New BASHH Board and Clinical Governance Committee members announced

12 November 2025 (Last updated: 12 Nov 2025 15:23)

Professor Matt Phillips has written to BASHH members this afternoon with the following message:

I am delighted to introduce the new members for the BASHH Board and Clinical Governance Committee (CGC) for 2026. Following the process of nominations, all positions below have been filled uncontested.

Most particularly, it is a great pleasure to name our President-elect; I am sure you will all join me in congratulating Dr Cara Saxon in her successful nomination.

“Thank you so much, I am truly honoured and privileged to be elected as the next President of BASHH. I am incredibly excited to begin my work in this role and continue supporting our fantastic specialty. #LoveGUM”

- Dr Cara Saxon

 

We are in a time of significant change and challenge but with that comes some significant opportunities for improving the standards and provision of Genitourinary Medicine across the four nations, and I can think of no better person to hand the baton on to than Cara.

Alongside Cara, see below for all of the other new post holders:

Name	Position
Cara Saxon	President
Chris Ward	Vice President
Clare Wood	General Secretary
Rona MacDonald	Assistant General Secretary
Anne Oliver	Treasurer
Nathan Burley	Conference and Communications Secretary
Jara Phattey	Health Advisor Representative to the Board
Jonathan (Jack) Shaw	Fellow to the Board
Katia Prime	Fellow to the Board
Luciana Rubinstein	Fellow to the Board
Matthew Grundy-Bowers	Chair of Education
Malika Mohabeer Hart	Chair of CGC
Stephanie Katiyar	Pharmacy Representative to the CGC
John White	Northern Ireland Representative to the CGC

I wish them all the best of luck with their tenure and look forward to working with them when they take up their positions following the AGM in January.

Best wishes,

Matt

Professor Matt Phillips
BASHH President