NHS R&D Forum Groups
UK Research Finance Group
The UK Research Finance Group is a professional community of NHS R&D Finance Managers across the UK. The group provides the opportunity to forge professional relationships and establish a network of colleagues. It will also deliver outputs including guidance and training to support the research finance community.
It resulted from a request from UKRD (a national community of R&D Leaders established in 2017) to establish a working group of NHS R&D Finance managers specifically to explore and discuss topical and ongoing issues facing NHS R&D departments, how they impact on individual Trusts and the R&D community as a whole.
For this initiative, NHS R&D Forum is working jointly with the UKRD as there is overlap and interest in this work for both communities.
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Group Chair(s):
Susan Keenan
Susan entered the research arena as R&D Senior Finance Manager at University Hospital Southampton in 2014. Her responsibilities include the development and delivery of financial strategy and comprehensive financial management of R&D income and expenditure. She is a fully qualified chartered accountant with vast experience of working as financial lead within the public sector. In 2019 Susan established and is chair of the UK Finance Managers Group (URD / RD Forum) which is a professional community of NHS R&D Finance Managers. It was created specifically to explore and discuss topical and ongoing issues facing NHS R&D departments, how they impact on individual Trusts and the R&D community as a whole.
Joe Mwanza (Deputy Chair)
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Group Members:
Mark Albrighton
University Hospitals of Derby & Burton NHS Foundation Trust
Maja Andreevska
Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust
Kirsten Bailey
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Kathryn Baysdon
Cambridge University Hospital
Ron Boulter
Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
Clare Calvert
Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS FT
Kirsty Cepek
University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust
Frances Farnworth
East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Founation Trust
Ernie Finch
Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust
Michael Holloway
Health and Care Wales
Sharon Khambay
Royal Marsden Hospital
Teresa Merron
Belfast Health and Social Care Trust
Bart Philipczyk
The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
Sandra Quinn
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde
Simon Revesai
Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust
Emmanuel Rollings-Kamara
Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust
Mark Simpson
Swansea Bay University Health Board
Zoe Townsend
Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals
Parveen Virk
Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospital NHS Trust
Mahendra Wadhwana
University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust
Julia West
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Chris Zampella
University Hospitals Plymouth Trust
- Lead new work related to the themes, in their specific areas of interest.
- Create resources where there are gaps
- Influence partners & invited stakeholders. Discuss their work, ask for opinions and shape policy.
- Share expertise and gather intelligence from and for the community
- Horizon scan for what is of interest to the community. Horizon scanning and conducting community surveys
- Develop consultation responses
- Act as a point of reference & contact for the members with questions or peer review
- Feed into general Forum training, conference and events programmes.
- Champion the NHS R&D Forum and our community.
- Speak for and represent the research management, support and leadership community.
- Drive the Forum forward and provide leadership
- Strategically, proposing Forum content, providing leadership and ensuring oversight of outputs
- As a point of contact, providing peer support to colleagues
- As a Task and finish, producing outputs and resources
- As a space to work out loud, sharing experience and connecting with colleagues.