Our Board

Our Chair

Gita Malhotra

Gita has over 30 years of rich experience of working in healthcare at all levels across a range of disciplines including health policy and strategy, workforce redesign and organisational development, research and evaluation and leadership. She also has a clinical background in nursing.

She has a deep commitment to health equity and personalisation and a professional focus in systems and how early intervention and prevention support better life and health chances.

Gita has previously lived in Redbridge, has a strong understanding of health and care provision across Redbridge both professionally in her work and personally over the last few years and as a carer and advocate for her parent.

Gloria Onwubiko

Gloria is an experienced NHS senior leader with 20 years of experience in diverse care settings, including mental health, community and acute care, integrated care systems, regional and national leadership roles. Gloria is a Redbridge resident, with interests in service transformation and integration, focused on improving population health and well-being outcomes and tackling inequalities for the residents of Redbridge.

David Lyon

David’s career has included working as a telecom, then computing engineer and running a small consultancy business.

He has been involved with the Patient Participation Group in Forest Edge Practice in Redbridge for more than 10 years. With the introduction of Clinical Commissioning Groups, he wanted to understand how the changes within health services would affect patients. He believes strongly in listening to the voices of patients, and ensuring their voice is heard. Recently, with the introduction of the new Integrated Care Systems, he wants to ensure the patient’s voice is still heard, loud and strong.

Lisa Mina

Lisa has lived in Redbridge her entire life and has experience in the legal, charity and education sectors. She brings a range of skills, being both analytical and creative. She currently works in fundraising and alumni relations.

Lisa believes health is one of the most precious things we have and is passionate about supporting our diverse community.

Afreen Jahan

Afreen currently serves as Finance Manager for Barnet Carers Centre. She is drawn to Healthwatch Redbridge because of their mission to improve health services and she feels this mission aligns perfectly with her passion for making a positive impact on communities.

She also feels that this role will provide her with an opportunity to get involved in her local community, tackling issues that directly impact her neighbours. She understands that good governance is about complying with charity law and charity commission guidelines, and that this opportunity will allow her to strengthen her knowledge and experience in this area.

Past Board papers

We make the papers for our public Board meetings available online. We also publish a summary of what was discussed. Check out our past meetings to read more.

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Our Decision Making Policy

Every Local Healthwatch must have a published Decision-Making Policy. This policy helps Healthwatch Redbridge make its decisions, prioritise, and choose what will go in their workplan as well as approving and accepting any other relevant work during the year. This guidance is for the Lead Officer, Chair, Board Members, Staff and all HWR volunteers.

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HWR Decision Making Policy

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