July 2007
Claire Worsman - Newly appointed Strategic Services Development Manager (Neurology and Stroke) by the Leeds NHS Primary Care Trust.
I was appointed to the role as Neurology Lead for Leeds PCT at thebeginning of July 2007. My role sits within Strategic Development/Commissioning Long Term Conditions and Leeds Strategic Partnership Older Peoples/ Disabled Peoples Team.
My remit is the implementation of the National Stroke Strategy and other Neurological conditions such as Parkinson's disease and Multiple Sclerosis.
I began my training in 1978 and qualified as a nurse in 1982. My experience includes being a theatre sister and sister on medical, care of the elderly and coronary care/cardiology wards. I was appointed Cardiac Clinical Nurse Specialist at the Bradford Royal Infirmary and worked for the British Heart Foundation. I moved to Leeds PCT in 2004 as City wide Cardiac Services Manager where my remit was to implement
community cardiac services.
I have worked for the NHS for 30 years and have seen massive changes, but I think that the NHS today is where our greatest challenges exist.
