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Colin Cessford

Colin Cessford - Director of Strategy and Clinical Standards

Colin Cessford is a former nurse and paramedic who graduated in 1997 with a BSc in Pre-hospital care and an MSc in Health Science Management in 2003. He is widely travelled, and has managed healthcare projects in both the Middle-East and Australia. His current role combines aspects of business development and operational management where he holds responsibility for all aspects of the Trust's emergency (999) and urgent call taking sites. Colin's most recent and noticeable contributions to the NHS in the North East include; developing and implementing a safe strategy for the alternative management of patients presenting with non-time critical illness or injury (Cat C Strategy) and, re-engineering the first point of contact with the NHS so that it is now capable of conducting telephone contacts to appropriate healthcare providers instead of just responding ambulances.

A keen walker and cyclist, Colin's other passion in life, apart from his family, is cricket. Colin lives in Hexham, Northumberland