Meet the Community Pain Service team…

Dr Chris Barker MB BS MRCGP DRCOG

Clinical Director - Community Pain Service

Honorary Lecturer – Cardiff University

Chair – Primary & Community Care Special Interest

Group, British Pain Society

Hobbies: Playing drums or guitar, cooking, squash & a

bit of running (though not like Dave), cars (fast & slow

ones), and generally mucking about with my kids.

Ambition: To make a cake that rises

What keeps me going: the combination of a really

motivated team and the absolute drive & determination

we see from so many of our patients. Bacon butties

(though this will probably stop me one day...)

Favourite saying: It is what it is.

Dr Becky Simm, BSc (Hons), D.Clin.Psy, C.Psychol, A.F.B.P.S

Principal Clinical Psychologist

Lead on Stroke / Chronic Pain

General Secretary, UK Association for Solution-Focused

Practice

Honorary Lecturer, Lancaster University

Ambitions: to globetrot even more and to complete the

Great North Swim

Hobbies: netball, books, films and (reluctantly) DIY

What keeps me going: The fantastic support from the

teams I work in, and friends and family.Meeting inspiring

people.And chocolate.

Favourite saying: “Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as

if you'll die today” (James Dean).

Lynsey Laird, BSc (Hons) Physiotherapy, MSCP

Advanced Specialist Physiotherapist

Interest in musculoskeletal physiotherapy.

Working towards MSc

Hobbies:sport of any description, baking, cooking and

socialising.

Ambitions: Be the best I can be! And to travel lots!

Favourite saying(s):‘The most important things in life

aren't things'-(Anthony J. D'Angelo) and 'Life isn't

measured by the number of breaths we take, but the

number of moments that take our breath away'-

(Anonymous).

What keeps me going: A brill team, helping others,

my family and friends and adrenaline.

Dave Lovatt, BSc(Hons) Physiotherapy, MSCP

ESP Pain Physiotherapist

Lead Physiotherapist Community Pain Clinic

Spinal Specialist Physiotherapist Walton Centre

For Neurology and Neurosurgery

Represented GB at Duathlon World Championships in

2010, 11 & 12.

Hobbies: Doing triathlons, anything sporty!

Motivation: Being the best I can be at work and doing

hobbies.

Helping patients to reduce their pain levelsand develop

coping skills motivates me to continue the great work of

the Pain Team.

Kate Maguire, BSc (Hons) Physiotherapy,

Advanced Specialist Physiotherapist

Special interest in chronic pain and its complexity.

Interests- sport and keeping fit, socialising with friends,

spending time with my little girl.

Ambition- To work towards completing a masters and a half

marathon (eventually)

What keeps me going- being happy in my job thanks to our

lovely team, friends, family, exercise and ambition.

Favourite saying(s): 'Live every day like it was your last'

Deanne Barrow, Dip COT

Occupational Therapist

Member of the British Pain Society and Committee

member of Pain Management Group Special Interest

Group

Work Interests: Pain Management Programmes,

Vocational Rehabilitation, The use of relaxation

techniques to help manage pain.

Hobbies/Leisure: walking, fitness training, reading,

singing and holidays!

Favourite saying: “Don’t cry because it’s over, smile

because it happened.” Dr Seuss (author of Cat in the Hat

etc.) and “You won’t win a coconut if you’re not at the

fair” (Chris Evans Breakfast Show!)

What keeps me going: family, watching my kids grow up

and trips to Exmoor.

Steve Simpson

Clinical Pharmacy Services Manager

Qualified from The Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen in

1997 with a degree in Pharmacy and quickly headed South

for the experiences of a large teaching hospital in Glasgow

for my pre-registration year before becoming fully

qualified as a Pharmacist.

Responsible for the ward based pharmacy services at

Southport and Ormskirk Hospital NHS Trust

After several years and three hospital Trusts, and a short

spell abroad in West Africa, I became a Clinical Pharmacy

Services Manager

Work interests:Chronic pain, palliative care and teaching.

Hobbies: Photography, cooking and support my local

hospice as a Trustee.

Favourite saying: (One I stole from the Olympics)…"Better

never stops".

Su Mawdsley, Bsc (hons), RGN, PG Dip, Msc

Lead Clinical Nurse Specialist

Member of British Pain Society and committee member

of local pain network

Hobbies :Zumba, karate, and camping. Although not all

at once!

Ambition : To stay young!

Favourite Sayings : “Don’t Panic” and “Know where

your towel is” (both Douglas Adams, Hitchhikers Guide

To The Galaxy) and “A handbag?” (Oscar Wilde, The

Importance Of being Earnest). The first two I find to be

great pieces of practical advice and the last simply makes

me laugh.

Interesting Fact :25th

May each year is International

Towel Day, a tribute to Douglas Adams, followers mark

the celebratory occasion by carrying a towel round with

them all day.

What Keeps Me Going : Rainbows, my family, my friends and a continual strive for perfection.

Joanne Iddon. BSc (Hons), M.B.P.S.

Clinical Psychology Assistant

U.K. Association for Solution-Focused Practice Committee

Member, Lancashire County Council LD Volunteer.

Interest in chronic pain, group work and undertaking

research into the effectiveness of psychological

interventions in physical health settings

Hobbies: Learning and speaking different languages,

camping, swimming, eating (in and out!)

Ambition: To complete the Great North Swim and speak

Portuguese fluently.

Favourite saying(s): “Even if you fall on your face you’re still moving forward” Victor Kiam.

What keeps me going: Friends, family, and always making sure I have something fun to look

forward to.

Marion Burke

Medical Secretary

Interests/hobbies: Travel, socialising, spending time with

my family and friends, dining out.

Ambition:To continue travelling and visit new places

andto finally finish renovating my house!

What keeps me going: My children, feeling like an

integral part of the team.

Favourite saying: “Believe in yourself and have faith in

your abilities- if you don’t no one else will!”☺

Anne Marrs

Medical Secretary

Interests/hobbies: Walking, reading, spending time with

my kids, watching films.

Ambition: To learn ballroom dancing.

What keeps me going: Coffee, chocolate and my kids.

Favourite saying: “Smile and wave boys, smile and wave”-

Madagascar Penguins

Awards

Pride Awards 2012

� Team of the Year

Sefton Health and Social Care Quality Awards 2010

Excellence in delivery of High Quality Healthcare Services:

� Clinical Effectiveness (Community)

� Improving Patient Experience (Community)

� Sustained Achievement (Community)

� Innovation (Community)