Meet the Team - SHS Partners

Jason has a wealth of experience within the NHS and private hospital sectors holding executive director roles. He has managed several strategic services and major capital developments with an innate passion for providing patient-focused healthcare.

During his 12 years tenure at The Christie NHS Foundation Trust, he led the Oncology service, including Haemato-oncology (Level 3), Systemic Anti-Cancer Therapies, Radiotherapy, Brachytherapy and Surgery oncology.  As the Chief Operating Officer, he pioneered developing a network of services across the Greater Manchester and Cheshire cancer network to provide treatment closer to patient’s homes. His guidance was instrumental in five-year strategies for Chemotherapy and Radiotherapy, the development of satellite centres, treatment in the community and mobile chemotherapy services.

Jason also held the role of Director of Construction and Delivery of the Christie Proton Beam Therapy Centre, the first NHS High Energy Proton Beam Therapy Centre in the UK.  A highly acclaimed and successful project delivered on time, under budget, with a lasting legacy for patient treatment.

More recently, Jason spent two years as the Chief Operating Officer of The Christie Private Care, a joint venture partnership between HCA Healthcare UK and The Christie NHS Trust.  Key achievements include successfully steering the organisation through the COVID-19 pandemic and developing two new surgical theatres delivered through the lockdown.

Kunal joined the board of SHS Partners in 2016 in the role of Senior Clinical Lead. His primary involvement sees him managing governance and quality control.

Mr Kunal Hinduja is a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon with a primary interest in hand and wrist surgery and trauma, holding a consultant post at Stockport NHS Trust whilst also managing his private practice across Manchester & Cheshire. Regularly involved in the training of Registrars, he is responsible for the organisation of hand surgery teaching in the North West of England. Currently, Kunal holds an esteemed Honorary Lecturer post at the University of Manchester for his medical student teaching involvement. In addition, he is the lead clinician for the Hand Surgery Teaching Module in the North West.

As a consultant, Kunal is responsible for the departmental teaching of undergraduate medical student teaching. These sessions are extremely popular with students and focus on teaching final year medical students the fundamentals of orthopaedics.

Kunal completed his Masters in Orthopaedic Engineering at Cardiff University, finishing his thesis based on wrist fractures.  He regularly presents his research, thesis work and practices at national and international conferences speaking from his learnings, experience, and teachings.

Dr Jon Bell is the Clinical Director of Radiology and a Consultant Interventional Radiologist at The Christie NHS Foundation Trust and an Honorary Consultant at Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust.

Furthermore, Dr Bell is the lead for liver directed therapies at The Christie, a clinical advisor to NHS England, and Director of the SIRT Users’ Network. He is a co-opted member of the Registries and Audit Committee of the British Society of Interventional Radiology, a member of the Interventional Radiology UK committee, and a NICE Interventional Procedures Advisory Committee member.

In his capacity as Medical Director for SHS Partners, Jon provides expert advice and support to our management board and is an invaluable member of the senior team.

Mark Lord has enjoyed a long and varied career in the NHS as a Consultant Histopathologist and principal in General Practice. His NHS management roles have included Chair of a Local Health Group and Chief of Staff for local Pathology services. Furthermore, Mark has been a trainer in General Practice and an appraiser in secondary care.

In 2016 Mark took early retirement from the service to pursue independent work opportunities.  A member of the Royal College of General Practitioners (MRCGP) and a fellow of the Royal College of Pathologists (FRCPath), Mark performs autopsies for HM Coroner and private diagnostic contracts.

Mark joined SHS Partners in 2018 as Pathology Lead. He provides professional and regulatory advice and support to the management board on Pathology and Histopathology matters.

Andrew is a Chartered Management Accountant with 15 years of financial experience within the healthcare sector in public and private sector organisations. He has been the Financial Controller at SHS Partners for the past five years. Andrew works in collaboration with our NHS clients to ensure the smooth delivery of patient-focused care.

Before joining SHS Partners in 2016, Andrew worked for the NHS for ten years, most notably as Deputy Chief Finance Officer of a Greater Manchester CCG. His remit included the commissioning of all GP, Acute, Mental Health and Community Services.