Peter Standfield

Experience

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  British Army

  Jan 1975 - Jan 1994

  Successful military career

  Sponsored through university. Progressive junior officer appointments, including operational and training posts and service with the Royal Marines, followed by two-year Army Command and Staff course, command an operational Explosive Ordnance Disposal Squadron and various Ministry of Defence appointments.

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  Newcastle and North Tyneside Health Authority

  Jan 1995 - Jan 2000

  Head of Contract Support

  Led NHS contracting team and co-ordinated development of comprehensive Service and Financial Frameworks.

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  Northern health authorities

  Apr 2000 - May 2002

  Head of Specialised Services Commissioning

  Pioneered the development of collaborative commissioning arrangements across multiple health authority areas

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  Newcastle & North Tyneside Primary Care Trusts and Local Authorities

  Jan 2002 - Sept 2004

  Director, NHS LIFT Project

  Project director for complex procurement of a long-term partnership between NHS, local authority and private sector partners

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  Witton House Associates

  Jun 2004 - now

  Owner

  Witton House Associates is a specialist consultancy based in the North East of England, which brings together talented and trusted experts in a variety of different fields to deliver assignments of mutual interest. In addition to independent consultants experienced in leadership, governance, organisational development, capital projects, tourism, leisure and the arts, we work in partnership with a wide range of trusted organisations, each specialised in their own particular field, and have direct access to a worldwide network of professional linguists and translators. Show less

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  NNT LIFTCo

  Sept 2004 - Mar 2007

  Chief Executive

  Joint venture company, established under the Local Improvement Finance Trust (LIFT) initiative, delivering multi-stakeholder premises solutions for NHS and local authority clients

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  Singingworks

  Jan 2013 - Apr 2015

  Associate

  Singingworks sets up and runs choirs at work, musical team-builds, graduate induction sessions and charity concerts.

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  NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA)

  Nov 2014 - Aug 2019

  Stakeholder and Opportunity Lead, Pacific Programme

  The NHSBSA’s Pacific programme was a whole-system transformation initiative that delivered over £1.2bn of recurrent savings whilst maintaining or improving outcomes for patients from the £35bn of NHS spend in which the NHSBSA plays a part. The programme was delivered as a business service, through a multi-disciplinary team specifically created for this purpose and overseen by a Board with representation from across the Department of Health and the NHS.As Stakeholder and Opportunity Lead, I was the Deputy Head of Programme with particular responsibility for fostering effective relationships across the healthcare system and developing collaborative change initiatives that will deliver significant value for the NHS. Show less

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  Healthwatch Northumberland

  Jul 2023 - now

  Chair

  Healthwatch Northumberland is the local health and social care champion for Northumberland.

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  Abbeyfield Northumbria

  Aug 2023 - now

  Chief Executive

  Chief Executive of a charitable provider of residential and sheltered accommodation for older people, operating within the Abbeyfield Family.