The Team

The Team

Our team members come from a variety of professional backgrounds and bring a wealth of skills to the table, regardless of your clinical informatics needs. We employ a blended team of Clinical Safety Engineers (CSEs) and Clinical Safety Officers (CSOs) to bring a balanced approach to all our work, and their varied experience allows us to consider multiple viewpoints. The entirety of the team have baseline training in Clinical Safety, ISO 13485, ISO 14971, IEC 62304, and SNOMED CT; you can see their mixed backgrounds and achievements in more detail below.

Senior Management

Jacqueline Bzdyk, BA (Hons), MBA (Health IT), MN (Leadership), PgCert (Leading Digital Transformation in Health and Care), NMC Reg, RN (USA)

Head of Service: National Clinical Safety Assurance Service

Trained CSO, background in emergency nursing, business management, and clinical informatics.

Clinical Informatics Advisors

Laura Cameron, BSc (Hons), MSc, MCSP, FBCS, HSCP Reg.

Consultant Clinical Informatician

Trained CSO, background in physiotherapy, 15 years experience clinically with 5 years experience in public health and intelligence.

Marina Copping, BSc, RGN, RHV, MSc, FBCS, NMC Reg.

Consultant Clinical Informatician

Trained CSO, background in nursing and health visiting, 20 years experience in health care informatics.

Laurie Johnson, NMC Reg.

Consultant Clinical Informatician

Trained CSO, background in nursing and midwifery.

Clinical Safety Team

Grant Hatton, BSc (Dual Hons)

Principal Clinical Safety Engineer

Trained CSE, background in project management and regulations.

Karen Satterley, EN, RMN, NMC Reg.

Principal Clinical Informatician

Trained CSO, background in mental health nursing and health protection.

Kin Cheung, BSc (Hons), BN, PgC, NMC Reg.

Advanced Clinical Informatician

Trained CSO, background in critical care nursing and computer science.

Jennifer Devlin, BSc, PgDip Midwifery, NMC Reg.

Advanced Clinical Informatician

Trained CSO, background in midwifery and clinical research.

Ruth Porter, MA (Hons), MSc

Clinical Safety Engineer

Trained CSE, background in project support and delivery.

Quality Team

Kyle Thomson, BSc (Hons)

Quality Manager

Trained CSE, background in medical device regulation and software as a medical device.

Lewis McArthur, BSc

Quality Specialist

Trained CSE, background in research, quality assurance, clinical laboratories, and data analysis.

Ashley Thomson, BSc

Quality Specialist

Trained CSE, background in quality management of medical devices.

Primary Care Informatics Team

Dr Chi Cheung, MB BS, MPharm, PGCert, DOccMed

Primary Care Clinical Informatician

Trained CSO, background in general practice medicine and clinical informatics.

Dr Shankari Dhinakharan, MBBS, MRCPCH (Passed 2008), MRCGP (Passed 2010), DRCOG, MBCS

Primary Care Clinical Informatician

Trained CSO, background in general practice medicine and clinical informatics across the UK.

Dr Richard Jack

Primary Care Clinical Informatician

Trained CSO, background in general practice medicine.

Dr Imran Khan, BEng, PhD, MBBS, MRCGP

Primary Care Clinical Informatician

Trained CSO, background in general practice medicine and clinical informatics across the UK.

Dr Keith Moffat, MBChB, MRCGP, MFCI, BMedSci, PgDipDerm, DRCOG, PhD

Primary Care Clinical Informatician

Trained CSO, background in general practice medicine and clinical informatics.

Dr Ian Thompson MBBS, MSc, PhD, FRCGP, DFSRH, FBCS 

Primary Care Clinical Informatician - Scottish Government Advisor

Trained CSO, background in general practice medicine, cohort development, and information governance.

Dr Christopher Weatherburn, MBChB, MRCP, MRCGP, MSc DIC, MBCS

Primary Care Clinical Informatician

Trained CSO, background in general practice medicine and clinical informatics.