Senior Staff

Roisin Haslett

Postgraduate Medical Dean

Professor Roisin Haslett has lived and worked in the North West region her whole life. Roisin grew up in Crosby and graduated from Manchester University with an MB ChB in 1989. She then pursued a career in anaesthesia and was awarded FRCA in 1995.

Paul Baker

Deputy Postgraduate Dean of Foundation Training and Physician Associates

My interest in medical education began to surface as RCP tutor and I was in the first cohort of students taking the MA in Teaching and Learning in the Clinical Setting at Edge Hill University. I was subsequently appointed Postgraduate Clinical Tutor for Bolton and we ran FY2 pilots well before Foundation training proper was rolled out in the UK. I was a consultant Geriatrician at Bolton for 25 years, though unusual in that I was a trainee GP (now called GP registrars) in Cheetham Hill before this, being one of few hospital seniors who passed the MRCGP examination.

Craig Barclay

Associate Dean - Dentistry

I was appointed to the part-time post of Associate Postgraduate Dean for Specialist Training in June 2006.

Anne Begley

Associate Dental Dean for Dental Core Training

Appointed associate dean for Dental Core Training in 2015. Prior to this had been involved in  DCT in some form within Mersey Deanery  since appointed as a consultant in 2003. 

Andrew Bracegirdle

Associate Dean - GP

Born and educated in the North West of England, qualified from Manchester University Medical School in 1988 and entered General Practice from a different specialty background and experience.

Alison Caldwell

Deputy Dean for GP Workforce

Born in the Northwest and completed my degree at Liverpool University.  

GP training on the Warrington Programme.  

Simon Carley

Associate Dean - Hospital and Community Care

Professor Simon Carley MB ChB, PGDip, DipIMC (RCS Ed), FRCS (Ed)(1998), FHEA, FAcadMed, FRCEM, FTACC, MPhil, MD, PhD is a Consultant in Adult and Paediatric Emergency Medicine at Manchester NHS Foundation Trust. He is also a  Consultant in Enhanced Pre-Hospital Care with North West Air Ambulance and a BASICS doctor with North West Pre-Hospital Critical Care Charity.

Fiona Clarke

Associate Dean - Hospital and Community Care

Fiona is a Manchester graduate and completed her training between Manchester and Liverpool.

Scott Cooper

Associate Dean - GP

Born in East Lancashire and educated at BRGS in Rossendale.  Undergraduate studies were completed at St Andrews and then at Manchester.  Qualified as a GP in 2005 and worked as a GP Partner for 17 years in East Lancashire.  Worked as a GP Trainer for 14 years and for a similar period of time as a GP appraiser.  With a passion for promoting self-development, became an educator for the East Lancs Programme before taking on Associate Dean role for the GP School in 2020.  Undertook ILM 5 Coaching and Mentoring qualifications and have formally mentored several post-CCT Fellows. 

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