The Health Technology Wales Stakeholder Forum meets twice a year, and includes representatives from across Wales’ health and social care sectors. It was set up to ensure that HTW understood the views of stakeholders and enabled them to influence its work in identifying, evaluating and adopting care technologies that could improve the lives of patients in Wales. As well as supporting HTW’s programme of work, the forum will provide guidance on priorities for care services in Wales.


Director of Improvement and Development, Social Care Wales

Sarah McCarty

Sarah began her career as a youth worker in Wales. She worked in a variety of statutory and voluntary settings in particular with vulnerable young people, and in supporting young people’s participation. She was a founding member of the Children and young People’s Welsh Assembly and went on to hold positions in local authorities in youth work and wider business planning, and service improvement, supported by a Masters in Strategic Management. Sarah went on to become Executive Director of skills for Care and Development where she worked for the UK wide partnership from 2005. She became Director in 2008 and expanding the work of the Sector Skills Council to address a wide range of workforce challenges faced by the sector. During this time she also volunteered as a Chair of a Charity supporting young people as well s being an independent visitor. Sarah joined Social Care Wales as Director in April 2016. She is keen to bring her experience and expertise in partnership working, supporting improvement and workforce development. Sarah has become a Welsh language learner and is looking forward to putting this learning into practice.

Olwen Williams

Consultant, Academy of MRC

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Michael Bowdery

Head of Programmes, Health and Care Research Wales

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Ruth Lewis

Senior Lecturer, North Wales Centre for Primary Care Research (NWCPCR), Bangor University

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Chris Connell

Associate Director, NICE

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Greg Green

Head of R&D Projects - Technology & Innovation, Welsh Government

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John Day

Welsh Scientific Advisory Committee

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Kate Young

Director, All Wales Forum of Parents and Carers of People with Learning Disabilities

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Sarah Allan

Head of Engagement, Involve

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Sam Rice

Regional Advisor, Royal College of Physicians

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Christopher Ball

Change and Improvement Manager, Cardiff and Vale UHB

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Sarah Bartlett

Innovation & Improvement Hub Man, North Wales RPB

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Dr Susan Myles

Director, Health Technology Wales

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Professor Peter Groves

Consultant Interventional Cardiologist, Health Technology Wales Chair

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Cath Doman

Director of Health and Social Care Integration, Cardiff and Vale Integrated Health and Social Care Partnership

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Gregory Lloyd

Head of Clinical Operations, Welsh Ambulance Services NHS Trust

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Alastair Roeves

Executive medical directorate, Swansea Bay University Health Board

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Alexandra Scott

Quality and Patient Safety, Aneurin Bevan Health Board

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Raj Krishnan

Associate Medical Director, Cardiff & Value University Health Board

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Dr Nick Lyons

Executive Medical Director, Cwm Taff University Health Board

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Lisa Davies

Head of Effective Clinical Practice and Quality Improvement, Hywl Dda UHB

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Howard Cooper

Safety & Quality Improvement Manager, Powys Teaching Health Board

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Catherine Pembroke

Consultant, Velindre NHS Trust

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Dr Andrew Champion

Assistant Director, Evidence Evaluation and Effectiveness

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Richard Stubbs

Quality and Patient Safety, Aneurin Bevan Health Board

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Cari-anne Quinn

Chief Executive Officer, LSHW

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Tom James

Head of Innovation and Technology, Welsh Government

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Donna Edwards

Clinical Effectiveness Coordinator, Hwyl Dda UHB

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Tracey Cooper

Chief Executive, Public Health Wales

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Hamish Laing

Director, Value-Based Health and Care Academy

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Iain Robertson-Steel

Betsi Cadwaladar Healh Board

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Karen Richardson

Corporate & Partnership Governance Officer, Hywel Dda Health Board

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John Watkins

Honorary Consultant in Public Health Medicine, Public Health Wales

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Stephen Monaghan

Consultant in Public Health Medicine, Public Health Wales

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Llyr-ap-rhisiat

Ynys Mon Welsh Government, Association of Directors of Social Services (ADSS)

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Sam Hall

Chief Digital Officer, Welsh Local Government Digital

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Emma Mulinder

Project Manager

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Ben Chandler

Complaints Officer, Denbighshire Coumty Council

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Nick French

CEO, Innovative Trust

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Colin Fitzpatrick

Deputy Medical Director, Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board

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