Dr Cate Seton-Jones FRCP Dip Pall Med. Medical Director. Joined Phyllis Tuckwell in 2009. Qualified in 1997 from Guy’s and St Thomas’ London. Achieved her certificate of specialist training in Palliative Medicine in 2007 and became a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians in 2012. During her specialist training she worked at several hospices in the South East including Woking Hospice, Princess Alice, Trinity Hospice and St Catherine’s Crawley as a junior doctor. As Consultant in Palliative Medicine she has held posts at the Royal Surrey County Hospital and Woking Hospice. Her role at the PTHC includes lead consultant for the In-Patient Unit, member of the Senior Management Team and performs the role of Responsible Officer for PTHC. Externally, Cate works with the Royal College of Physicians by sitting on the Board that sets the Palliative Medicine speciality exam for doctors in training hoping to become consultants in palliative medicine. She is also a member of a guideline development group with the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE).

Son of Phyllis and Edward Tuckwell, Chris has been the President of PTHC since 1989. He was Chairman of PTH Council from 1987-1992, and Chairman of the Trustees from 1992-1999, before retiring as a Trustee in 2001. He worked for 40 years in the farming industry, managing a large local estate for 29 of those years, before a career change led to 12 years working as a funeral arranger. Chris has been a Church of England Local Lay Minister for the last 24 years and, along with his wife Philippa, has attended all PTHC AGMs since 1972.

Before joining PTHC in March 2020, Sarah worked in Defra since 2002, having previously worked in the Cabinet Office, No 10 Policy Unit and Welsh Office. In 2016, when Director of DEfRA, she was appointed Companion to the Most Honourable Order of the Bath (CB). During her last 2 years at DEfRA, she was working within DEfRA’s Commercial Directorate supporting the Common Agricultural Policy Delivery Programme, and as Head of DEfRA’s Estate. She has lived in and around the area for much of her life.

Following qualifying as a registered nurse in London, Jayne has enjoyed working in a variety of care settings which have been passionate about supporting patients and their families with palliative and end of life care needs. Jayne’s experience over recent years has centred on community clinical practice, development of services, and providing high quality care within NHS organisations. Making a difference is what motivates Jayne with a forward thinking team. Jayne joined Phyllis Tuckwell in April 2015 and, as the Registered Manager and Accountable Officer is responsible for ensuring that the patient and their family or carer have the best of experiences from PTHC, and that staff are well supported to do their roles. These are exciting times at PTHC where together we can make a difference to the lives of so many people.

Beata is the Medical Lead for the Phyllis Tuckwell community palliative care team. This role entails providing senior medical input to the multi-disciplinary management of the patients who are looked after by the PTHC community team. She works closely with local GPs and Hospital specialists to ensure best care for our patients and a collaborative approach to their clinical management. She is also involved in teaching, supervising trainee doctors and Hospice Care service development. Beata says: ‘I deeply share Phyllis Tuckwell’s passion for driving excellence in palliative care and am very proud of its well-deserved high local profile. I feel privileged to be able to help patients to remain at home during their terminal illness and provide comfort for them and their families.

Dr Cate Seton-Jones FRCP Dip Pall Med. Medical Director. Joined Phyllis Tuckwell in 2009. Qualified in 1997 from Guy’s and St Thomas’ London. Achieved her certificate of specialist training in Palliative Medicine in 2007 and became a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians in 2012. During her specialist training she worked at several hospices in the South East including Woking Hospice, Princess Alice, Trinity Hospice and St Catherine’s Crawley as a junior doctor. As Consultant in Palliative Medicine she has held posts at the Royal Surrey County Hospital and Woking Hospice. Her role at the PTHC includes lead consultant for the In-Patient Unit, member of the Senior Management Team and performs the role of Responsible Officer for PTHC. Externally, Cate works with the Royal College of Physicians by sitting on the Board that sets the Palliative Medicine speciality exam for doctors in training hoping to become consultants in palliative medicine. She is also a member of a guideline development group with the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE).

Following qualifying as a registered nurse in London, Jayne has enjoyed working in a variety of care settings which have been passionate about supporting patients and their families with palliative and end of life care needs. Jayne’s experience over recent years has centred on community clinical practice, development of services, and providing high quality care within NHS organisations. Making a difference is what motivates Jayne with a forward thinking team. Jayne joined Phyllis Tuckwell in April 2015 and, as the Registered Manager and Accountable Officer is responsible for ensuring that the patient and their family or carer have the best of experiences from PTHC, and that staff are well supported to do their roles. These are exciting times at PTHC where together we can make a difference to the lives of so many people.

A Trustee since 2011. Became Chairman in 2020. The Senior Partner of Dapdune House Surgery, Guildford, where he has worked since qualifying as a GP 30 years ago. In addition to day-to-day practice David is chair of the Clinical Commissioning Group for Guildford & Waverley, working together with hospital and community trusts and social services to commission care for its 210,000 population.

