Programme Team

The CCN Programme Team coordinates the activity of the Canterbury Clinical Network, providing day-to-day operational support to alliance groups and supporting alliance partnerships.

Led by the Executive Director, the small team of employees includes programme coordination, project facilitation/management, resource management, administration, reporting and communications.

The CCN Programme Team is based in Christchurch and hosted by Pegasus Health who also manage our corporate functions, such as payroll and HR.

Linda Wensley
Executive Director (acting)

Linda oversees the work of the Programme Team, ensuring the direction and strategic implementation agreed with the Leadership Team is achieved.

Koral Fitzgerald
Programme Manager (acting)

Koral leads the CCN's co-design process, supporting new work and events through co-design. In addition, she has oversight to the Programme Manager role managing the work plans and reporting.

Jane Cartwright
Independent Advisor

Jane has many roles within CCN, including Chair of the Alliance Support Team and Facilitator of the Māori Caucus. Jane acts as an Independent Chair for groups as required (currently RHWS).

Kim Sinclair-Morris
Strategic Advisor

Currently on secondment to Interim Health NZ, Kim reserves a day a week to support the CCN programme team with strategic advice.

Ngaire Button
Hauora Māori and Equity Lead

Ngaire provides leadership and advice across the CCN to prioritise equity, enhance cultural development and responsiveness, and address equitable access and health outcomes for Māori.

Elly Edwards
Media & Communications Manager

Elly provides advice to CCN's Leadership and programme teams around communications and media planning and requirements, ensuring activity is aligned with the strategic implementation plan.

Natasha Capon
Communications Coordinator

Natasha supports CCN groups with communications activity including creating patient stories and videos and carrying out some graphic design. She leads the bi-monthly CCN newsletter.

Rebecca Muir
Shared Care Planning Programme Lead and Product Manager

Leads the functionality and implementation of shared care planning across the Canterbury health system and regionally across the South Island.

Hiedee Harris
Project Lead, Te Tumu Waiora Canterbury

Hiedee leads Canterbury's roll out of Te Tumu Waiora - a model which puts mental health and wellbeing at the heart of general practice.

Rose Laing
Clinical Lead Shared Care

Rose provides a clinical perspective and advice across the programme office. She is the Clinical Lead for shared care plans and also works as a GP.

Deb Gillon
Nurse Practitioner, Community Older Persons

Deb is a Nurse Practitioner, Community Older Persons. She also works for the Centre for Postgrad Nursing Studies.

Julia Mead
Project Facilitator

Julia is facilitator for the Ashburton Service Level Alliance.

Heather Brunton
Integrated Services Programme Manager

Heather manages the community respiratory nurses, physiotherapists and physicians.

Victoria Leov
Project Facilitator

Victoria facilitates the Urgent Care SLA including work around system flow (navigation) and winter planning.

Lucy Mason
Project Coordinator

Lucy coordinates all activity of the programme office including financials.