The SO&PB provides strategic oversight and direction to the program, ensuring it meets its objectives and fulfils the commitments outlined in the business case. Operating under its own Terms of Reference, the board ensures that its operational structures—including the steering group and relevant workstreams—are fully aligned with its mandate. It meets four times a year, and is responsible for approving all outputs produced by the Network.
Membership of the board
Name: | Job Titles: | Organisation/ Division: | Representing |
Manira Ahmad | Chief Officer | Public Health Scotland | Board Chief Executives and SRO |
Lynn McCallum | Medical Director | NHS Borders | Scottish Association of Medical Directors |
John Harden | National Clinical Lead for Quality & Safety | Scottish Government | Scottish Government |
Nicci Motiang | Head of Long Term Conditions Strategy | Scottish Government | Scottish Government |
Janis Heaney | Director of National Strategic Networks | NHS National Services Scotland | NHS National Services Scotland (NSD) |
Emma Fletcher | Director of Public Health | NHS Tayside | Directors of Public Health |
Heather Cameron | Director of Allied Health Professionals | NHS Lothian | Directors of AHPs |
Janette Keenan | Executive Director of Nursing | NHS Fife | Directors of Nursing |
Maxine Michie | Deputy Director of Finance | NHS Fife | NHS Fife |
Dr C Milne | Lead Clinician for Long COVID Network | NHS NSS | NHS NSS and Steering Group |
Eddie Doyle | Senior Medical Advisor Paediatrics-Chair CYP workstream | Scottish Government | Scottish Government and CYP |
Nic Richardson | Director of Allied Health Professionals, Co-chair SP&SE | NHS Tayside | NHS Tayside and SP&SE |
Grecy Bell | Deputy Medical Director | NHS Dumfries & Galloway | NHS Dumfries & Galloway |
Fiona Smith | Director of Allied Health Professionals-Co-chair SP&SE | NHS GG&C | NHS GG&C and SP&SE |
National IG-Brian Paterson | IG Lead NSS | NSS | NSS and IG |
Davie Morrison | Participation and Equalities Manager, Co-chair Lived Experience Workstream | NHS 24 | NHS 24 and lived experience |
Rishma Maini | Public Health Consultant-chair D&I | NHS Fife/PHS | NHS Fife PHS and D&I |
Margaret Reid-Arbuckle | Director of Development | The ALLIANCE | The ALLIANCE and Users |
Jane Ormerod | Co-Chair Lived Experience and Chair LongCOVID Scotland | Long COVID Scotland | Long Covid Scotland & Lived Experience |