Community Diagnostic Centre National Roadmap

Becci began her nursing career as a Gastroenterology & Liver ward nurse at the Manchester Royal Infirmary. She then spent many years developing her career at Salford Royal Foundation Trust working in the Neuro/Trauma Intensive Care Unit. Moving into the Lead Nurse role for the Northern Care Alliance FT Rapid Diagnostic Centre, she was part of a team that launched and developed one of the country’s largest non-specific symptom services. Becci has subsequently taken on the Assistant Director of Nursing role for Community Diagnostic Centre and Rapid Diagnostic Centre at the NCA. The Oldham CDC launched in Dec 2019 and has focused initially on cancer pathway transformation with great success, Salford CDC opened in October 2023, with pathway transformation underway.

Eugene is the Developments Director at Community Health Partnerships (CHP). He brings a mix of private and public sector experience. Starting his career in EY’s Real Estate Group, moving to the private sector partner in early primary care PPPs, to his current position within CHP (a company owned by the Department of Health and Social Care). His current role is to lead the development function, acting for the public sector head tenant. Currently his team work to adapt PPP buildings to support new models of care and drive value for money from the existing estate. Eugene’s team use projects to support the delivery of CHP’s strategic objectives, which include a sustainable NHS. Current projects include a key worker accommodation scheme to support recruitment and retention of staff as well as delivering the first Passivhaus-certified health centre in the UK at Foleshill.

Andy is a graduate of Cambridge University, University of Bath School of Management and the NHS Management Training Scheme and has over 20 years of operational management experience within Acute NHS provider organisations at senior level.  Andy led NHS England and Improvement’s Diagnostics, Medicines & Pharmacy Improvement programmes for 5 years, including the implementation of the “Top 10 Medicines”, a £200m Imaging Equipment Replacement programme and the Imaging and Pathology Network programmes.  Andy led the delivery of the Richards’ Review Diagnostics: Recovery & Renewal recommendations including the establishment of the NHS Community Diagnostic Centre Programme, investing in 160 CDCs across England.  Andy has significant experience leading digital investment programmes including EPMA, e-Rostering and Health System-Led Investment. Andy joined InHealth Group in March 2022 to lead a rapid expansion of Community Diagnostic Centres in partnership with the NHS and is InHealth’s lead for health policy.

Barney Schofield is the lead Director at the Northern Care Alliance NHSFT for Cancer Services and the CDC programme. He has led the development of two commercially partnered CDCs in Greater Manchester, in Oldham and Salford. These CDCs are delivering a number of novel clinical pathways which are national case study examples. Barney is a passionate advocate of CDCs and was a member of Sir Mike Richards’ Expert Advisory Group supporting the development of national CDC policy.

As Commercial Director for InHealth, Nick is responsible for building long-term partnerships with the NHS and other healthcare organisations. A qualified accountant by profession, Nick combines his decade-long experience of working in the healthcare sector with his 20 years of finance experience to help structure effective partnerships. Most recently Nick has been working with NHS organisations to build a number of Community Diagnostic Centres and hospital-based Imaging Centres across the country, continuing with InHealth’s long history of supporting the NHS. Nick is a graduate of University of Wales, Swansea and is currently studying for an MBA at Henley Business School. Prior to working in healthcare, Nick worked in the banking and IT service sectors in various senior finance roles (both UK and overseas).