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About us

NHS Cheshire and Merseyside – the integrated care board (ICB) for the region – is responsible for planning NHS services for our population, which includes the care you receive at your GP practice, local pharmacy, NHS dentist, NHS opticians, or at hospital.

We serve a population of over 2.7m people across Cheshire East, Cheshire West, Halton, Knowsley, Liverpool, Sefton, St Helens, Warrington and Wirral. Working alongside the wider integrated care partnership, ICBs have four key aims:

  • Improve outcomes in population health and healthcare
  • Tackle inequalities in outcomes, experience and access
  • Enhance productivity and value for money
  • Help the NHS support broader social and economic development

To support our vision, local health and care services are working together, as equal partners, to support seamless, person-centred care and tackle health inequalities by improving the lives of the poorest fastest.

Organisational Structure

Organisational Structure

Our corporate directors

  • Graham Urwin – Chief Executive
  • Mark Bakewell – Director of Finance (Interim)
  • Clare Watson – Assistant Chief Executive
  • Mike Gibney – Chief People Officer
  • Anthony Middleton – Director of Performance and Planning
  • Chris Douglas MBE – Director of Nursing and Care
  • Prof Rowan Pritchard Jones – Medical Director
  • Dr Fiona Lemmens – Deputy Medical Director
  • John Llewellyn – Chief Digital Officer

Our Place directors

  • Mark Wilkinson – Place Director – Cheshire East
  • Laura Marsh – Interim Place Director – Cheshire West
  • Anthony Leo – Place Director – Halton and Acting Place Director – Liverpool
  • Alison Lee – Place Director – Knowsley
  • Deborah Butcher – Place Director – Sefton
  • Mark Palethorpe – Place Director – St Helens
  • Carl Marsh – Place Director – Warrington
  • Simon Banks – Place Director – Wirral

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