Jonty Heaversedge

Jonty is the CCG Chair and has been a GP in Southwark for 12 years and prior to this trained as a GP in South East London. Jonty is passionate about the importance of involving and empowering patients – both in the management of their own health and in the work of the CCG, ensuring that all commissioning decisions are effectively informed by Southwark residents. Jonty is the clinical lead for integration and plays a role in clinical leadership for quality and engagement. He takes a leading role in engagement – both with CCG member practices and the public.

He is currently working to ensure that all of the lessons learned following the Francis Report, and other reviews of care quality in England, are effectively incorporated into the work of the CCG and King's College Hospital as one of the main providers of care to Southwark residents. In addition to his roles in the CCG Jonty is currently providing clinical leadership on the Community Based Care Workstream for the South East London Community Based Care Programme and he sits on the Clinical Board for Primary Care Transformation in London. He is Vice Chair of the Southwark Health and Wellbeing Board and is a member of the Early Action Commission, Chaired by Margaret Hodge MP, looking at the benefits of intervening earlier to improve the health and wellbeing of Southwark residents.