Council of Management - Register of interests

• Employed as an epilepsy specialist nurse within the NHS working closely with Epilepsy Action’s Regional Services Manager in Northern Ireland

Internal interests:

• Voluntary speaker at Epilepsy Action events.
• Personal support provided to local Epilepsy Action groups in Northern Ireland.

• Member of University Hospital North Staffs. hospital trust committee.
• Vice chair of mid-Cheshire area health long term neurology committee.
• Chair, Stoke-on-Trent parent partnership advisory services.
• Adviser on youth services in Stoke-on-Trent.

Internal interests:

• Chair, Epilepsy Action Stoke-on-Trent branch.
• Epilepsy Action Accredited Volunteer 

• Member of the Royal Society of Chemistry.
• Member of NASUWT trade union. 

Internal interests:

• Member of Epilepsy Action Women’s Advisory panel.
• Epilepsy Action Accredited Volunteer.

• Full time paid employment with the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.
• Membership of the Institute of Health Promotion and Education.
• Membership of PCS trade union.
• Holdings of shares in various listed companies as personal investments, none of which constitute significant holdings (i.e. more than 1% of the issued share capital) in any one company and none of which has to my knowledge any relationship with or interest in the work of Epilepsy Action.

Internal interests:

• Director (unpaid) of Epilepsy UK and Epilepsy Action – both dormant companies and wholly owned by the British Epilepsy Association, (Epilepsy Action).

• None listed 

Internal interests:

• Recipient (with three others) of an Epilepsy Action research grant (2009-2012). 

• A member of two other epilepsy charities. 

Internal interests:

• None listed 

• Elected governor, (until 2012), ‘Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust’ (incorporating the ‘Greater Manchester Neurosciences Centre’, provider of specialist neuroscience services to Greater Manchester, east Cheshire and north west Derbyshire). Vice-Chair of the strategic direction sub-group.
• Executive committee member and trustee, ‘Greater Manchester Neurological Alliance’ (GMNA)  (Chair 2005-8).
• Representative member (alternating for GMNA), Greater Manchester Neuroscience Network Board. (GMNN is a sub-group of the Assoc. of Greater Manchester PCTs.)
• Member, GMNNB appointed review group currently evaluating neuro-rehabilitation services (2009-?)
• Accredited lay member, NHS (North West) Research Ethics Committees (National Patient Safety Agency -NRES).
• ‘Commission on Human Medicines’, appointed lay member, advisory group on neurology and pain management 2005-current.
• ‘MHRA ’lay members group’, 2007-current.
• ‘NICE’ – appointed patient member, guideline development group for the epilepsies, 2009-2011.
• Previous long standing academic staff establishment contract, Manchester Metropolitan University.
• Son-in-law holds a clinical directorship with NHS Cumbria (pct)
• Holdings of shares in the following companies as private investments, none of which constitute significant holdings (i.e. more than 1% of the issued share capital):
  • Astra Zeneca plc
  • Smith and Nephew plc
  • GlaxoSmithKline plc
  • Finsbury World Wide Pharmaceutical Trust plc 

Internal interests:

• Director, Epilepsy UK and Epilepsy Action – registered companies (not trading) wholly owned by the British Epilepsy Association.
• Director, BEA Trading, a registered company which donates all profits to British Epilepsy Association

• None listed.  

Internal interests:

• Epilepsy Action Accredited Volunteer.
• Member of Epilepsy Action West Midlands Forum 

• A professional interest in epilepsy and education.

Internal interests:

• Epilepsy Action Accredited Volunteer 

• Consultant in the NHS.
• Active epilepsy researcher.
• Member of the editorial board of the scientific journal ‘Epilepsy & Behaviour’.
• Recipient of research funding and travel grants from the following pharmaceutical companies: UCB Pharma, Pfizer, Janssen-Cilag, GSK, Sanofi Aventis and Eisai.  

Internal interests:

• Co-supervisor of an Epilepsy Action funded PhD student (based at the University of York).
• Recent holder of an Epilepsy Action research grant. 

• Member of local GP practice patient participation group.

Internal interests:

• Epilepsy Action Accredited Volunteer.
• Chair of the Epilepsy Action Warwick & District branch.
• Chair/Treasurer of the Epilepsy Action West Midlands Forum.
• Director (unpaid) of Epilepsy UK a dormant company wholly owned by the British Epilepsy Association.

• Member of local community health council.
• Member of Dyfed police force voluntary custody visitor.
• Member of Plaid Cymru political party. 

Internal interests:

• Epilepsy Action Accredited Volunteer.
• Chair of the Epilepsy Action Llanelli branch.