Since qualifying in 2007, Dr Rischie has been working as a full-time GP at Pleck Health Centre in Walsall. He was appointed as a GP Trainer by West Midlands Deanery in 2010 and continues to teach GP trainees and medical students. He is also a GP appraiser.

In April 2012, in continuation of his role on the Professional Executive Committee, Dr Rischie joined the shadow Walsall CCG Board as the Deputy Chair for the Trans Walsall Locality. Since joining the Governing Body he has been involved in many patient and public participation events and provided clinical guidance as the Lead for Unscheduled Care. In April 2016 he was elected as Chair or Walsall CCG.

Paul has worked in the NHS for over 25 years and has been Chief Executive Officer at NHS Dudley Clinical Commissioning Group since its inception. He took on the additional responsibility as Accountable Officer for Walsall CCG in previously worked as Director of Commissioning Development for West Mercia Cluster.

Matt Hartland’s bio will be available soon!

Donna has worked for the NHS since graduating as a physiotherapist in 1987. Her early career was spent in London but she returned to her home in the West Midlands to take up a clinical role at Birmingham Children’s Hospital

Over the last few years, Donna has undertaken a range of diverse roles working across all sectors and has experience of primary, secondary, specialised and community services.

Prior to this role, Donna was Head of Primary Care with NHS England – West Midlands, where she had responsibility for commissioning, GP , dental, optometry and community pharmacy services across the West Midlands.

Donna Macarthur joined Walsall CCG as Director of Primary Care and Integration in February 2016 and is committed to transforming primary care services and delivering excellent care for patients across Walsall.

Paul Tulley bio coming soon!

Sarah is the Chief Nursing Officer/Director of Quality for Walsall Clinical Commissioning Group. Sarah has a long career history in the NHS working as a Nurse Consultant in Emergency Care and has a track record of working  collaboratively across many organisational boundaries to improve services for patients and families.

Sarah has 10 years’ experience of working in a variety of senior leadership roles in the NHS and Adult Social Care with expertise spanning Nursing and Quality, Operational Management, Transformation and System Change roles in both acute and community settings.

Sarah is committed to still working as a Nurse Consultant and will continue to do this alongside her CCG role.

As a lay member, Mike’s role is to provide oversight and scrutiny, and to challenge as necessary the development and implementation of strategies and plans. He also has a place on the Governing Body and several committees.

Mike originally trained in civil engineering, working in highway design and construction, before moving into IT, and becoming Deputy Director of ICT at a Midlands university. He has senior management experience across several disciplines.

Mike was involved with the CCG as a patient/public representative for more than a year before it became a statutory body. He has a firm commitment to improving health and care services in Walsall, and hopes to see the CCG continue to gain the trust of patients and the public.

Gulfam’s role is to ensure the views and experiences of Walsall people feature strongly in healthcare planning. He also ensures the CCG is open, well governed and financially adept, with strong NHS values and has a responsibility for quality and safety.

Gulfam lives in Walsall, and has a career of more than 17 years in the healthcare sector.

He has been involved in patient participation groups over the last 7 years and has an education background in Pharmacology. Gulfam has been involved with local community health awareness programmes across Walsall.

Rachael’s role is to bring her experience to ensure the CCG makes a difference to patient care, ensuring good governance standards are embedded and maintained with a focus to oversee key elements of patient and public involvement. She holds a place on the governing body and many committees.

Rachael has held senior positions with a service delivery focus, linking strategic direction to insight, improving services, achieving high customer satisfaction and continuous improvement across a diverse base. She is passionate about local views and incorporating these to deliver excellent care locally. She has lived and worked locally for over 20 years.

Dr. Asghar is a GP partner and CCG governing body member and Chair for the North locality. He currently also acts as the Lead Clinical Advisor for Urgent Care and Medicines Management for the CCG.

Dr Teoh has been a GP in Walsall since 1998. She is also a GP Trainer and the Macmillan GP Facilitator for Walsall CCG. She is passionate about delivering high quality health care for patients.

Dr Ravi Sandhu is a GP Principal at Kingfisher Practice, Modality Partnership since 2003. She has always been local to Walsall and graduated at Birmingham University in 1997.

Dr. Sandeep Kaul bio

Since qualifying in 1986, Dr Vitarana has worked in a number of areas over the past two decades. Having continued his training in 1992, Dr Vitarana came to Walsall as a GP five years later.

Working for Walsall Clinical Commissioning Group as a Clinical Executive (Finance and IT), Dr Vitarana has regularly expressed his strong belief in a good diet and regular exercise to his patients.

Dr Mohan achieved membership of the Royal College of Physicians in 2000, and gained considerable experience working in hospital medicine.

He went on to general practice, beginning a rotation in 2003, completted his MRCGP. In 2005 he became a partner at the Sina Health Centre in Willenhall.

Dr Baggri is originally from Walsall and has been working locally in the area since 2012.  He is also a GP Trainer and GP Partner and a governing body member.

“I have over 15 years of senior banking and strategic management planning experience, having started his career with West Bromwich Building Society in 1992 before moving to Staffordshire Building Society in 1998.

In the summer of 2007 I was invited to the join the family’s community pharmacy businesses with the objective to help stabilise and grow the family business.

Over the years I have helped the business grow from a family business comprising of  4 stores to what now has become a corporate business comprising of 100  community pharmacy stores  . The core community pharmacy businesses now has a turnover c£45 million pa and we employ around 420 staff.

During my tenure as CEO I have also been directly involved in relocating the business head office from Darlaston to a prestigious brand new Headquarter building in the heart of Walsall’s emerging new office corridor

I take a keen interest in economics, business and civic affairs and am passionate about assisting local community and voluntary organisation with whatever support I may be able to offer. Quite often it’s my banking and business experience ranging over 14years which is often ‘tapped’ upon.

I sit on a number of local and national boards and committees for example Walsall Clinical Commissioning group, Innovation Health and Wellbeing Ltd, Walsall Economic Board and further afield I am a member of the Independent Chemists Association and I am a member of the National Primary Care Association.

At heart I am family man and enjoy spending time with my wife and three sons whenever time permits!

I am firmly ‘rooted’ in the town where we were born, schooled and had made a success of our business.”

Dr. Parijat De bio is coming soon!