Who we are

Leadership and Management | Partners | Governance

PenCLAHRC directly funds about 60 members of staff and 15 PhD students, primarily across sites in Exeter and Plymouth. Some of our staff are grouped into teams specialising in specific areas of research:

PenCHORD (the Peninsula Collaboration for Health Operational Research and Development) focus on quantitative modelling techniques
The Evidence Synthesis Team (EST) are health services researchers with expertise in evidence synthesis methods
Our Implementation Science Group specialise in putting effective health care into practice
The Patient and Public Involvement team (PPI) are experts in involving the public in health care research and support PenCLAHRC to embed PPI within our own research

We also support a a number of NHS colleagues who work closely with us and have a wide network of affiliated partners across the South West. You can find out more about our team via our staff database.

Leadership and Management

Director	Professor Stuart Logan (PA: Stella Taylor)
Deputy Director (Exeter)	Professor Ken Stein
Deputy Director (Plymouth)	Professor Richard Byng
Operations and Finance Manager	Mrs Jo Shuttleworth
Engagement, Research Information and Communications Manager	Dr Lisa Cashmore/Dr Sara Hayes
PenCLAHRC Administrator	Mrs Cath Hopkins

The work of PenCLAHRC is supported by a Governance structure that includes the Management Board, Strategic Executive Group (SEG) and the Project Oversight Executive Group (POEG).

Partners

All NHS trusts across Cornwall, Devon and Somerset are members of the collaboration, in addition to both regional universities and the local Academic Health Science Network:

Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust	Devon Partnership NHS Trust	Livewell Southwest
Northern, Eastern and Western (NEW) Devon Clinical Commissioning Group	NHS England South: Devon, Cornwall and Isles of Scily area team and Bristol, North Somerset, Somerset and South Gloucestershire area team (Somerset locality only)	NHS Kernow Clinical Commissioning Group
Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust	Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust	Plymouth University
Public Health England South West	Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust	Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust (host organisation)
Somerset Partnership NHS Foundation Trust	Somerset Clinical Commissioning Group	South Devon and Torbay Clinical Commissioning Group
South West Academic Health Science Network	South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust	Taunton and Somerset NHS Foundation Trust
Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust	University of Exeter	Yeovil District Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Governance

PenCLAHRC is governed by a Management Board, which includes representatives from all partners in the collaboration, and is Chaired by Professor Mary Watkins, Non-Executive Director at the South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SWASFT). The Management Board meets twice a year, normally in April and November. Each meeting is held using video-conferencing between three sites in Exeter, Plymouth and Truro. Terms of Reference and minutes from all Management Board meetings are available to view on the Management Board and Executive Groups webpage.

PenCLAHRC is managed by a Director, Professor Stuart Logan, who is accountable to the Management Board. The Director oversees two Executive Groups within PenCLAHRC - the Strategic Executive Group (SEG) and the Project Oversight Executive Group (POEG). These are made up of the research theme leads, NHS liaison leads and various management roles including deputy directors and leads for communications, implementation and patient and public involvement. The SEG meets quarterly, while the POEG meets every four to six weeks, depending on project activity.

Each PenCLAHRC project has a separate project team which reports to the Project Oversight Executive Group. Each team is led by an academic lead, supported by a Research Manager. One member of the Executive Group is nominated to take overall responsibility for the delivery of each project.

We also have a patient, carer and public led advisory group, the Peninsula Public Involvement Group (PenPIG), which is involved in all aspects of PenCLAHRC's work. As well as reporting to the Executive Groups, it also has representation on the Management Board and on the Stakeholder Prioritisation Panel, which determines priority projects from the question generation process.