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, Liz Meerabeau

I have lived in Kingston for thirty years. I am a retired nurse and health visitor, and was Dean and Professor of Health Care at the University of Greenwich. Before that, in the mid 1990’s, I was a research manager for the Policy Research Programme at the Department of Health. I was for many years a member and then vice-chair of an NHS Research Ethics Committee, and was an appointed governor of Oxleas mental health trust. I have a particular interest in patient experience, particularly in long-term illness, on which I have co-edited a book.

Liz became Chair of Healthwatch Kingston on 1 September 2018.

Our Board

James Waugh

I work currently as a civil servant with a focus on regulatory and compliance issues. Prior to this, I worked in the charity sector – as a professional fundraiser for an organisation supporting people with visual impairments; and as a manager of a project obtaining free legal advice for small voluntary sector organisations. My professional background is in law.

I am passionate about children’s mental health issues. I also have a particular interest in ADHD and autism. I lead on risk management and legal issues for Healthwatch Kingston. I am proud to support Healthwatch Kingston.

Richard Allen

Richard Allen’s career has been based in marketing, public relations and journalism, spanning public, private, charitable and the self employed sector of the economy. He is the holder of industry awards and is has been the executive chairman of the national charity RALPHH since 2019. The charity’s aim is to safeguard the safety of young people and others engaged in strenuous sporting activities.  
 
A resident of Kingston for most of his life, he served nine years as a governor of Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, four of these as lead governor. He also helped establish the Kingston branch of Diabetes UK in 2015. His family has long been connected with the inter-generational fortunes of Kingston; his grandfather had been the desk sergeant at Kingston Police Station and his father worked as the housekeeper of County Hall. Richard became a trustee of Healthwatch Kingston in 2020 and from 2021-22 was acting treasurer of the organisation.

Kathryn Yates

Kathryn Yates is a registered nurse, health visitor and teacher with over 30 years experience in practice. Kathryn has been a Kingston resident for over 20 years and has held numerous posts at national and regional level in health and educational settings. Kathryn is currently an independent nurse consultant with specialist interest in supervision practice. 

Scotty McLeod

Eeva Crawley

Justina Jang

 

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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Our Policies

A full list of all our policies and procedures can be found here. 

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