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People Business Partners

People Business Partners (PBPs) are senior HR professionals who work in partnership with Care Groups and Corporate Teams to support the Trust’s priorities through its people. They act as strategic advisors to leaders, ensuring workforce plans align with local service needs and Trust-wide People and Workforce strategies. Details of PBP alignment to Care Groups can be found in the attached document.

In January 2026, the People Business Partner and Employee Relations (ER) teams merged. This change strengthened local oversight of ER case management and will enabled ER issues to be resolved more effectively and in a timely way.

What do People Business Partners do?

  • Partner with Triumvirates and senior leaders to resolve workforce challenges
  • Provide strategic and operational leadership on people matters, including organisational change, workforce capability and performance improvement
  • Use workforce data and insight to inform decisions and drive improvement
  • Support leaders to improve workforce KPIs, including recruitment, retention, appraisal, sickness and Statman compliance
  • Act as the first point of contact for people matters, signposting to specialist teams where needed

Who is my People Business Partner? 

Please see who your relevant People Business Partner is below:

Division A

Cancer Services – Sandeep Chana (sandeepchana@nhs.net) 

Dental – Sandeep Chana (sandeepchana@nhs.net)

Haematology – Sandeep Chana (sandeepchana@nhs.net)

Pathology – Sandeep Chana (sandeepchana@nhs.net)

Pharmacy – Sandeep Chana (sandeepchana@nhs.net)

Site Management – Sandeep Chana (sandeepchana@nhs.net) 

Women’s Health – Stephanie Anderson (stephanie.anderson21@nhs.net) 

TRICs – Stephanie Anderson (stephanie.anderson21@nhs.net) 

People – Stephanie Anderson (stephanie.anderson21@nhs.net) 

MEP – Stephanie Anderson (stephanie.anderson21@nhs.net) 

Child Health – Kate Hollingworth (kate.hollingworth1@nhs.net)

Radiology – Kate Hollingworth (kate.hollingworth1@nhs.net)

 

Estates & Facilities – Kate Hollingworth (kate.hollingworth1@nhs.net)

Transformation – Kate Hollingworth (kate.hollingworth1@nhs.net)

Strategy – Kate Hollingworth (kate.hollingworth1@nhs.net)

The Division A Associate People Business Partners are Bakul Bansal (bakul.bansal@nhs.net) and Paul Montgomery (p.montgomery@nhs.net).

Division B

Emergency Care (DH) – Alice Parish (a.parish1@nhs.net) 

Acute Specialty Medicine (DH) – Alice Parish (a.parish1@nhs.net) 

Liver, Gastroenterology Upper GI – Alice Parish (a.parish1@nhs.net) 

Medical Director – Alice Parish (a.parish1@nhs.net) 

Integrated Medicine (PRUH) – Georgina Lee (georgina.lee@nhs.net) 

Renal & Urology – Georgina Lee (georgina.lee@nhs.net) 

APC – Georgina Lee (georgina.lee@nhs.net)

Corporate Affairs – Georgina Lee (georgina.lee@nhs.net) 

Corporate Services – Georgina Lee (georgina.lee@nhs.net) 

Planned Medicine (DH) – Tamasin Barnes (tamasin.barnes1@nhs.net)

Specialty Medicine – Tamasin Barnes (tamasin.barnes1@nhs.net)

Commercial – Tamasin Barnes (tamasin.barnes1@nhs.net)

Trust Wide Programmes – Tamasin Barnes (tamasin.barnes1@nhs.net)

Executive Nursing – Tamasin Barnes (tamasin.barnes1@nhs.net)

Patient Experience – Tamasin Barnes (tamasin.barnes1@nhs.net)

Nursing Education – Tamasin Barnes (tamasin.barnes1@nhs.net)

Integrated Governance – Tamasin Barnes (tamasin.barnes1@nhs.net)

Divisional Management – Tamasin Barnes (tamasin.barnes1@nhs.net) 

The Division B Associate People Business Partner is Joshua Sodergren (j.sodergren@nhs.net) 

Division C

Cardiovascular Services – Azra Abdulla (azra.abdulla@nhs.net) 

Guthrie/Overseas – Azra Abdulla (azra.abdulla@nhs.net) 

Major Trauma Network – Azra Abdulla (azra.abdulla@nhs.net) 

Surgery – Azra Abdulla (azra.abdulla@nhs.net)

Finance – Azra Abdulla (azra.abdulla@nhs.net)

Ophthalmology – Sophia Bhaimia (sophia.bhaimia2@nhs.net) 

Neurosciences & Stroke – Sophia Bhaimia (sophia.bhaimia2@nhs.net) 

 

R&I – Sophia Bhaimia (sophia.bhaimia2@nhs.net) 

Orthopaedics – Sophia Bhaimia (sophia.bhaimia2@nhs.net) 

ICT – Sophia Bhaimia (sophia.bhaimia2@nhs.net) 

Theatres / Anaesthetics (DH) – Melanie Kann (m.kann@nhs.net) 

STA – Melanie Kann (m.kann@nhs.net)

Critical Care – Melanie Kann (m.kann@nhs.net)

The Division C Associate People Business Partner is Zainab Mohammed (z.mohammed8@nhs.net) 

 

When should I contact my People Business Partner?

Contact your People Business Partner if you need support with:

Leadership, change and improvement

  • Organisational change or restructuring

  • Managing complex or sensitive people issues

  • Improving team engagement, morale or performance

  • Coaching and support for senior leaders

Insight and coordination

  • Advice on the best approach to a people/ ER issue before it escalates
  • Support to navigate Trust people policies and processes
  • Coordinating support from specialist teams (e.g. Recruitment, ER, Workforce, eRostering, OD)

Strategy, planning and performance

  • Workforce planning (short, medium or long term)
  • Business cases, service redesign or new roles
  • Improving workforce KPIs (vacancy, turnover, sickness, appraisal, training compliance)
  • Using workforce data to inform decisions

 

When should I contact a specialist team instead?

For transactional or case-specific support, your PBP will help signpost, but you can also contact specialist teams directly for:

 

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