Who's Who

Rachael Lankshear

Chair

Rachael is Practice Manager at a Torquay EMIS practice. For 5 years she worked as a Clinical System Champion for DEVON CCG supporting EMIS practices, delivering training and running the local EMIS User Group Read more...

Monica Saksena Joye

Committee Member

Monica is a GP principal in Stockport, Cheshire. She trained in East London at a practice using EMIS LV and after many intervening years using other systems is happy to have moved as a practice to EMIS web. She is enjoying learning to configure the system and use it to it’s full potential and is... Read more...

Dave Mayren

Treasurer

Dave served for almost 10 years in the British Army before leaving to take up a role in General Practice Management in Bury, Greater Manchester. He was involved in the selection and successful transition to the EMIS clinical system for his Practice in 2022 and became a local champion for the system... Read more...

Tessa McCooey

Secretary

Tessa has worked within Primary Care for 10 years and is currently a Digital Transformation Lead for a PCN in South Devon. She also works one day a week as a system champion for Devon ICB specialising in EMIS. Read more...

Paul Machin

Committee Member

Paul is the IT Support Lead at Stockport’s GP Federation, Viaduct Care CIC. He has worked with and within the NHS since 1995 and has over 15 years’ experience of clinical systems. He has previously worked in a number of roles at EMIS gaining a vast knowledge of the clinical system, along with... Read more...

Shazia Shahzad

Committee Member

Shazia has worked in Primary care for the last 15 years and is currently a Primary Care Facilitator for the Clinical Effectiveness Group in North East London. With a background in Contract Management and Quality Improvement, she hopes to support practices to deliver a high level of care for their... Read more...

Karen McCarthy

Committee Member

Karen has worked in Primary Care since 2007 and is currently the Audit and Digital Transformation Lead for her surgery. She is a Digital Champion and has previously run an Emis user group. She supports her practice team with Emis training, systems configuration and trouble-shooting. She creates... Read more...