Employment committee

Helen Fitzgerald (Chair)

Helen is currently undertaking a full-time trade union role as the partnership lead in Edinburgh Health and Social Care Partnership. 

Her clinical background is MSK and she has worked in that area for most of her career. She has been a CSP staff-side representative in NHS Lothian for many years, working exclusively as the lead CSP steward for the past six years. She is a workplace mediator in NHS Lothian Mediation Service and is keen to support addressing negative conflict in the workplace as early as possible.

Mike Mander (Vice-Chair - Awaiting Bio)

Stephanie Heasley

Stephanie is a physio assistant currently working in in-patient elderly rehabilitation in the Belfast Health and Social Care Trust. She began working in the trust in 2003 as an assistant in MSK community outpatients in South and East Belfast. She has been a workplace steward for three years and has represented Northern Ireland on the Industrial Relations Committee, Associates Board and represented Associates on the CSP Northern Ireland Board.

Stephanie has a keen interest in trade unionism and her involvement in CSP committees has given her the knowledge and skills to support colleagues.

Fiona Mackellar

Biography to come.

Stephanie Mansell

Stephanie is a consultant physiotherapist at the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust and co-lead for the sleep and ventilation service. Stephanie completed an MSc in advanced cardiorespiratory physiotherapy from UCL in 2015. Stephanie’s main clinical focus is the acute and long term management of patients with ventilatory failure and sleep disordered breathing.

Stephanie is passionate about the education of health care professionals and is the AHP lead for simulation at RFL. Stephanie served as the co-chair for the national consultant physiotherapy group 2015-2021. Stephanie was awarded the DigitalHealth sustainability through digital award 2017 for her work on remote monitoring of home NIV patients and the CAHPO award for AHP digital practice in 2021 for the app ONCALLbuddy.

Josh Meadows

Josh is a Advanced Physiotherapy Practitioner and clinical lead in Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation trust and specialises in the area of Musculoskeletal disorders and Quality improvement. He has worked as both an NHS physiotherapist since 2012 and has extensive experience working within an acute care, primary care and specialist care setting.

Josh has been a work based steward since 2014 and has been the East Midlands Regional Representative since 2016. He has been a safety representative since 2019. He has a range of trade union experience at both a local and national level undertaking duties within these roles.

Anuska Pal

Anushka is a senior community neurophysiotherapist currently working in a reputed Community Healthcare NHS Trust in West London. She has extensive experience working in various NHS trusts across England, in different set-ups such as acute hospital wards, intermediate care and in the neuro and core community rehab.

Anushka has been a workplace CSP steward for the past two years. She is a staff health and wellbeing ambassador of her trust and an active member of the Research and Audit group of the trust. As part of CSP’s Leadership Development Programme, which she completed in 2018, she did a one-year service evaluation project on the trust’s rapid response team. This led to a reform in the training and supervision provided to the staff and thus improved the service delivery of the team. She has a specific interest in ensuring equality and fairness at workplace for the BAME members and is also actively involved in the CSP’s BAME network.

Julia Prince

Julia is currently full-time staff side chair at Berkshire Healthcare. Her clinical background is in rehabilitation where she has managed a team of therapists across East Berkshire.

She has been a workplace steward for over 16 years and is the Regional Steward for South Central.

Julia is passionate about fighting for good terms and conditions in all sectors,  has a keen interest in EDB issues and wants the workplace to be a great place for everyone.

Hannah Stockham

Hannah is an advanced physiotherapy practitioner and team lead in Swansea University Health Board. She has been at the forefront of delivering a musculoskeletal triaging service. Hannah has also worked in the Directorate of Therapies and Health Science to undertake workforce planning for the health board providing regular reports and updates on therapies and health scientists concerns. She continues to have an interest in workforce planning and developing strategies to support staff resilience.

Hannah has insight into the private sector and has worked for the Women’s Football Association of Wales and Premiership rugby team.  She is a non-executive board member for Celtic Leisure, a local leisure provider in South Wales. Hannah is currently studying for Masters in Health care Management at Swansea University.

Luke Tobin

bio to follow shortly.

Cliff Towson

Cliff is an MSK community physiotherapist in Birmingham. He previously worked in the NHS in both managerial and in clinical roles. He has been a steward for over 25 years, and is a clinical educator and staff-side lead in the agenda for change.

Cliff is a founder member of the CSP Disabled Members Network in 1995. He was previously a member of several CSP committees and also represented CSP on the TUC Disabled Workers’ Committee for six years. Cliff is interested in equality and diversity within the CSP and his links with the trade union movement have led to positive change.

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