Association Structure

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Association Structure

The Association of Independent Specialist Medical Accountants has a current membership of 77 firms located across the UK.

An Executive Board meets quarterly to discuss and agree the strategic direction of the Association, including the continual maintenance of quality and standards through the peer review process. Reports and recommendations on membership applications are discussed and decisions made on the acceptance of new members.

Officers

Deborah Wood, Vice Chairman

Deborah Wood, Chairman

Debbie is a partner in the Blackpool office of Moore and Smalley. A founder member of AISMA, Debbie leads her firm’s specialist healthcare services department and has worked in the health sector for over 20 years. Debbie is regularly invited to speak at seminars for doctors, practice managers and fellow accountants on a wide variety of financial management topics. She contributes regularly to the specialist medical journals.

Vice-chairman, James Gransby

James Gransby, Vice-chairman

James is a partner at the Bromley office of RSM UK Tax and Accounting with over 20 years sector experience. He frequently makes presentations to GP practices, Practice managers and trainee GPs on topical issues. Advising clients on the tax aspects of their NHS Pension is a key focus which means keeping up to date with ever more complex legislation.

Abi Newbury, Secretary

Abi Newbury, Secretary

Abi is Managing Director of Honey Barrett Limited and heads up the medical team at the Bexhill office with AISMA co-founder Liz Densley. Abi has many years’ experience looking after all types medical professionals, including locum doctors, consultants and newly qualified doctors needing guidance as they start their careers. Abi also particularly enjoys working with GP practices to improve their profitability, and is a regular columnist for AISMA Doctor Newsline.

Fiona Wood, Treasurer

Fiona is a founder member of AISMA and works with the medical services team at Nottingham firm Page Kirk. She has 30 years’ experience of working in the health sector and acts for GPs, locums and hospital consultants. She works with practice managers to help them optimise their practice efficiency and has contributed to a number of publications over the years.

Board members

Sue Beaton

Sue Beaton

Sue is a director at Reigate firm Coveney Nicholls and has been instrumental in developing the firm’s successful medical accounting service. She works with a growing number of GP practices in London and the South East. As well as presenting lectures to GPs, practice managers and registrars, Sue also writes articles for the medical press.

Seamus Dawson

Seamus Dawson

Seamus is a principal at Belfast firm Bridge, Chartered Accountants and is recognised as being Northern Ireland’s leading specialist medical accountant. As a Chartered Accountant and Chartered Tax Adviser he has provided advice and guidance for over 20 years to GP practices, locums and hospital consultants.  He organises and delivers his own seminars for general practitioners and practice managers in the region. He also speaks regularly at events across Northern Ireland including those organised by the Royal College of General Practitioners.

Jim Duggan

Jim Duggan

Jim became a Partner in Albert Goodman in August 2018 following the merger with MW Medical in Bristol. Prior to this Jim had been a partner in MW Medical since 2001 having originally qualified in London. Jim is a nationally recognised expert on advising members of the medical profession.

Kieran Hancock

Kieran Hancock

Kieran Hancock is a Director in the Plymouth office of PKF Francis Clark with over 14 years’ experience, a large majority within the healthcare sector. Kieran has a passion for General Practice and enjoys supporting practices with their financial needs. Kieran is enthusiastic about sustainability and is keen to support his own firm, as well as AISMA.

Pauline Hogg

Pauline Hogg

Pauline is a partner at Condies Health in Dunfermline and represents the needs of Scottish GPs and practice managers on the AISMA board. As well as looking after a substantial portfolio of GP practices, Pauline organises events, frequently presenting at seminars and workshops on areas of interest to GPs and practice managers alike. She is responsible for much of the research, reporting and benchmarking for the firm’s GP practice clients.

Lizzy Lloyd

Lizzy Lloyd

Lizzy is a partner in the Colchester office of Larking Gowen LLP. She has specialised in the healthcare sector for 20+ years and advises GP practices, hospital consultants, locum GPs, GP federations and emerging models of primary care delivery. She enjoys presenting to GPs, trainee GPs and practice managers and helping practices use their annual accounts to improve performance in a rapidly changing NHS.

Andrew Pow

Andrew Pow

Andrew is a healthcare director at Mazars. His specialist areas include appraising the performance of GP practices, changes in GP structures and the NHS pension scheme. Andrew has a keen interest in maintaining rural GP services and has campaigned to highlight the funding issues facing small GP practices in isolated areas.

Libby Pritchard, co-opted Welsh representative

Libby Pritchard

Libby is a partner of Hall Livesey Brown and has specialised in advising GP practices and other medical professionals for over 15 years. Based in Wrexham, North Wales, Libby enjoys working with GP practices to ensure that they fully understand the accounts and can use them, and AISMA’s benchmarking information, to improve their financial performance.

Co-opted advisers

Jonathan Main, co-opted VAT specialist

Jonathan Main, co-opted VAT specialist

Jonathan is a partner at MHA Moore and Smalley. Jonathan qualified with the Chartered Institute of Taxation as a chartered tax adviser in 1994 and as an accredited mediator with the Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution in 2016. He speaks regularly at seminars for GP Federations, GP practices and fellow accountants. He has also advised both AISMA and the BMA on VAT matters as they affect Primary Care Networks.

Liz Densley, Secretary

Liz Densley, Co-opted survey officer

Liz is a founder member of AISMA and, with Abi Newbury, leads the medical team at Honey Barrett Limited. She writes a regular column for locum GPs and has contributed to various publications over the years. A chartered accountant and chartered tax adviser, she enjoys talking to trainee GPs and new consultants about tax and finance for the self-employed.

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  • Abi Newbury
  • AISMA Secretary
  • Honey Barrett Ltd
  • 48 St Leonards Road
  • BEXHILL ON SEA
  • TN40 1JB
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