Mark studied Economics and German at Sussex University and went on to train as a Chartered Accountant with KPMG in the City of London. The first part of his career was in the commercial sector mainly with tour operators where he held roles in the UK and overseas. Upon completion of an MBA at Cranfield Mark spent 4 years in the Far East (Hong Kong and Jakarta) planning and setting up subscription TV businesses across Asia for News Corporation. Returning to Europe Mark held several Finance and Commercial Director positions once again in travel. Mark was based in Mallorca for 5 years with Thomson Holidays and then returned to the UK with Thomas Cook. More recently Mark moved across to the third sector and spent four years in finance at the London School of Economics, whilst studying for an MSc in Voluntary Sector Finance and Management. Mark joined Phyllis Tuckwell in 2016.Mark is a keen skier, scuba diver and cyclist.

Peter has spent the whole of his career working in the Retail industry both in the Commercial and Charity sectors. He joined PTHC in 2010 as Head of Retail and in 2014 took on the wider brief of Director of Income Generation.

With over 20 years' experience in HR gained in the public, private and third sector across the UK, Jaci initially joined Phyllis Tuckwell in 2002 as an HR Consultant. At this time she was supporting a diverse range of clients by providing practical employment law advice and support in the management of employment issues and undertaking specific HR projects, such as change management programmes. Jaci joined the in-house team in 2010. In October 2015 Jaci completed an Msc in Organisational Psychology.

Paul went straight into work from school in 1979 at the University of East Anglia as a trainee computer operator and has been in IT ever since. He progressed through the computer operator ranks and into computer programming and support. In support he has done multiple team member and then team leader roles, and eventually became a service delivery manager at Barclaycard in Northampton. He joined Phyllis Tuckwell in 2008 wearing the combined IT and Estates hats.

Joined Phyllis Tuckwell in 2013. Began his career in leading London advertising agencies including Ted Bates and Boase Massimi Pollitt (BMP), working across clients including Electricity Council, Courage and Lancome. Became Business Manager of the qualitative research unit in BMP before leaving in 1988 to become MD of Richardson Carpenter Advertising – a B2B communications agency in Basingstoke, working with Yellow Pages, Security Pacific, Autodesk and TNT. MD of Douglas Grove, a communications consultancy in Farnham since 2008.

Nick joined as a Consultant in January 2012. Prior to this, he worked here as a Registrar training in palliative medicine. His principle clinical role involves provision of specialist symptom control for patients with life-limiting illness in their homes and other community settings. This involves working closely with the CNS team, the patients GP and community nursing team. Nick also runs a weekly out-patient clinic to review patients at the Hospice, with a particular interest in supporting patients with non-cancer progressive illnesses (e.g. chronic lung disease, heart failure and neurological conditions). Nick says that he loves working at PTHC because "the whole hospice team including clinical staff, administration colleagues and our volunteers work so hard to deliver excellent care to patients and their families".

Helen joined Phyllis Tuckwell in October 2013. She is responsible for the medical care of patients admitted to the Hospice In-Patient Unit, provides education to medical and non-medical colleagues and acts as clinical supervisor and educational supervisor for trainee doctors. When asked why she loves working at PTHC, Helen said "I love working here because every day is different!"

My main clinical work is at The Beacon supporting patients in the Guildford and Waverley area. I am also the lead for research and outcome measures at the hospice.

A Trustee since 2012. A degree in Mathematics from London, a Masters degree from Oxford and an ACCA qualification. Spent her working life in the energy business, initially in UK coal industry, then 30 years with Shell Group. Worked around the world, in Canada, France and Holland, latterly in senior Finance management roles.

Caroline joined PTHC in August 2015, having moved south from Cheshire, where she was Lead Clinical Nurse at her local hospice. After training as an accountant, Caroline realised that her real vocation was in nursing, and qualified as a nurse in 2001. After working in a GP surgery for 10 years, she moved into palliative care and since then has been passionate about making a difference to those living with a terminal illness. Caroline leads a group of dedicated and compassionate nurses on our In-Patient Unit (IPU), all of whom are wholly committed to the well-being of our patients and their families. They work together to maintain high standards of clinical care, which they tailor to the specific needs of each patient, from wheeling beds into the garden so patients can enjoy the sunshine, to painting fingernails, organising sing-songs, or even arranging an impromptu party! If you have been referred to IPU, don’t be afraid – Caroline and her team will make you feel more than welcome.

