About Us - Kit4Carers

We believe that if carers are in good health then those they care for can only benefit.

Kit4Carers is a group made up of professionals drawn from healthcare (Imperial College Healthcare Partners, NHS, Royal College of Psychiatry) financial services, MedTech firms and programmers, logistics and procurement, PR and communications, law and accountancy.

Kit4Carers is set up as a CIC (Co No 12585804) and has charitable status via our partnership with CareTech Charitable Foundation (Reg Charity No 1173154).

“The Foundation is delighted to be supporting this important new initiative, adding a further boost to the support we have provided to help the social care sector to respond to the massive challenges of the COVID19 pandemic.”

– Jonathan Freeman, CareTech Charitable Foundation CEO

Core Team

Dr Pramod Prabhakaran
Imperial College Health Partners

Dr Pramod has 20 years’ experience in clinical, educational and leadership roles in the UK. Currently, he is practicing as a Consultant Neuropsychiatrist and is the lead on international business development and partnerships at Imperial College Health Partners.

As joint leader of Kit4Carers and joint founding member of Vita HCS he is uniquely placed to leverage a strong international network and a sophisticated understanding of healthcare provision to deliver help where it is needed.

Hassan Chaudhury
Department of International Trade, Healthcare UK

Hassan is an expert in international trade with a background in health and social care, having worked as a frontline social worker, as an NHS analyst and in public health. He was a founder and CIO of an award-winning health analytics firm until his exit in 2019.

He now leads on digital health and data for Healthcare UK – a joint initiative of the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), NHS England and the Department for International Trade (DIT).

Omar Butt
Imperial College Health Partners

Omar is the Innovation Account Lead at Imperial College Health Partners and a joint founding partner at Vita HCS.

He has a wealth of start-up experience and the practical skills to bring a project to fruition, well networked in the far east he has co-ordinated supplier vetting and resource building for the deployment of PPE.

Angus Robertson
Curzon Private Office

Angus is the Managing Partner at Curzon Private Office, an independent firm that provides professional advice on a range of private matters for clients whose assets, investments and operations require a structured approach combining immigration, tax, legal, accounting, trust and fiduciary services expertise that is delivered by a team of specialist practitioners.

Bushra Ahmed
West Croydon Voice

Bushra is a business woman and community activist best known for establishing West Croydon Voice after her family business was burned down by rioters in 2011. She led the compensation claim for the riot victims and was instrumental in successfully delivering the Historic BroadGreen Village name change for West Croydon.

Currently she is a Director at the Sheila Mckeknie Foundation and sits on the Survivors Advisory Forum for the National Emergencies Trust. She is one of the Civic Futures Leaders at the GLA, a former chair of the Small Charities Coalition and former chair and current member of the Big Local BroadGreen project, delivered by The Local Trust.

Bushra brings a wide cross-sector network to the role, as well as over 20 years of experience in community empowerment, engagement, public speaking, strategic, financial and digital expertise.

Jonathan Freeman MBE
CareTech Charitable Foundation

Jonathan is CEO of the CareTech
Charitable Foundation, our partnering organisation and the leading corporate foundation in the social care sector.

He was previously Managing Director of Mosaic – HRH The Prince of Wales’s mentoring charitable initiative, Government Relations Director at Business in the Community and before that a member of the Senior Civil Service.

Jonathan also serves as Vice-Chair of Championing Social Care, a volunteer-led initiative focussed on delivering positive stories and initiatives for and about the sector.

Toni Letts OBE
Former Mayor of Croydon

Toni is an accomplished and experienced businesswoman with a successful record in both public and voluntary corporate leadership and management roles, bringing a large network within local, London and central government, businesses and international contacts to her role at Kit4Carers.

She is a seasoned local authority politician having served in many senior roles within local politics for over 35 years, including as Mayor of LBC on two occasions, and has had Board responsibility for 12 consecutive years as Chair of Croydon Health Authority, Chair of Croydon Primary Care Trust and Chair of London NHS Specialist Commission. In 1994, she was honoured with an OBE from Her Majesty for services to housing and the community.

Angus Wrixon
Salix & Co

Angus is Director of Salix & Co, a multi-award-winning brand specialist, marketing and public relations consultancy in the healthcare sector.

He previously held board level positions at a number of leading independent marketing agencies before stepping into the public sector as head of communications at NHS Primary Care Commissioning.

Since launching Salix, Angus has provided counsel on NHS England’s TECS (Technology Enabled Care Services) programme and its inaugural Innovation Expo in 2013, and regularly advises senior leadership teams in times of crisis.

Anil Patil
Carers Worldwide

Anil is the founder and executive director at Carers Worldwide. He has over 20 years’ experience in the international development sector, delivering positive change in the fields of community mental health, disability and farmed animal welfare.

His experience also includes the role of grant making with the Wellcome Trust and the Tubney Charitable Trust in the UK, where he facilitated grants to the value of £100million. Anil is the recipient of several international awards, including an Ashoka Fellowship. He is a Trustee of BasicNeeds UK and former Trustee of Disability and Development Partners, and author of the BasicNeeds Sustainable Livelihoods Policy for People with Mental Illness.

Rachel Murphy
Difrent

Rachel is the CEO of Difrent, a transformation and delivery business that works with Techforgood organisations primarily across healthcare. Rachel’s last 8 years have been in Healthcare.

Her previous roles include various board roles for FTSE 100 companies having started out in social care, implementing the first web based social care system 18 years ago.

Prince Ade Ade-Odunlade
Managing Director
CNWL NHS Foundation Trust: www.linkedin.com/in/prince-ade-ade-odunlade-83616411

Dr Junaid Bajwa
is a practicing physician, and Board Member (for University College Hospital (London), & Nahdi Medical Company (KSA)): www.linkedin.com/in/junaidbajwa/

Dr Malcolm Barratt-Johnson
PharmaMedic Consultancy Ltd: www.linkedin.com/in/malcolmbarratt-johnson/

Omar Butt
Innovation Lead
Imperial College Health Partners: www.linkedin.com/in/omar-butt-49a51635

Dr Nav Chana
General Practitioner, Chair,
National Association of Primary Care:
www.linkedin.com/in/nav-chana-4340b089

Dr Navin Chandra
NHS Consultant Child Psychiatrist:
www.linkedin.com/in/navin-chandra-1b167531

Hassan Chaudhry
Specialist (Digital Health &Data) Department of International Trade: www.linkedin.com/in/hchaudhury

Lee Davies
Event Director & Head of Partnerships
Health + Care and the Digital Healthcare Show:
www.linkedin.com/in/lee-davies-05a13943

David Dawes
Council Member
Royal College of Nursing
Commercial Director
Future Care Capital: www.linkedin.com/in/ddawes

Carole Edmond
CEO
Glassmoon Strategies Ltd: www.linkedin.com/in/carole-edmondglassmoon19/

Prof Andrew George
Chair
Imperial College Health partners
Non-Executive Director
Health Education England
Non-Executive Director
Health Research Authority: www.linkedin.com/in/ajtgltd

Steve Hamblin
Clear Artificial Intelligence: www.linkedin.com/in/stevenrhamblin

Nicola Haywood-Alexander
CHCIO (International) CEng, MBA (Exec), BSc (Hons): www.linkedin.com/in/nicola-haywood-alexander-9809546/

Dr Alex Lewis
Medical Director
Ernst & Young, UK & Ireland: www.linkedin.com/in/alex-lewis-3a835822

Rachel Murphy
CEO
Difrent: www.linkedin.com/in/rachbedifrent

Mat Oram
CEO
AdviseInc:
www.linkedin.com/in/matoram

Tim Lux
MD
Pathfinders: www.linkedin.com/in/timlux

James Pool
Head of Business Development
CNWL NHS Foundation Trust:
www.linkedin.com/in/james-pool-1633b229

Dr Pravin Prabhakaran
NHS Consultant Old Age Psychiatrist: www.linkedin.com/in/pravin-prabhakaran-9ba47492

Angus Robertson
Managing Partner
Curzon Private Office: www.linkedin.com/in/angusrobertson

Latha Kathirkamathamby
Director
Blue Crystal Care Agency: www.linkedin.com/in/latha-kathirkamathamby

Simon Shooter
Partner
Bird & Bird: www.linkedin.com/in/simon-shooter-8190378/

Andrew Whelan
Chairman
Future Care Capital:
www.linkedin.com/in/andrew-whelan-72993338

Angus Wrixon
Director
Salix & Co:
www.linkedin.com/in/angus-wrixon-0b37173

Graeme Hodges
CEO
33Hz Limited:
www.linkedin.com/in/graemehodges

Freddie Raben
Consultant
SThree Group: www.linkedin.com/in/freddie-raben-221729198/

Kit4Carers: The Story So Far

Kit4Carers was formed in March 2020 in response to the severe disruption to the global supply of personal protective equipment (PPE) that left many frontline workers dangerously ill-equipped to care for their patients following the outbreak of COVID 19.

The worldwide shortage – and subsequent price hike – was felt most acutely among those people and organisations in social care, a sector that had already been facing long-standing financial pressures, increasing workplace shortages and an undervalued workforce.

As part of our first project, we sourced, purchased and donated PPE for hospices and care agencies throughout the UK.

Since then, we have expanded our area of work through a partnership with Carers Worldwide to deliver support to carers in India by creating access to health services, employment, training, and opportunities for respite.

Our focus today is on utilising our expertise and connections to broaden the resources available to carers throughout the world as part of our Project Hubcare.

We are incredibly proud of what we have achieved to support the long-term health and wellbeing of carers, and look forward to continuing our mission to create a world in which the needs of carers everywhere are met

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