Regional officers and support staff

All RCN officers and assistant officers in the North West are registered nurses. Officers have responsibilities for particular patches (areas) within the North West region, which are listed below, as well as other regional responsibilities.

The region is naturally divided into four geographical patches, which are:

  • Pennine and Cheshire
  • Central Manchester
  • Lancashire, Cumbria, Sefton and Isle of Man
  • Greater Liverpool and Knowsley

Pennine and Cheshire

Regional officers: Janine Dyson and Mary-Anne Parkinson

Assistant officers: John Hodgkiss and Tony Millea

Branches covered: Greater Manchester and Cheshire East

Patch Administrators: Sam Kay and Michelle Warburton (job-share) (working with Janine Dyson and John Hodgkiss) and Louise Wilkinson (working with Mary-Anne Parkinson).

Central Manchester

Regional officer: Maria Bryant

Assistant officer: Olasumbo Campbell

Branches covered: Manchester Central

Patch administrator: Chris Moores

Lancashire, Cumbria, Sefton and Isle of Man

Regional officers: Paul Gardner and Jonathan Bowker

Assistant officers: Sharron Parker and Alan White

Branches covered: Lancashire West, Isle of Man and Lancashire East

Patch administrators: Gemma Stones (working with Paul Gardner and Sharron Parker) and Angela Delvard and Sylvia Lister (job-share) (working with Jonathan Bowker and Alan White).

Greater Liverpool and Knowsley

Regional officers: Colm Byrne and Paul Wood

Assistant officers: Matthew Harris and Ian Fletcher

Branches covered: Cheshire West and Greater Liverpool and Knowsley (GLK)

Patch administrators: Kay Warburton and Joanne Bagnall (job-share) (working with Colm Byrne and Matthew Harris) and Elaine Kelly (working with Paul Wood and Ian Fletcher).