Helen has spent most of her career working as in-house lawyer. Called to the Bar in 1986, she proceeded to gain a postgraduate qualification in Petroleum Law and work in the energy sector where she became Managing Counsel of Mobil North Sea Limited dealing with many of the legal challenges of a relatively new and exciting UK offshore oil business. Post-merger she was Assistant General Counsel of Esso Petroleum Company. Subsequent appointments included Corporate Counsel for the engineering firm Fluor Limited and Consultant to the law firm Clyde & Co. More recently she has become involved in voluntary work including setting up a neighbourhood help scheme, becoming an Independent Custody Visitor and volunteering at Phyllis Tuckwell. Until recently she served as a Member-Nominated Director of the ExxonMobil Pension Plan. Helen lives (most of the time) in Farnham with frequent trips to the USA where her husband is on assignment. Her interests include taking on new challenges (having run the London Marathon for the first time in 2012 to fundraise for Parkinsons UK and undertaken the Strictly challenge for PTHC in 2014) gardening and visiting the Luberon.

Gill is the Community Manager for the North East Hants & Farnham and Surrey Heath areas. She works with our community based teams to support individuals to receive the care and support they need in their own homes. Gill is a Registered Nurse who has extensive experience as a District Nurse and has worked with NHS Clinical Commissioning Groups as transformation and management lead for Continuing Healthcare, Funded Nursing Care and Personalised Health Budgets. She has previously worked across a range of care providers both within the community and hospital settings in both the public and the private sector.

A Trustee since 2017. A chartered accountant with broad finance and business experience. Justice of the Peace having sat for 27 years as a Magistrate and Tier 1 Judge in the Family Court and, until September 2015, was College Accountant at Epsom College, a large private school with charitable status. Also formerly a school governor at St.Hilary’s School in Godalming and currently a non-executive director in the oil & gas industry. Was co-founder and former Finance Director of Ensign Geophysics Ltd and Geokinetics Processing UK Ltd, having held senior management positions with Seismic Geocode Ltd, Tenneco Corporation and Merlin Geophysical Ltd. Formerly a keen rugby player and martial arts/self-defence instructor.

A Trustee since 2019. 37 years of working within healthcare at clinical through to Board level. Held responsibilities in clinical care and leadership, safeguarding, risk management, clinical governance, and staff & public engagement. After holding positions of Head of Patient Safety & Healthcare Governance, Deputy Director of Quality and Patient Safety, Chief Nurse, retired from being Director of Quality and Nursing for Surrey Heath CCG and previously NE Hants & Farnham CCG in 2018. Awarded a lifetime achievement award for outstanding commitment to the NHS presented by the Chief Nursing Officer.

Catherine is an experienced leader of healthcare services and is a registered Physiotherapist. She worked in a variety of healthcare organisations and settings in Australia and in the UK and has taught at undergraduate and post graduate level. She has post graduate qualifications in management and physiotherapy and has a Masters in Rehabilitation Sciences. Catherine is passionate about high quality care for adults and children who are approaching the end of their of lives and feels privileged to be able to influence this in her own community. Catherine is particularly interested in service improvement with and for patients and in working within teams and with partners to ensure that the whole system enables the people we work with. She works with PTHC employees and volunteers to support people who access our services to, “Live Well” and to extend the reach of PTCH to facilitate a rehabilitative palliative care ethos within our communities in West Surrey and North East Hampshire.

A Trustee since November 2014, nominated by The Worshipful Company of Barber Surgeons. Internationally renowned Laparoscopic Surgeon. Awarded the Chevalier de la Legion d’Honneur by President Sarkozy in 2012 and the Cheselden Medal for outstanding services to British Surgery by The Royal College of Surgeons of England in 2014. Professor of Surgery and Creator and President of the Minimal Access Therapy Training Unit (MATTU) at The Royal Surrey County Hospital NHS Trust and University of Surrey. Vice President and founder member of European Association of Transluminal Surgery. Past President of the Association of Laparoscopic Surgeons of Great Britain & Ireland and former Tutor in Minimal Access Surgery at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

Claire has worked at Phyllis Tuckwell since December 2003. She manages the Patient and Family Support Team - a group of 12 professionals that include Counsellors, Chaplains, Psychologists and Social Workers. Claire is also a qualified Social Worker and some of her work involves supporting patients, carers and a group of 70 volunteers who enable the team to provide a wide range of support. When asked why she loves working at PTHC, Claire said: "I feel I make a difference for patients and carers every day."

A Trustee since 2017, Anne has over 40 years’ experience as a nurse, working both in the NHS and University and holds a Masters degree in Nursing.Recently retired, she continues to serve the community as a Magistrate both in the criminal court and as a Tier 1 Judge in the family court, which she has done for many years.Currently Anne is a Trustee for a Nursing charity and cares for her Husband at home gaining valuable experience in End of Life care.

