Our team
Dr Marion Andrews-Evans RN, BA, MBS, DHS, FCMI - Chair
Dr Marion Andrews-Evans BEM
Marion was previously the Executive Chief Nurse for Gloucestershire ICB where she was the lead for service quality, patient safety, and professional nursing, for which she was awarded a British Empire Medal in recognition of her leadership in nursing and care services. In this role she also led on Emergency Planning, Infection Control and Chaired the Children's Safeguarding Partnership.
Lately Marion has been the ICS lead for Research and Evaluation, as well as programme director (SRO) for the county's vaccination programme.
As well as her role with the Clinical Senate, Marion is now working with the University of Gloucestershire to lead on research activities into creative health and supports PhD students with their studies.
She has published work on understanding and learning from clinical service failure.
Marion is an Honorary Fellow of the University of Gloucestershire and has been a Nurse member of the South West Clinical Senate since 2013.
Vacant - Vice Chair
Biography to follow...
Ajike Alli Ameh - Head of Senate
Ajike joined the South West Clinical Senate in January 2021 as Head of Senate (Interim) from NHSX where Ajike worked as Information Governance SME for the Shared Care Records (formerly Local Health and Care Records) Programme.
Whilst working for the Local Health and Care Records Programme, Ajike led the setting up of an independent Information Governance Assurance Panel which, was established to ensure that the approach to information governance within each Local Health and Care Record participating organisations were compliant with the NHSX Information Governance Framework for Integrated Health and Care.
Ajike joined the NHS in 2018, having worked over 10 years in local government in a dual role as Stakeholder Engagement and Programme Manager and, Regional Coordinator for the North West Warning, Advice and Reporting Point (WARP). The WARP is a trusted community for information security professionals and others who are concerned with their organisation’s information security, to share knowledge and seek advice from peers and experts within and outside of the group.
Tasha Ficarotta - Senate Project Officer
Tasha joined NHS England as a Senate Project Officer in January 2025. With a wealth of experience across the NHS, Tasha previously worked as a Business and Project Manager for Somerset's Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services, and has a keen eye to detail from working as a Governance Coordinator for the Children and Young People's Service Group at Somerset Foundation Trust.
Throughout her NHS career, Tasha has contributed to a variety of services including cancer care, adult social care, estates and facilities, and A&E. With a background in sustainability and conservation, Tasha is committed to driving forward impactful projects within the NHS while focusing on both patient care and environmental considerations.