CLRN Board

The CLRN Board serves to ensure the representation of each constituent NHS organisation, and relevant Higher Education Institutions, in the governance of the CLRN. The Board takes oversight of the activities of the CLRN, ensuring that the interests and priorities of the constituent organisations are carefully considered and inform its activities.

Current members of the Northumberland, Tyne and Wear CLRN are:

City Hospitals Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust - Professor Chris Gray
Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust - Dr Alan Thomas
Gateshead PCT - Dr David Hambleton
Newcastle PCT - Lyn Dixon
Newcastle University - Professor Alastair Burt
Newcastle-upon-Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust  (Host Organisation) - Mrs Wendy Jones 
Newcastle-upon-Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (Member Organisation) - Professor Steve Robson
North East Ambulance Service NHS Trust - Colin Cessford
North East and Cumbria Diabetes Research Network - Professor Mark Walker
North East Dementias and Neurodegenerative Diseases Research Network - Professor John O’Brien
North East Mental Health Research Hub - Professor Nicol Ferrier
North East Strategic health Authority - Dr Eugene Milne
North East Stroke Research Network - Professor Chris Gray
Northern Cancer Research Network - Dr Phillip Atherton
Northern and Yorkshire Primary Care Research Network - Professor Greg Rubin
North Tyneside PCT - Lyn Dixon 
Northumberland Care Trust - Lyn Dixon
Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Trust - Dr Gillian Fairfield
Northumbria Health Care NHS Foundation Trust - Dr Richard Walker
Northumbria University - Professor Charlotte Clark
South Tyneside NHS Foundation Trust - David Shilton
South Tyneside PCT - Dr David Hambleton
Sunderland Teaching PCT - Dr David Hambleton
University of Sunderland - Professor Greg Rubin

The Clinical Director, Professor Tim Goodship, is also a member of the CLRN Board.

Professor Sir George Alberti chairs the CLRN Board.

Board membership will be reviewed after the first year.

Dates of Board Meetings

30 January 2009
8 May 2009
4 September 2009
14 May 2010

Last updated: 12 December 2008