Dee is well known amongst GP practices across York, East Ridings and North Yorkshire. She has over 25 years' experience and knowledge of working in both primary care and social care. 

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Dee worked as a Practice Manager in a small rural practice in North Yorkshire before setting up brightSOLUTIONS in 2013 to "provide a spare pair of hands when Practices need them". She quickly gained a reputation for successfully delivering complex projects - notably practice mergers - and  was invited by Medeconomics to contribute three chapters to their popular Guide to Practice Mergers. Dee has now successfully project managed eight GP mergers.

 

Dee's interests include corporate governance arrangements in limited companies such as GP Federations and Primary Care Networks, and mediating workplace interpersonal disputes. Dee has a Level 6 qualification in advanced corporate governance and has experience as a company secretary and non-executive director.

 

Dee's earlier career was in the VCSE sector and she remains a passionate advocate of the sector. She has long been committed to co-production and involving people in decisions that affect them, as evidenced by three academic publications on this subject.

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Dee has a proven track record of consistently delivering high quality results even within the most challenging circumstances. She brings a genuine ethos of partnership working to all her work and is skilled in uniting stakeholders around a common goal and delivering pragmatic solutions to complex challenges.

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Other Roles​

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• Since April 2023, Department of Health and Social Care's Advisory Committee on Clinical Impact Awards (Yorkshire and Humber sub-committee).