Contact list

Chair, London region

Peter Ramrayka, MBA, CIHM, FIHEEM, FRSH has been an active member for over three decades and served on the former SE Thames and Scottish Regional Councils. He was awarded Companionship in 2005. Peter has worked in the medical branch of RAF, the NHS, UK and international health management consultancies managing individual and hospital groups, leading major service redesign and construction projects. Peter says, My day job is Director of Major Capital Projects/P21 Project Director South West London & St. Georges Mental Health NHS Trust What I bring to the Council is continuous membership of IHM ( in all of its previous incarnations) since 1974 including membership of the former South East Thames and Scottish Regional Councils What I want to get out of Council membership is to stimulate interest in the IHM as the organization of first choice for managers in ALL organizations involved in healthcare particularly those in the London catchment area.

Secretary, London region

Mark says: My day job is External Healthcare Quality Assurance, Defence Medical Services. What I bring to the Council is Healthcare management experience outside the NHS. What I want to get out of Council membership is a wider view and understanding of healthcare management. Representation of the views of military IHM members in the London region. Facilitate a better understanding of the role and outputs of the Defence Medical Services.

Regional Educational Consultant, South East region.

Paul is the Regional Educational Consultant, South East regions. Paul says, My day job is Director Paul Armer HRD Ltd, Management and Organisational Development Consultancy What I bring to the Council is 15 years experience of training, education and organizational development in NHS delivery organizations. Specialist knowledge of management and leadership development, workplace learning and skills for life development. Member status Chartered Institute of Personal and Development, MSc Leadership and Human Resources Management, Manchester University What I want to get out of Council membership is to support individuals and organizations in the healthcare sector to access management and leadership development. To make IHM the first choice of health service managers for management and leadership development activity.

Chair, Primary Care Sector and IHM NE & Y Council Member (Web-Site Co-ordinator)

Chair, West Midlands region

Paul Jennings is the Chief Executive of Walsall Teaching Primary Care Trust where he has been since 2004. Before that he was Chief Executive at North Birmingham PCT. Paul has a long history of working in Community and Primary Care Services and has been in senior management roles for around 15 years. Paul joined the IHM in 1992 after completing the Managing Health Services Certificate, the MESOL version of the current MHSC, which the IHM now hosts. Paul has been a postholder in a number of roles for the IHM over the years and is currently the Chair of the West Midlands Regional Council. A passionate football fan; Paul is a season ticket holder at Walsall FC and is strongly rumoured to have got a job in Walsall to make it easier to attend midweek home games.

Regional Consultant, West Midlands region

I have specialized in the field of learning and development for 19 years. Having originally started my career as a social worker in Birmingham I then opened and managed two restaurants for nine years until I joined the health service as the Training & Development Manager for the Primary Care Trusts in Shropshire. In 2003, I joined the West Midlands NHSU (NHS University) team as a Learning Co-ordinator focusing particularly on leadership, management development and e-learning. I now run my own consultancy business specialising in learning and development for the NHS and social care. As Regional Consultant for the IHM in the West Midlands I support the universities and other providers of the Managing in Health and Social Care programmes (MHSC) and the organisations that utilise the programmes for management development. I work closely with the IHM Regional Council to encourage and maintain professional development for IHM members and to promote the work of the Institute.

Regional Education Consultant, South West region

Regional Education Consultant, NE Yorkshire & the Humber

Chair, North West region

Treasurer, North West region