NACEL Governance

NACEL is commissioned and managed under contract by the Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership (HQIP) on behalf of NHS England and the Welsh Government. The audit is delivered by NHS Benchmarking Network and governed by a steering group which meets 2-4 times a year.

Additional consultation is sought from the NACEL Advisory Group, who assist the NACEL Steering Group with specific areas of NACEL design, development and delivery, and a Bereaved Persons’ Focus Group. The groups have been instrumental in designing the content of the NACEL elements.

You can read more about the NACEL governance via the Steering Group Terms of Reference and Advisory Group Terms of Reference. Further information can be found in the Audit Organogram showcasing the project management and governance structure.

The NACEL Steering Group Members

The NACEL is overseen by a Steering Group of 30 representatives. The Steering Group meet regularly to discuss the audit, its scope and its development. The NACEL Steering Group has the authority to sign off the audit elements, recommendations, and the National Reports.

  • Dr Mary Miller (NACEL Clinical Lead)

  • Dr Rosie Bronnert (NACEL Quality Improvement Clinical Advisor)

  • Professor John Ellershaw (Chair)

    Association of Palliative Medicine

  • Dr Suzanne Kite (Former NACEL Clinical Lead)

    Leeds Teaching Hospitals

  • Elizabeth Rees (Former NACEL Clinical Lead)

    Leeds Teaching Hospitals

  • Dr Sarah Cox

    Large, acute hospitals

  • Dr Helen Milbourn

    British Geriatrics Society

  • Catriona Mayland

    University of Sheffield & University of Liverpool

  • Dr Sarah Mitchell

    NHS England

  • Dr Victoria Wheatley

    NHS Wales

  • Gareth Hewitt

    Head of Clinical Conditions and Pathways, Welsh Government

  • Amanda Williams

    Care Quality Commission

  • Dr Munikumar Ramasamy Venkatsalu

    National Nurse Consultants Group (Palliative Care)

  • Carolyn Jenkinson

    CQC

  • Drew Smith

    HQIP

  • Grace Cuff

    HQIP

  • Dr Andrew Dickman, Pharmacist

    Association of Supportive and Palliative Care Pharmacy

  • Dr David Seamark

    Community Hospitals Association

  • Dr Catherine Millington-Sanders

    Royal College of GPs

  • Dr Alison Ingham

    Royal College of Anaesthetists and Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine

  • Kristy Clayton

    LGBTQ+ Diversity and Inclusion

  • Giselle Rusted

    College of Health Care Chaplains

  • Sally Convery

    Public Health Agency, Northern Ireland

  • Dr Sabrina Bajwah

    Equitable Care

  • Rachel Power

    The Patients Association

  • Sarah Tilsed

    The Patients Association

  • Dr James Grose

    Health and Community Services Jersey 

  • Lucy Williams

    Royal College of Nursing 

NHS Benchmarking Network

NACEL Team

  • Sarah Atkinson

    Director

  • Jessica Walsh

    Senior Project Manager

  • Joylin Brockett

    Senior Project Manager

  • Jess Moss

    NACEL Quality Improvement Lead

  • Chloe Hocking

    Graduate Project Coordinator

  • Heather Murray

    Assistant Project Manager