Northwest Learning Disability and Autism Operational Delivery Network (ODN) 

Board members 2026 - 2027 

From NHS North West England

Claire Swithenbank, Regional Head of Learning Disability & Autism, NHS England: North West 

Lilian Handy, Senior Clinical Manager (LDA), NHSE – Greater Manchester 

Lisa Birtles-Smith, Senior Clinical Manager, NHS England: North West 

Michelle Sowden, Health Inequalities Senior Clinical Manager/LeDeR Regional Co-ordinator, NHS England 

Susan Hastewell-Gibbs, Clinical Advisor for Learning Disability and Autism Programme NHS England: North West 

From Cheshire and Merseyside 

Alex Cookson, Associate Director Learning Disabilities & Autism, Mersey Care NHS 

Andy Styring, Director of Strategy and Partnerships, Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust CHAIR 

Ceri Woodrow, Consultant Clinical Psychologist, Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust 

Christine Wee, Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust 

Henrietta De Gale, Resource Manager, CANDDID, Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust 

Madeleine Lowry, Associate Director LD, NDD & ABI & East Cheshire, Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust DEPUTY CHAIR  

Mahesh Odiyoor, Clinical Lead, Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust CLINICAL LEAD 

Sonia Anderson, Principal Clinical Psychologist, Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust 

Sujeet Jaydeokar, Consultant Psychiatrist, Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust 

Tom Egerton-Parry, Team Operations Manager, Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust 

Waqar Hussain, Project Manager, Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust 

From Lancashire and South Cumbria 

Debbie Wardleworth, Associate Director of Learning Disability and Autism, NHS Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board 

Sarah L Jackson, Consultant Nurse, Associate Director of Nursing, Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust 

From Greater Manchester  

Liz Price-Jones, Lead Consultant Clinical Psychologist, Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust 

Mari Saeki, Project Lead, GM Autism Consortium 

Deborah Simister, Senior Programme Manager LD, GM Health and Social Care Partnership 

Adult Social Services 

Kathy Clark, Co-chair of the NW Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS) LD Network 

Independent 

Chris Hutchinson, Independent Consultant Nurse - Approved Clinician and Honorary Clinical Associate Professor – Edge Hill University