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Meet the Team

SusQI was created by the Centre for Sustainable Healthcare and is supported and delivered by the CSH team through resources, programmes and applied work in practice.

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DR FRANCES MORTIMER

Medical Director

Frances is responsible for strategic development of CSH's clinical transformation programmes, including Sustainable Specialties and SusQI, and has a lead role in the European KitNewCare project in sustainable kidney care. Frances designed CSH’s Principles of Sustainable Clinical Practice and the SusQI framework for incorporating sustainability into quality improvement in healthcare. She previously trained and worked as a doctor in the UK National Health Service.

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Rachel Mclean

Acting transformation director

Rachel co-leads the Sustainability in Action service team. Her work focuses on developing impactful approaches to sustainable clinical practice alongside strategic development of CSH’s clinical transformation programmes, including Sustainable Specialties and SusQI. Rachel has a clinical background in speech pathology and previously worked as a neonatal speech and language therapist in London hospitals, specialising in parent coaching and early intervention.

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Catherine Richards

SusQI Programme Lead - Academy and Courses

Cath leads the SusQI programme for the SusQI Academy and courses/ education. She launched the Academy for CSH and is developing the service to provide the biggest benefits to members. Cath has degrees in Human Psychology and Occupational Therapy. She has worked in the NHS within adult community mental health teams as an Occupational Therapist before moving into roles within Clinical Governance and Quality Improvement. Catherine is an experienced Improvement Advisor and coach.

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DR AYOMA RATNAPPULI

SusQI Clinical and Education Specialist

Ayoma is an HIV/Genitourinary Medicine specialist registrar and the Sustainability in Quality Improvement (SusQI) Clinical and Education Specialist. She leads on embedding SusQI into undergraduate and postgraduate education and professional development. 

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Debs Kerry

Green Team Delivery Lead

Debs joined CSH in 2025 as the Green Team Delivery Lead, supporting healthcare teams to embed sustainability into quality improvement projects. Her healthcare sustainability journey began by implementing local sustainability projects, such as walking aid reuse and ethyl chloride reductions. These reduced the environmental impact of services whilst maintaining high standards of patient care. Debs has completed fellowships both in NHS sustainability and Quality Improvement. She is a registered physiotherapist and brings with her 24 years of clinical experience in critical care and surgery. 

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Acknowledgments

This website has been created by the Centre for Sustainable Healthcare, through the Sustainability in Quality Improvement Education project 2019-22, which was funded and supported by Health Education England, The Health Foundation and Kings College London.

The Centre for Sustainable Healthcare is registered in England & Wales as a company limited by guarantee No. 07450026 and as a charity No. 1143189
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