The Critical Care Network Team

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Claire Horsfield 
​ Network Manager & Lead Nurse
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Claire joined the Network Team in April 2021 from the Lancashire & South Cumbria Critical Care & Major Trauma Network where she had been the Lead Nurse for over 7 years. She qualified as a Registered General Nurse in 1992 and spent a significant part of her career in critical care before taking up a Matrons post at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust where she provided leadership for the Infection Prevention and Control & Performance and Surveillance Team, before moving into a new role as Head of Patient Safety in 2012. During this time Claire also worked across the L&SC region as part of a NHSE work programme of patient safety. Claire joined the network in Lancashire and South Cumbria on a permanent basis as Lead nurse in 2014, having previously carried out a number of improvement projects for the network whilst on secondment. During this time, Claire has been the Chair of CC3N, representing critical care nursing at various meetings including the Adult Critical Care Clinical Reference Group and UKCCNA. Educated to Masters level, Claire has also recently completed the first cohort of Professional Nurse Advocate Training through the University of Canterbury and is looking forward to providing staff support through the embedding of this role across the network
Claire says;
            “I am incredibly passionate about critical care services and improving the quality of care we provide for our patients. I am delighted to have this opportunity to work with and support the critical care multi professional teams across West & South Yorkshire in their delivery of consistent, high quality and equitable services that meet the needs of our patients”. ​

email: [email protected]

Dr Paul Stonelake
Network Medical Lead 
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Alison Richmond
​Quality Improvement Lead Nurse

Paul joined the Network as Medical Lead in February 2024. Paul is a Consultant in Anaesthesia & Intensive Care Medicine at Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. Paul grew up in London and has since been migrating north. Medical school and early post grad training were in Nottingham and Derby with registrar training in West Yorkshire, heavily influenced by PICU. Taking a year out in 2000 with a young family to work in Nepal as ICU Director in the Western Regional Hospital in Pokhara. After finishing registrar training in 2007 Paul gained first consultant post in Ann Arbor, Michigan in cardiothoracic critical care and anaesthesia. In 2009, Paul returned to the UK to take up his current post in Bradford where he was ICU lead from 2015 to 2020. Paul became deputy Medical Lead for the Network  during the COVID19 pandemic and took over the Medical Lead role in 2024. Paul says:
'I’m looking forward to working with a strong and professional team and helping to develop and strengthen the excellent relationships we have within the network'
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email: P[email protected]

Alison joined the Network Team in June 2017 from Adult Critical Care in Leeds Teaching Hospitals where she had been Clinical Practice Educator since 2015. She qualified and a Registered Nurse in 1999 and has sent the majority of her career in critical care working her way from staff nurse to sister and then to Clinical Educator.

Alison has a particular interest in quality improvement, patient safety, leadership and critical care transfers.

Educated to masters level, Alison also Professional Nurse Advocate and is  providing staff support through the implementation of this role across the network

email: [email protected]

Samantha Rogers​
​Data Analyst /Project Officer

Sam Rogers was appointed as the Data Analyst & Project Officer working for the ODN in June 2018. 

email: [email protected]
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