Specialist design authority leads

Six specialties have been identified to start this process. Each speciality will have its own Specialty Design Authority (SDA) with its own clinical leader chairing the group.

Speciality	Lead/Organisation	CCIO
Cardiology	Sam Nath – Northumbria Healthcare	Nikhil Premchand
Renal	Alex Wood – NENC Renal Network Manager	Jonathan Murray
Neurosurgery	Nitin Mukerji – South Tees Hospitals	Andrew Adair
Spinal	Nitin Mukerji – South Tees Hospitals	Andrew Adair
Vascular	Rachel Bell – Newcastle Hospitals	Chris Plummer
Hepato-Biliary-Surgery	Rohan Thakkar – Newcastle Hospitals Steven Foster – Newcastle Hospitals	Chris Plummer

To find out more about the project, you can email the team (nuth.connectnenc@nhs.net) with any queries.