Our Committee
The main purpose of the Healthwatch Committee (HWC) is to provide local leadership, which reflects the voices of people living locally.
The group’s main duty is to work with Healthwatch operational staff to set strategic direction and to prioritise which issues should be taken forward through our Enter and View, research and other programme areas. These decisions will be taken within the confines of our contractual arrangements, model of delivery and previously determined KPIs and will form the basis of the Healthwatch work plan in conjunction with our partners in Health and Social Care.
Meet the Bromley Advisory Committee
Jane Walters
Jane has a background in healthcare management, predominantly in the areas of governance and patient safety and experience. She has also worked in the charity sector, including as Vice Chair of St Christopher’s hospice.
Katie Barratt
Katie has an education background including teaching Health and Social Care and Ofsted inspection for History. She has worked in the Cabinet Office on the Excellence in Public Service Award and she has been chair of Havering Womens Aid since 1983.
Katie came to Bromley as a child and has taught in several secondary schools here since 2000. A member of her local Patient Practice Group, Katie is also Bromley’s Patient Voice representative on the South East London Clinical Commissioning Group.
Trevor Begg
Trevor has a keen interest in patient safety, health advocacy and championing the patient voice. Between 2009- 2018 they were involved in patient voice and health advocacy roles in Northwest London, pan London and Nationally. This included being chair of Hillingdon LINk a member of the London Clinical Senate and chair of the public and patient reference grp, a CCG lay member for 5 years, CQC lay visitor and a member of a variety of standard setting panels and reviews."
Helen Norris - Chair
Helen has been a member of the Healthwatch Bromley Committee since January 2019.
She also chairs the local GP practice Patient Participation Group (PPG) and was for some years a member of the Bromley Patient Advisory Group.
In future, she wants to see Bromley Healthwatch working more closely with other patient engagement and consultation vehicles in the borough, e.g. One Bromley Patient Network and PPGs, to ensure that patients’ views and experiences influence future health and care provision.