About the Consortium
The Greater Manchester Autism Consortium was formed by the 10 Social Services Departments of Greater Manchester (Bolton, Bury, Manchester, Oldham, Rochdale, Salford, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford and Wigan) in 1998.
In 2017 the Consortium was extended to include the 10 Greater Manchester Clinical Commissioning Groups. The Greater Manchester Autism Consortium funds and steers The National Autistic Society's (NAS) Greater Manchester Autism Consortium Project which carries out a variety of tasks set by the Consortium Steering group.
The chair of the Consortium is currently Mark Warren, Adult social care director of Oldham.
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AUTISM (and Transforming Care) LEADS IN GREATER MANCHESTER(January 2016)
LOCAL AUTHORITY/COUNCIL
BOLTON
Chris Makin
Integrated Commissioning Manager Disabilities
Reporting to Tim Bryant, Head of Commissioning & Rachel Tanner, Assistant Director, Adult Social Care
BURY
Jacqui Waite
Strategic Planning & Development Officer
Reporting toAnn Noi, Manager of the Strategic Planning & Development Team
MANCHESTER
Lesley Hilton-Duncan
Lesley.hilton-duncan@manchester.gov.uk
Reports to Dr Carolyn Kus,
Executive Director for Strategic Commissioning
OLDHAM
Claire Hooley Claire.Hooley@oldham.gov.uk
Planning and Commissioning Manager Health and Wellbeing Directorate
Reporting to Director of Adult Services
ROCHDALE
Mike O'Keeffe, Head of Specialist ServicesMike.OKeeffe@rochdale.gov.uk
Reporting to Steve Blezard, Assistant Director,Operations,
Charlotte Booth, Associate Director HMRCCG
SALFORD
Kerry Thornley Integrated Commissioning Manager, Learning Disabilities and Autism
NHS Salford CCG and Salford City Council Contact
STOCKPORT
Vincent Fraga Head of Service for Learning Disability and Mental Health
Vincent.fraga@stockport.gov.uk
TAMESIDE
Mark Whitehead
mark.whitehead@tameside.gov.uk
Report to Tameside & Glossop Health & Wellbeing Board & Autism Strategy Development Group
Line managed within the People Directorate by Sandra Whitehead (Assistant Executive Director TMBC)
TRAFFORD
The joint leads are Ric Taylor CCG and Julie Burroughs Commissioning Manager Trafford Council
julie.burroughs@trafford.gov.uk
Reporting to Karen Ahmed
Director of All Age Commissioning
Children, Families & Wellbeing – All Age Commissioning
WIGAN
Joint Autism Leads:-
Andrea Glasspell, Service Manager - Provider Management and Market Development
Reporting To Joanne Willmott Assistant Director Provider Management and Market Development
NHS CLINICAL COMMISSIONING GROUPS
Rachel Sutton
Barbara Wrightbarbara.wright6@nhs.net
Catherine Ticklecatherine.tickle@nhs.net
Nigget Saleem (CCG Lead)nigget.saleem@nhs.net
Sam Bradbury, Deputy Director of Community Health, NHS Manchester CCG
Gary Flanaghan
Kathryn Saunderson
Kerry Thornley
Gina Evans
Pat McKelvey
Commissioning Manager with lead responsibility for Tameside and Glossop CCG.
Ric Taylor
Peter Harrison
Head of Commissioning CCG Mental Health
peter.harrison@wiganboroughccg.nhs.uk
Reporting to Trish Anderson
Reporting To Joanne Willmott Assistant Director Provider Management and Market Development