Healthcare Professional Advisory Committee

Our Healthcare Professional Advisory (HPA) committee, formerly known as the Council of Healthcare Professionals, is a multidisciplinary advisory body that informs and promotes our work.

The committee helps ensure we meet the needs of people at risk or living with diabetes, and the healthcare professionals working across the settings and disciplines involved in diabetes treatment and care.

Role of the committee

• Represent the full spectrum of healthcare professionals involved in diabetes care, providing our work with holistic, patient-centred, insight.
• Act collaboratively and provide multidisciplinary leadership on issues around diabetes care.
• Inform the plans and work of the charity ensuring we meet the needs of people living with diabetes and healthcare professionals.
• Bring insight and awareness of issues in diabetes care, highlighting concerns affecting healthcare professionals and people at risk or living with diabetes. 
• Guide our response to government and organisational decision-making impacting healthcare professionals and the care, safety and treatment access of people at risk or with diabetes.
• Comment on the charity's plans and work to ensure it meets the needs of people living with diabetes and healthcare professionals.
• Promote and communicate our work and initiatives to healthcare professionals across relevant organisations and networks.

The HPA committee works in parallel with our Diabetes Lived Experience Advisory Committee, ensuring our work and actions are guided by well-rounded, collaborative insight from two groups who bring different perspectives and a shared passion for improving the treatment, care and health outcomes of people at risk or living with diabetes. 

Members

• Hannah Beba (Co-Chair): Consultant Pharmacist, West Yorkshire Health and Care Partnership
• Fiona Campbell (Co-Chair): Consultant Paediatrician and Diabetologist, Leeds Children’s Diabetes Centre, St James University HospitalMarc Atkin: Consultant & Clinical Lead in Diabetes, Endocrinology and General Internal Medicine, Royal United Hospital, Bath
• Sally Bailey: Diabetes Dietitian, Clinical Services Manager, NHS Diabetes Prevention Programme, Oviva
• Anne De Bray: ST7 Trainee, West Midlands, Chair of Young Diabetes Endocrinology Forum (YDEF)
• Atrayee Ghatak: Consultant Paediatrician and Diabetologist, Alder Hey Children's Hospital, Liverpool
• Manda Kaur: Learning and Development Pharmacist, National Pharmacy Association
• Carol Metcalfe: Advanced Specialist Practitioner, Paediatric Diabetes, Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital and Manchester Foundation Trust
• Nicola Milne: Primary Care Diabetes Specialist Nurse, Northenden and Brooklands Primary Care Network
• Claire Neely: Diabetes Nurse Consultant Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 
• Paul Newman: Senior Partner, Waverley Park Medical Practice, Glasgow (Diabetes Lead)
• Juliette Palmer: Diabetes Specialist Nurse, Primary Care Brownlow Health Liverpool
• Mayank Patel: Consultant Physician in Diabetes, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust
• Siobhan Pender: Senior Diabetes Specialist Nurse, Guy's and St Thomas’ NHS Trust
• Gabby Ramlan: Clinical Lead Dietitian (Adult), Barts Health NHS Trust (Newham Hospital)
• Jayne Robbie: Senior Lecturer and Senior Podiatrist, Birmingham City University and University Hospital Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
• Rose Stewart: Consultant Clinical Psychologist, Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board
• Waqas Tahir: GP Partner Affinity Care, Thornton & Denholme Medical Centre
• Katie Whitehead: Practice Nurse Educator for the T2DAY team, South Yorkshire ICB
• Zehra Yonel: Clinical Lecturer Restorative Dentistry / STR Restorative Dentistry, University of Birmingham
   

Recruitment

Recruitment has now closed and we are no longer accepting applications. If you would like to find out more about the Committee or future recruitment please email advisorycommittees@diabetes.org.uk.