Business Office
Jodie Allcock
Jodie is our Manager at Dorset Heart Clinic.
She is a highly experienced operations and service professional with a robust background in health and social care. She has both a clinical and management background.
She is passionate about patient care and maintaining the very highest standards of professional service.
She is highly skilled in
managing staff, budgets, and resources to deliver exceptional patient care and service excellence.
She is adept at driving change, ensuring regulatory compliance, and enhancing service delivery in high-pressure environments.
She holds a Diploma of Higher Education in Operating Department Practice. As well as a Bachelor and Master’s Degree in Management.
She has also maintained her Professional Registration with the Health and Care Professions Council.
She is highly IT literate with technical skills that include MS office, project management software, financial reporting and power BI.
Kim Andrews
Kim is our Senior Private Patient Administrator at Dorset Heart Clinic.
Tim Gurney
Tim is our Private Patient Administrator at Dorset Heart Clinic. He is responsible for all aspects of the private patient journey from initial contact through to arranging consultations and diagnostic tests through to booking cath lab procedures. Tim has worked in the NHS and private sector and brings a wealth of previous customer service experience from both the airline industry and healthcare sectors. Tim is passionate about ensuring the patient experience at the Dorset Heart Clinic is of the highest quality. He is particularly expert at co-ordinating complex booking arrangements for our international patients.
Lorraine Dengel
Lorraine Dengel is a Private Patient Administrator at Dorset Heart Clinic.
Jacob Chalker
Jacob is HR & Payroll Analyst. Jacob joined the team in 2021 having developed his skills by working in the private healthcare human resources sector over a number of years.
He is very passionate about providing quality patient care. He is responsible for the day-to-day running of the human resources and payroll functions across the business as well as being responsible for various operational areas which include logistical support.
Jacob is a talented musician playing in multiple bands and can often be found 'gigging' at various events around the Dorset area in his weekends.
Hayleigh Giles
Hayleigh is lead financial accountant. She is responsible for the day-to-day financial management of Dorset Heart Clinic.
She holds a Masters of Science degree in Green Economy and is passionate about injecting sustainability into everyday life. Alongside her financial duties, she is heading up our company's drive towards greener and more environmentally friendly policies.
She is currently preparing a four year 'save our planet strategy' which aims to ensure we are carbon neutral by 2025.
In her spare time, Hayleigh volunteers as the treasurer of her local pub, enjoys walking her dog Ziggy and exercising her tarantula.
Medical Advisory Committee
Dorset Heart Clinic has a Medical Advisory Committee (MAC) to ensure we achieve and maintain medical excellence across all our services. All medical practitioners that operate with us must complete a strict application process to apply for practising privileges and be part of our MAC. These practising privileges must be renewed annually in keeping with guidelines set out by the Medical Practitioners Assurance Framework.T The MAC offers guidance and advice on all areas of clinical practice and meets at quarterly intervals through the course of the year. The MAC has a robust clinical governance strategy with appointed leads for clinical governance and clinical audit. The MAC also reports into the University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust (UHD) Clinical Governance committees. This ensures robust controls are always in place for the quality and effectiveness of care we deliver. Our clinical director is Dr Jehangir Din who also holds the position of clinical director of the cardiology department at UHD. This clinical oversight with joined audit, governance and reporting structures ensures that national minimal clinical standards are always being met and patient safety is prioritised and maintained across all our services. All consultant cardiologists based at Royal Bournemouth & Poole hospitals have practising privileges with Dorset Heart Clinic. We also have visiting consultant cardiologists from Salisbury and Dorchester.
Executive Management Board
Dorset Heart Clinic is the trading name for Dorset Heart Clinic LLP. The LLP is an award-winning partnership between University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust (UHD) and Regent’s Park Healthcare (RPH). The partnership is led by an Executive Management Board (EMB) comprising senior executive directors from each organisation. UHD is represented by Mr Pete Papworth, Chief Financial Officer of UHD and Dr Anil Ohri, Chief Executive of RPH. The EMB meets quarterly and provides governance, strategic, financial and operational steer to the partnership. The partnership was incorporated on 21 November 2016.