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Advisory Council

The Advisory Council plays a key role in Help the Hospices by acting as the equivalent of a users' group for hospices. It is the forum through which member hospices advise our Board on key issues and priorities relating to hospice philosophy, policy, practice and professional development.

The Advisory Council has regionally elected representatives. As well as advising the Board, they are also part of the network that communicates the work of the charity back to the members.

Elected representatives

The Advisory Council is made up of individuals elected by member hospices to represent their region or county as follows:

one representative from each of the Strategic Health Authority regions in England
one representative for each of Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales
one representative for all member hospices providing services for children (including combined adult and children's hospices).

The Advisory Council representatives are listed in the table below in relation to the position or region they represent. Please click on the representative's name for details of the hospice that they work for.

Position or region	Elected representative
Chair	Peter Holliday
Children's representative	Hugh Lowson
East Midlands	Kathy Hollyer
East of England	Mark Lister
London	Michael Kerin
North East	Graham Leggatt-Chidgey
North West	Stephen Greenhalgh
Northern Ireland	Eddie Magowan
Scotland	Irene McKie
South Central	Ruth White
South East Coast	Colin Burgess
South West	Gill Auden
Wales	John Savage
West Midlands	Michelle Roberts
Yorkshire and Humberside	Lee Barker

Further information

Advisory Council meeting dates and agenda items for these meetings can be found in the Advisory Council section ofour members area.

For further information about the Advisory Council, or to contact your regional representative, please email the executive team.

Peter Holliday, chairman of the Help the Hospices Advisory Council

Peter Holliday, chief executive of St Giles Hospice and Chair of the Advisory Council