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Northgate Public Services 08-Sep-2009 - [Northgate Public Services] Northgate Public Services today announces the appointment of four directors as the company gears up its activities to drive transformation through innovation in local government and public services. Michael Parry leaves Computershare to join Northgate as Director of Specialist Solutions managing Northgate’s energy, financials and elections businesses. Michael has worked with the public sector for over 20 years and has a background in project management, consultancy, sales and business development. Ten of these years were spent as a practitioner in local government working with West Lancashire District Council and Liverpool City Council. Peter Houselander is appointed as Director of Health and Social Care. Previously Director of Anite Social Care acquired by Northgate in 2008, Peter has twenty five years of experience in developing solutions for the public sector and ten years working directly in social care. Northgate’s social care solutions are currently used by forty per cent of local authorities. Its healthcare business is rapidly expanding. It has recently won the contract for the NHS Newborn and Infant Physical Examination Programme (NIPE) in which every child is offered a top-to-toe physical examination shortly after birth and again at 6 to 8 weeks of age Trevor Hampton is promoted to become Director of Enabling Technologies. Trevor joined SX3 in 2003 acquired by Northgate in 2005. He has over twenty years of work experience in the public sector focused on business innovation and product design and development. Enabling Technologies will focus primarily on innovation using mobile and information management to improve local government performance. Matthew Salter is appointed as Director of Environmental Solutions. He has over fifteen years experience of working in the public sector. Prior to joining Northgate, Matthew was Operations Director for Caps Solutions. He has also worked for Capita, and was previously an IT consultant for North Somerset. He has a strong background in delivering new solutions and business improvement services into local government. Russell Osborne, Managing Director, Citizen Solutions, Northgate Public Services, said today: “Local government is facing its most severe challenge in a generation. We are committed to strengthening local authority delivery so that it can provide locally based services built around people’s needs and expectations. “These new appointments reflect the increasing demand that we have for our services. Increasingly local government is working with Northgate in innovative partnerships guided by the intelligent use of technology. By strengthening our team yet further, we will support local government in making the radical change that it must make to meet the challenges today and to build better services for tomorrow.” For more information:
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