Alison qualified as a nurse in 1988 and has worked at Phyllis Tuckwell since 2001, firstly on the In-Patient Unit and now as the Quality and Audit Lead. Alison is passionate about high standards and good quality care and runs the PTHC quality and audit programme. Patient and carer feedback is a vital part of quality improvement and Alison coordinates various surveys are undertaken throughout the year – the information helps ensure a process of continuous service improvement.When asked why she loves working at PTHC, she said: “The work is varied and sometimes challenging but very rewarding – maintaining high standards and identifying areas where improvement can be made and then seeing that happen is very gratifying.

A Trustee since 2016, she has worked in the financial services industry for over 20 years. A strategic marketer with extensive experience of proposition and market development, digital platforms, financial behaviour and communications. Joined Legal and General in 2011 as Marketing and E Commerce Director, managing defined contributions pensions and award-winning auto enrolment propositions within Workplace. She has held range of roles for global corporates including AIG, Barclays, MetLife, and Zurich. Holds two Master’s Degrees in Sociology and Marketing & Sales Management. A judge for financial services industry awards and core contributor to the Pensions Policy Institute on auto enrolment.

I qualified as an Registered Nurse many years ago, specialising in palliative care where I have undertaken a ward manger role at the Royal Marsden, and CNS in the Royal Surrey hospital and subsequently in the community. Whilst completing my MSc in 'Learning and Teaching in Professional Practice' I dipped my toes into University life for 2 years and led on the Palliative Care Modules part time. My other new role for the Specialist Palliative Care Service at the Beacon Centre NHS, included developing clinical education for the community. My role as Clinical Education Manager involves: Managing the Clinical Education Coordinator and the Education Coordinator Defining and developing the PTHC clinical education strategy ensuring the effective delivery of clinical education to the workforce to Phyllis Tuckwell and external healthcare workers. Working with medical Education lead, and Training Manager non clinical, focusing on the strategic perspective of planning and identifying areas of development. Promoting the principles and philosophy of Palliative (End of Life) Care to health and social care providers through the provision of evidence – based quality education and training so as to positively influence good quality care for all adults regardless of disease. Managing the clinical education team, Training Tracker , writing guidelines in line with evidence which compliment the e learning, lead on education focused meetings with other professionals, monitor and share compliance figures of training, ensure availability of skills based learning, mandatory training Ongoing planning and delivery of bespoke training requests in line with the strategy, alongside the Medical education lead. Exploring competence for clinical staff engaging in development programmes in line with standards and expectations and workforce planning.

A Trustee since 2019. After qualifying as commercial airline pilot, moved into transport, logistics and supply chain management. Successful leadership roles in commercial and Public Sector organisations - CEO of NFC UK & Ireland, Exel (now DHL), Go-Ahead Group (aviation) and others. International President of The Chartered Institute of Logistics & Transport, Chairman of the London Ambulance Service, advisor to UK Defence as Commanding Officer of the Engineer & Logistic Staff Corps RE(V), Chairman of Trustees at Cystic Fibrosis UK. MBA from CASS Business School and Member of the Advisory Board of the Supply Chain Centre at Cranfield University School of Management. Awarded CBE in 2004 for services to logistics & transport.

A Trustee since March 2020. Consultant Clinical Oncologist at Royal Surrey. Until recently was Chief of Service for the St Luke's Cancer Centre and specialises in the treatment of Breast and Prostate Cancer. He is one of the UK's leading Prostate Brachytherapy specialists. Following completion of his training at The Royal Marsden Hospital, he undertook research into stereotactic radiation techniques, so he was ideally placed to develop the procedure of prostate brachytherapy (a minimally invasive technique of implanting radioactive seeds into the prostate gland to treat cancer). He has been instrumental in driving award-winning research in prostate cancer and prostate brachytherapy. He is also the local principal investigator on several breast cancer trials, exploring novel targeted therapies. He has been published widely and co-supervised academic research at the University of Surrey, leading to the award of two PhDs to date and is held in high regard within the field of oncology in the UK.

A Trustee since 2020. Has worked at an Executive Board level in Health and Local Government in Surrey since 2011, in posts including Director of Public Health and Director of Adult Social Services. Currently the Director of Public Health in Portsmouth. Worked for Department of Health in the Government Office for the South East for four years and in public health roles spanning health protection, health improvement and public health intelligence and development. A Consultant in Public Health since 2006, a fellow of Faculty of Public Health of the Royal College of Physicians and a registered Generalist Specialist in Public Health on the UK Voluntary Register for Public Health Specialists.

A Trustee since 2020. A Cambridge graduate, worked at PricewaterhouseCoopers for ten years with two and a half years on secondment in Seattle, USA, working with large technology clients and gaining valuable insight into technological solutions. Joined PTHC to bring experience in digital, financial and change management. Has experience and understanding of commercial framework of organisations, and the role IT and digital technology play. Having grown up in Farnham, spent many years volunteering at PTHC and taking part in fundraising events, gaining a deep understanding of the charity and its ethos.