob Metcalfe is a Calderdale councillor for the Halifax town ward and cabinet member for Adults, Health and Social Care. He is the former chair of Calderdale Council’s Health and Social Care Scrutiny Panel. A retired purchasing manager, he is a member of the Risk Management & Audit Committee of the Together Housing Group (formerly Trans Pennine Housing) and lives in Halifax.
Dawn Stephenson is director of corporate development for South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. She is a voluntary trustee of Kirklees Active Leisure and the Dr Jackson Cancer Fund. Dawn is married with one son and lives in Huddersfield.
Professor John Playle is Dean of Humanities and Health Sciences at the University of Huddersfield. He is married with four children and lives in Honley