Why me? Why Online? Social Media and Public Health
NHS Commissioning Board Patient and Information Directorate directors online
1. Name Job role Job role in NHS speak Twitter Current Twitter bio Blog Linkedin (URL and
(13/11/2011) connections)
Tim Kelsey National Director The top dog in this @tkelsey1 NHS National Director for http://blog.opengovp http://uk.linkedin.co
for Patients and directorate. Sits on the NCB Patients and Information. artnership.org/author m/pub/tim-
Information board. Formerly UK Gov /tim-kelsey/ kelsey/41/b05/49b
Transparency lead. 500+
Entrepreneur, journalist, jazz Last post 11 July
musician 2012
Colin Director of Running the „traditional‟ None N/A None http://uk.linkedin.co
Douglas Communications side of comms – press and m/pub/colin-
media, stakeholder and douglas/a/815/536
internal comms. 500+
Alex Chief The guy who, in @tkelsey‟s None N/A None http://uk.linkedin.co
Abbott Technology tweeted words, “will make m/pub/alex-
Officer online health real.” abbott/1/877/b4
340+
Giles Director of I couldn‟t find anything on None N/A None No
Wilmore Patient and this but I‟m going to hazard
Public Voice a guess that this role will be
more about the people that
the hard- and software.
Talking to patient groups,
politicians, NHS staff, the
royal colleges and such like.
Christine Director of “Modernising the None N/A None http://uk.linkedin.co
Outram Intelligence information infrastructure in m/pub/christine-
health and social care so outram/23/b71/46a
that patients, public and 500+
clinicians and service
providers have the
intelligence they need to
make informed decisions
and choices.”
So that is intel on NHS
services for commissioners,
providers and the public.
2. John Director of Helping the public and @johncoulthard Social Entrepreneur www.johncoulthard.c http://uk.linkedin.co
Coulthard Customer patients get the information o.uk m/pub/john-
Relations they need to make informed coulthard/a/439/84
health decisions. Man Last post 06 459+
behind the online and November
telephone customer
services centre.
Beverley Director of Chief befriender of IT and @Beverley_Bryant MD, Capita Health None http://uk.linkedin.co
Bryant Strategic procurement people across m/pub/beverley-
Systems and the NHS. Has a massive bryant/28/b5/480
Technology task to modernise the IT the 122+
NHS uses to help staff
provide better outcomes
and experiences and
patients to access info
easily.
Geraint Director of Open #Opendata (give them @GeraintLewis Public health doctor, currently None http://www.linkedin.
Lewis Information JSON not .csv and PDF working in Chicago. com/pub/geraint-
files) Fighting the IG beast lewis/11/a69/a84
to enable commissioning 293+
decisions to be based on
(near) real-time evidence.
Samantha Director of Getting patient views into @samriley High quality analysis is http://samrileysqualit http://uk.linkedin.co
Riley Insight the service design and critical in driving yobservatory.blogsp m/pub/samantha-
commissioning process. improvements in quality & ot.co.uk/ riley/11/6b5/843
We‟ll see how this works efficiency of NHS services. I 458+
with/clashes with Giles currently lead the Quality
Wilmore‟s patch. Observatory @SECSHAQO