13/08/2024 Announcing new trustees Dr Davina Deniszczyc, Amanda Ellingworth and Clova Fyfe

Dr. Davina Deniszczyc is a GP with over 20 years experience as a senior medical leader and is currently Medical and Charity Director , Responsible Officer at Nuffield Health. Her work focuses on the management and prevention of long term conditions, evidencing healthcare services and designing new, inclusive, models of care, all underpinned by her extensive medical governance experience. She is passionate about prevention and holistic approaches to health, enhancing the quality of life for individuals and communities. Her most recent work has led to the development of Nuffield Health’s social impact and sustainable healthcare strategy, including the adoption of a social return on investment measurement framework and carbon net zero targets. During her time at Nuffield Health she has worked in senior roles across the organisation including clinical governance, medical leadership, medical regulation, business development and public benefit strategy. She continues to works as a GP and is an active advocate for the use of physical activity to improve health.

Amanda Ellingworth’s first career was as a local authority social worker, involving both individual case work and also working with groups which existed to help their members support each other - an early form of social prescribing before the term was widely used. Her second ‘portfolio” non-executive career has similarly always focussed on providing the circumstances for those who need support to access the help they need to live the best lives they can. Amanda’s board roles have included national and international organisations, across various industries, and alongside colleagues of many disciplines, all related to wellbeing, eg health, social care, social housing, education, human rights, humanitarian and international development sectors. She has sat on the boards of campaigning and influencing organisations (eg Barnardo’s) and research and academic institutions (eg Great Ormond Street Hospital). She has experience of governing start ups such as Guinness Care and Support and The Catholic Safeguarding Standards, and of partnership working eg chairing the creation of a joint venture between the NHS and a private provider to create Somerset Pathology Services. Alongside her professional interest, she is especially interested in NASP’s work having supported close family members and friends living with mental ill health and other adversities. She is actively committed to the principles of equity, diversity and inclusion and anti racism, and has held EDI and also safeguarding lead roles on various boards. 

Clova Fyfe has over 25 years’ experience of working in public affairs and corporate reputation. She has extensive experience of advising senior business leaders on their engagement with politicians and policy makers across a range of sectors including telecoms, health tech, sustainability, science and tech and health and diagnostics. Having started her career as a researcher for an MP in Westminster, she went on to work in-house for a range of leading brands including The National Lottery Operator, Camelot, and the BPI, the trade association for the record industry. She then spent over 10 years leading the BT Group’s relationship with political stakeholders across Westminster, Whitehall and the devolved parliaments, during a key time for the business as it rolled out fibre infrastructure across the UK. She currently leads the Public Affairs Practice at award winning communications agency Brands2life, where she advises a range of leading brands on how to build their political reputation and shape the policy environment. Having worked across a range of key policy issues, she is passionate about the role of policy in shaping health outcomes and the importance of ensuring that the potential of social prescribing is understood and supported.