New structure and key contacts for Sussex Health Knowledge and Libraries 

Our team has been restructured to improve the way we work across University Hospitals Sussex, Brighton and Sussex Medical School and the wider Sussex health system. This means new key contacts to be aware of if you’d like to get in touch. 

Our new structure divides our work between:  

• Learning & Teaching – including learning technology and the library enquiry desks. 
• Research & Evidence – which covers our knowledge specialists, document management and services to local Sussex organisations. 
• Information Resources & Patient Education – to centralise our management of journals, books, databases and patient education leaflets. 
• And the Knowledge Management team who run our KnowledgeShare software. 

Ben Skinner is Head of Knowledge, Libraries and Learning Technology, taking a strategic overview of the whole service. 

Steve Bowman is our Deputy Head of Knowledge and Libraries for Learning and Teaching.

Steve is supported by:

• Tim Vincent, Senior Learning Technologist for BSMS

• Yannis Vatis, Senior Learning Technologist for UHSussex 

• Amanda Lackey, Senior Librarian for Learning and Teaching. Amanda leads our library managers who run services in our libraries at Princess Royal Hospital, Royal Sussex County Hospital, St Richard’s Hospital, Worthing Hospital and Mill View Hospital. 

Mike Roddham is our Deputy Head of Knowledge and Libraries for Research and Evidence.

Mike is supported by:

• Lucy Wells, Interim Senior Knowledge Specialist. Lucy leads our clinical knowledge specialists who provide evidence services to the various clinical divisions at UHSussex. 

• A team of knowledge specialists working with colleagues at Sussex Partnership, Sussex Community, NHS Sussex and the local authorities in Sussex. 

The other members of the Senior Leadership Team are:

Sharon Springham is our Senior Librarian for Information Resources and Patient Education. 

Rachel Playforth is our Senior Librarian for Knowledge Management.  

Ceri-Ann Morgan is the Senior Administrator for the team. 

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