CHCR – The Advisory Board
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The Centre’s Advisory board is the principal interface between University, operational CHCR ‘business’ and the wider health and social care sector beyond. It provides expert advice to the Centre as it seeks to build effective health communications practice.

Rob Checketts is Executive Director of Corporate Communications at the Qatar-based Hamad Medical Corporation.

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As Director of Communications at the then NHS Trust Development Authority (now NHS Improvement), Rob played a pivotal role in the collaboration with CHCR which led to the creation of its flagship postgraduate certificate in health communications (PgCert-HC). His extensive health-sector career includes senior posts within both the NHS and the UK Department of Health. linkedin  

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John Underwood is CHCR’s Director. He holds an honorary chair at Glasgow University and is a visiting professor at Buckinghamshire New University… 

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Over the past 15 years John has advised a wide range of NHS organisations on complex communication and reputation management issues. Among the many organisations he has counselled are Primary Care Trusts, Strategic Health Authorities, NHS Trusts and the Department of Health.  

Dan Evans is chief communications officer at the Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust and an early graduate of CHCR’s postgraduate certificate in health communications

Dr Bill Nichols is CHCR’s Deputy Director.   A marketing and public relations specialist, he ran his own international communications consultancy…

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and worked in France and India as well as the UK. He later completed a Doctorate of Business Administration at Henley Business School where he was a visiting lecturer (2008-14) and joined Buckinghamshire New University as a senior lecturer (2009-14).  He is also: lead consultant for the University’s Bucks Consulting Group, working predominantly on leadership and service improvement in the health sector; and a member of the Oxford Academic Health Science Network(AHSN). linkedin  

Nick Pearson is chief of staff for the NHS Devon ICS and an early graduate of CHCR’s postgraduate certificate in health communications

Prof. Ricardo Khine is an HCPC registered Therapeutic Radiographer and is currently Head of School (HoS) for the School of Health & Social Care Professions (of which CHCR forms part) at Buckinghamshire New University

Prof. David Sines MBE, Provost and Emeritus Professor of community healthcare nursing at Buckinghamshire New University.  Formerly Executive Dean (1999-2009) and Pro-Vice Chancellor (2009-14)

Karen Buckwell-Nutt is Associate Pro Vice-Chancellor for Health and Social Care and Director of the Institute for Health and Social Care at Buckinghamshire New University