CCSD Board
The CCSD Board acts as the steering committee, providing overall direction and strategy and ensures that the CCSD delivers against its strategic objectives and is aligned to other sector wide initiatives.
Voting members
- Four existing CCSD Group members (insurers – Aviva, AXA Health, Bupa and VitalityHealth)
- Two rotating representatives from existing CCSD Board provider representatives (HCA, Spire, Nuffield, Ramsay, Circle).
Other stakeholders (such as other insurers, providers or licence holders) may be invited to observe the Board.
Non-voting members
- An independent Chair, representing the whole sector
- Three sector organisations – Independent Healthcare Provider Network (IHPN) representing the wider hospital provider network, Healthcode and Private Healthcare Information Network (PHIN)
Other stakeholders (such as other insurers, providers or licence holders) may be invited to observe the Board.
Board structure
CCSD Board members
Tim Woodman
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Kamal Jina
Role on the board: representing Board member for AXA
Role (non-CCSD): Principal Claims Analyst at AXA
Experience: Previously, as Director of Analytics at Vitality, I contributed to data-driven initiatives that aligned with organisational goals. I have also been in the healthcare industry for almost 2 decades and have a deep understanding in funding models and leveraging and productionising claims and member journey efficiencies.
Recent CCSD Project: The CCSD mapping to OPCS opens a new world in comparing standards of procedure settings when comparing to PHIN and BADS (British association of day case surgery) which are OPCS based.
Fun fact: I am a keen follower of cricket having played for county in my younger days.
Lesley Doyle
Role on the Board: Board member representing Vitality Health
Role and organisation (non CCSD): Head of Clinical Coding: Vitality Health
Experience: I have extensive experience of clinical coding in the UK and South Africa, specifically in private healthcare insurance but with exposure to NHS and international coding classifications. I continue to be involved in the successful implementation of clinical coding structures and tools to support robust clinical risk decision-making, analysis and reporting within Vitality.
Recent/upcoming CCSD project you are most excited about: The mapping of CCSD to OPCS is an important piece of work that will be of significant value in the healthcare industry in the UK, providing a standardised and up to date version available to the market, and improving interoperability in healthcare data across public and private sectors.
Larissa Stevenson
Role on the Board: representing board member for Aviva
Role and organisation (non-CCSD) – Associate Medical Director at Aviva
Experience: I have 20 years clinical experience in Anaesthesia and Critical Care Medicine across the public and private sector in the UK, Australia and the Maldives. I spent nearly 6 years working for a large Private Hospital Group based in London in Clinical Leadership roles, Performance Improvement and Clinical Excellence. I joined Aviva in 2024 as part of the Clinical Leadership Team and lead the Clinical Commercial Team.
Recent CCSD project of interest: The Robotics project is really interesting as this has massively increased the coding schedule to capture the expanding clinical activity of consultants and innovation within the private sector.
What I enjoy outside of work: In my downtime you’ll find me searching for missing lego pieces for my kids or trying to be healthy!
John Shepherd
Role on the Board: Provider Representative
Role and organisation (non CCSD): Head of NHS Services – Operations, Ramsay Health Care
Experience: I have worked in healthcare for over 25 years. Ten years for a private medical insurer, two years in the NHS and for the last fifteen years with Ramsay Health Care. I lead Ramsay’s clinical coding programme
Recent/upcoming CCSD project you are most excited about: Extend the engagement and collaboration with third party organisations to further the aims and objectives of CCSD
I am a (retired!) county football referee.
Martin Rennison
Role on the Board: Rotating Provider Representative (Spire Healthcare)
Role and organisation (non CCSD): Group Partnerships Director Spire Healthcare Group
Experience: A highly experiences business leader with over 20 years experience at executive and board level in the private health sector. He has additional experience as a NED, Chair and Advisor to a range of healthcare organisations.
Martin has a proven track record of commercial, operational and financial success in planning, leading and managing complex business development, transition and change in healthcare. He is highly skilled in strategic key account management and partnership development.
He presently leads Spire’s development of strategic healthcare partnerships as they expand their holistic healthcare business and broaden their clinical reach and scale across the UK.
Martin is responsible for developing and maintaining Spire’s commercial relationships with Private Medical Insurance companies, the NHS and other government departments at a corporate level, generating commercial value whilst ensuring that standards and quality of patient care and well-being are continually improved.
Recent/upcoming CCSD project you are most excited about: The recent addition of a new suite of Robotic CCSD codes, also the first steps made to educate clinicians and providers in how to work effectively with the CCSD codes and schedule.
Martin is a keen bread maker.
Jenny Murray
Role on the Board: Advisor
Role and organisation (non CCSD): Director of Product Strategy & Delivery, Healthcode
Experience: With nearly a decade of experience in the industry, I started my career in Finance before moving over to Operations (where all the action was happening). Since then I’ve evolved with a strong focus on customer care – these days I’m dedicated to bringing the voice of the customer into our various Products. Its been an exciting journey so far!
Recent/upcoming CCSD project you are most excited about: The CCSD Robotics schedule. It’s a fantastic initiative that highlights CCSD’s leadership in the sector and reinforces our commitment to uniting the industry.
On the professional side, I’m honored to head up our charitable partnership with the Rainbow Trust childrens charity, who do incredible work with seriously ill children and their families. From a personal perspective, I cant be without indoor cycling classes – they serve as a wonderful therapy for me.
Chris Smith-Brown
Role on CCSD: Board member representative for PHIN
Role and Organisation (non-CCSD): Clinical Advisor at The Private Healthcare Information Network (PHIN)
Experience: Former NHS anaesthetist with expertise in informatics and healthcare strategy. At PHIN, I lead on our data strategy and analytics. I’ve previously worked on NHS projects including the Federated Data Platform (FDP) as a healthcare management consultant.
Recent CCSD Project: The Robotics CCSD schedule update inspired PHIN’s new annual report on robotic surgery in the independent sector, highlighting innovation by independent providers.
Fun Fact: I’m a keen baker and cyclist based in East London.
John Hopgood
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Zoltan Varga
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