Meet the Team
Sitting within the wider Occupational Health team, your health and wellbeing team is comprised of:
- Claire Burkitt: Our health and wellbeing administrator, Claire keeps the team on-track and can regularly be found out and about at health and wellbeing stalls promoting relevant support, resources and offerings throughout the Trust. Claire has been with the Trust for decades and is an incredibly valuable member of both our team as well as the wider Trust!
- Sarah White: Sarah has previously worked within medical areas at Gateshead and also enjoyed a spell within our IT team. Sarah is our health and wellbeing facilitator, and now does fantastic work for colleagues, leading in the formation and delivery of various wellbeing activities and support groups, delivering training to new colleagues and helping spread the word about our Balance offering.
- Dale Jones: Dale shifted into the role of health and wellbeing lead in mid-2022, having previously worked in tandem with the team as their internal communications link at Gateshead Health. Accountable for the team’s work, Dale works with key stakeholders throughout the Trust to try drive improvements and changes.