Who's Who
Helen McCurdy
BSc (Hons), RGN, DIP. Palliative Care, Palliative Care Services Manager, runs our Nursing section and is responsible for all day-to-day care of patients at 'Pusey House'. Helen directs the nursing staff plus additional bank nurses as required during weekly operations as well as many professionals, volunteers and helpers at the Hospice. Day therapy, Administration, Bereavement, Catering and Physiotherapy all report into Helen. She also was pivotal in starting our new 'Companions of the Hospice' service in May 2010. Helen has been with the Hospice since 2000.
Gail Osbourne
Lymphoedema Clinic Manager, manages our off-site unit based at Cedar Avenue, Hazlemere. She looks after four staff members, who in turn all look after over 1,300 patient care appointments per year. Gail joined the Hospice via a community NHS sponsorship scheme and the Charity then engaged Gail as full time manager of the clinic.
David Brodala
David has joined our charity as Head of Retail and has a wide experience of shops and general commercial activities, working in the past for multinational companies at senior levels. He manages six shops around the South Bucks area and two warehouses that are based in High Wycombe, as well as 20 retail staff on various part-time or full-time roles.
Tony Hardware
as Chief Executive has overall responsibility for leading the different Hospice teams and includes general management duties such as HR, legal, admin, cross-party discussion groups and is a co-Director of The Hospice Lottery Partnership Ltd. He reports to the Board of Trustees of the South Bucks Hospice. He has been associated with the Charity since its inception in 1985 and was a Trustee up until Dec 31st 2007. He has been Chairman of the Trust for different terms from 1986 through to 1995, including after the Hospice opened in 1994, followed by re-election in 2001.
Jackie Ward
BSc (Hons), FCCA, is our Accountant. Jackie ensures that our daily funds, salaries, and general expenses are all correctly received or administered, as well as providing reports to the Chief Executive, The Trustees or Charities Commission at the required frequency. Jackie also looks after every day accounting and bookkeeping duties. Jackie has been working for the Hospice for over 4 years.
Karen Cross
Karen is our Appeals Manager, joining in August 2010. Karen has extensive managerial experience from working in a well-known International IT company as well as fundraising experience locally. Karen will head up the main fundraising Appeal for the new hospice project.
Karen Young
Karen is the hospice counsellor with broad experience of working with issues of loss and grief. She offers confidential counselling support to patients and/or family members, and the bereaved. She also runs our bereavement support group which takes place every six weeks. Karen is an accredited member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy.