Biographies

Christina Walsh
Regional Executive Director

Christina has been a Registered Nurse since 1990, and has worked in the independent care sector since 1993. These services have covered a variety of patient groups including younger adults, dementia, elderly and mental health services. Throughout her career Christina has worked in various roles and experiences within the independent sector. She has been in Senior Management roles since 1996. She is an experienced Unit Manager and Regional Manager, who has vast experience of managing services to ensure high standards of care are developed, maintained and that the service continually evolves in order to meet the changing needs of the patients. She has been a registered Manager with Health Authority, National Care Standards Commission and Commission for Social Care Inspection aswell as Registered Responsible Individual for large portfolio of care services. Christina has also completed a large number of post registration courses including the Registered Managers Award.

Christina started with PiC in November 2007, after moving from Bupa in order to expand her knowledge & experience in Brain Injury services to help grow and develop the existing services in Essex & Northampton.

Steven Hockaday, MSc, RNLD, RCNT
Nursing Director

Steven has been a Registered Nurse for People with Learning Disabilities since 1972 having worked within and across a wide range of health, community, and social care settings, both as a clinical practitioner and an educationalist. Steven initially worked for a number of years with adults who presented with challenges to service provision and then some years working as a Community Learning Disability Nurse before becoming a Nurse Teacher for eight years and then a Clinical Nurse Specialist for people with learning disabilities who present with communication difficulties and/or sensory impairment. Steven left the National Health Service to pursue his nursing career in the Independent Heath sector in January 2001.

Steven has been the Nursing Director at Oaktree Manor since the hospital opened in January 2004.