Healthwatch staff member at a conference

Our Board

Our Board works to ensure that we are fulfilling our legal and statutory obligations. You can find out more about our Board below.

 

Our Chair, Vanessa Barrett

For over 40 years, Vanessa worked as a clinician and in senior management roles in many different NHS organisations, as well as with the Department of Health. She has a passion for improving the quality of care experienced by patients. Vanessa has lived in Bridgnorth since 1991.

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Rich Amos

Rich Amos has been a volunteer for Healthwatch Shropshire since 2021.  He sits on the Engagement and Marketing committee and is a trained Authorised Representative undertaking E&V visits.  Rich is a trustee for various Boards including Community Resource.  He has experience working as an advocate for other people with disabilities and is really interested in empowering people to have their voices heard and removing possible barriers to this.

Steve Price

Steve has been a volunteer with Healthwatch Shropshire since 2014. He spent his professional life in the field of Public Health. His role for the majority of that time was as liaison officer between the Local Authority and the Health Authority, as it was then known.

David Voysey

David was a civil servant in welfare departments for 32 years. For several years he was a Regional Manager in a Special Health Authority. Since the 1970s he has been involved in local community affairs including being a Parish and District Councillor.  His other voluntary activities include being a member and Chairman of Alveley Village Hall’s Management Committee,  a previous Trustee for the Community Council of Shropshire and as a leisure pleasure, he plays boules and is Chairman of the Severn Valley Petanque League.

Bob Welch

Bob worked as a social worker becoming District Director of Adult Social Services in Birmingham before moving to the Social Services Inspectorate of the Department of Health. He has since worked as a an Independent Social Care Consultant. For the last 9 years, he has served on Church Stretton Town Council; for 6 years chairing the local Health & Social Care Partnership.

Anne Wignall

Anne was an English teacher before joining the charity sector as a campaigner and education specialist. She has been a Board member of several national and international charities including Cruse and the RSPCA. She works with a number of local charities and other organisations and is currently Deputy Mayor of Ellesmere. 

Board Meetings

All of our board meetings are held in public. You would be very welcome if you would like to come along.

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Past Board papers

We make the papers for our public Board meetings available online. We also publish a summary of what was discussed. Check out our past meetings to read more.

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Interested in joining our Board?

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