Maxine Patton
The Northumbria 
Maxine currently works in the Northumbria hospital in the facilities department where she has worked for the last 10 years in the linen department, delivering a service that meets the needs of patients and staff on a daily basis.
Maxine is a committed member of staff with a genuine interest in the NHS. She is keen to represent staff views as a governor and ensure their voice is heard.
Kayleigh Brown
Northumberland Community 
Kayleigh is a Community Midwife in the Tyne Valley locality. Since joining the Trust in 2015 she has worked across various community bases in Northumberland and North Tyneside as a midwife.
Kayleigh is willing to embrace change and encourage innovation for the advantage of her colleagues and patients. She is extremely passionate about high quality care and her own values and beliefs are aligned with Northumbria's Trust values.
Doreen Davidson
Northumberland Community
Doreen currently works as Operations Manager for the Northumberland Community Nurses, with a background in community nursing since 1990, first as a Relief Community Staff Nurse.
This provided a firm grounding for her career development which included District Nurse and Community Matron Roles, she applied for the role as Operations Manager to develop the service through the many NHS changes.
She continue to work as a Staff Nurse at weekends “on the shop floor” which helps her communicate with the staff and patients, observing and experiencing not only the problems encountered but also the high quality and compassionate care under taken by the staff.
As Operations Manager she also advises staff members on the appropriate routes to be taken to address issue they may have ensuring compliance with the Trusts Governance and strategic polices and values. More recently she has been awarded with the honour of becoming a Queens Nurse. This will enable closer working with professional bodies that support the role of the District Nurse in delivering the government’s agenda of caring for people closer to home.
Dale Hanson
Northumberland Community 
Dale is an Armed Forces veteran who served in the Royal Electrical & Mechanical Engineers and is a member of Northumbria Healthcare Armed Forces Veterans Network.
He Joined the trust in 2015 initially as a bank employee in Medical Records, this turned into a full-time employee a year later. In 2017 he was offered a full-time position with the Podiatry Dept as a Podiatry Technician and eight years later he is now the team lead technician in the podiatry appliance workshop.
Dale will always fight for the health and wellbeing of the trust employees as he worked in poor premises himself and fought for better conditions which resulted in a move. His team and himself are now working in centrally heated workshop with natural light and proper ventilation.
He believes in a proper work/life balance and as stress free as possible. He encourages staff to seek the appropriate help and advice from the various networks that the trust offers. Dale will advise staff members on the appropriate routes to be taken to address issue they may have ensuring compliance with the Trusts Governance and strategic polices and values.
Alan Hughes
Berwick Infirmary
Alan deferred invitation to train for Ordination to see something of the world and joined The Coldstream Guards. Troubled by what he had experienced of the wider world, after Regular Military service he had a rethink about religion and joined a National Company as a manager, working for a while in Berwick upon Tweed in the late 1960s. Following a chance encounter with a Bishop, Alan was invited to train for the Ordained Ministry at Edinburgh, after which he led parishes in Edinburgh and Yorkshire, before being called to Berwick to his great surprise in 1994. Leading only four parishes over some forty years, he also served as Territorial Army, Ambulance, Police, Army Cadet Force and also NHS Chaplain in tandem with his parish duties, Chaplain to Berwick Infirmary for almost 30 years.
Immensely proud of the staff of Berwick Infirmary and having a love of the town which nominated him for an MBE for services to Berwick where his children and grandchildren live, Alan is delighted at this further opportunity of service to the people of Berwick and Northumbria Healthcare.
Melanie Parnell
Wansbeck Hospital
Melanie is a staff nurse based at Wansbeck Hospital and has been employed there for almost 2 years. Prior to that she worked on the bank at Alnwick, Hexham, The Northumbria and North Tyneside hospitals. Previously she has worked within the Newcastle Hospitals.
Melanie has a wealth of life experience being a return to practice registrant having previously worked in various areas including hospitality, management, HR, finance and education. She is enthusiastic about nursing and the values of the Trust which align very closely with her own personal values.
Tayech Wubetu
Wansbeck Hospital
Tayech has a lot of experience working as a nurse and Outpatients manager in the trust for over 10 years. She firmly believes in excellent quality care, enhancing the health of the population and providing an environment that will stimulate and excite staff, patients and those who engage with our trust.
Tayech sees all staff in the trust as a family where opinions can be heard, respected and taken onboard and she feels it is imperative that staff members have a strong voice.
Joanne Hymers
Hexham Hospital
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Tina Bennett
North Tyneside Community 
Tina is currently an advanced nurse practitioner and has 37 years of dedicated service as a nurse within the healthcare sector. She has worked both in an acute NHS trust and in primary care. She is keen to advocate for the rights and well-being of all staff members, enhance communication channels between staff and senior managers ensuring that staff voices are heard in an environment of inclusivity, transparency and collaboration.
Kevin Smith
North Tyneside Community
Kevin is currently a community matron having started at Northumbria as a district nurse in 1990. He has worked in all the localities of North Tyneside and is currently based in North Shields.
He feels passionatley that the voice of staff is very valuable and wants to ensure that the voice of community staff is heard by the Chief Executive, and informs the Trust's decision making as the best decisions are made in dialogue with those delivering care.