Dr. Dino Pardhanani

Board-level healthcare leader and GP Principal with more than 20 years’ clinical, executive and system leadership experience across primary care, commissioning and integrated NHS services. Brings a powerful combination of frontline clinical insight, governance expertise and strategic oversight, enabling boards to understand how policy and investment decisions translate into operational delivery, workforce impact and outcomes for communities. Has held influential leadership positions including NHS Place Leader, GP Clinical Chair, Clinical Director, Medical Director, CCG Vice-Chair and Chair of multi-stakeholder partnership boards.

Offers extensive experience in organisational assurance, quality, risk, performance, financial stewardship and accountability, alongside a strong record of leading service redesign and guiding organisations through complex structural change. A collaborative and people-centred leader, skilled in aligning NHS, local authority, primary care, community and voluntary-sector partners around shared priorities. His MBA with Distinction and MA in Counselling and Psychotherapy further strengthen his understanding of organisational behaviour, culture and change.

He offers boards independent challenge, sound judgement and a clear commitment to effective governance, sustainable improvement and better stakeholder outcomes across healthcare, public service, social-impact and other complex, regulated environments. BOARD & GOVERNANCE CONTRIBUTION Governance, Assurance & Accountability: Provides experienced oversight of governance frameworks, organisational performance, quality and risk. Brings a strong understanding of board and committee responsibilities, having served in Governing Body, Audit Committee, executive and chairing positions across complex NHS structures.

System Leadership & Strategic Direction: Shapes place-based strategies that align healthcare providers, local authorities, community organisations and other partners around shared priorities. Contributes a system-wide perspective informed by senior leadership experience across primary care, commissioning and integrated care.

Healthcare Transformation & Service Redesign: Guides the redesign and integration of services, pathways and models of care to improve coordination, accessibility and operational effectiveness. Offers experience across planned care, community services, primary care and urgent and emergency care. Quality, Risk & Patient Outcomes: Provides constructive scrutiny of clinical quality, patient safety, organisational risk and performance.

Ensures strategic decisions remain grounded in evidence, frontline realities and the needs of patients and communities.

Financial Stewardship & Resource Allocation: Contributes to the responsible allocation of resources within financially constrained and highly regulated environments. Brings experience of scrutinising financial controls, organisational priorities and statutory responsibilities through governing body and audit

Clinical Director - NHS Sutton Place

(2022)

• Provides senior clinical leadership across Sutton, connecting system ambitions with the experience and priorities of general practice and local healthcare services.
• Contributes clinical and strategic insight to borough-level planning, including the development of sustainable services and more joined-up models of care.
• Acts as an influential link between clinicians, system executives and partner organisations during decision-making and implementation.

Sutton Board Member - South West London Primary Care Provider Alliance

(2022)

• Represents Sutton within the wider provider alliance, contributing local intelligence and primary care perspectives to collective discussions across South West London.
• Supports collaboration between provider organisations and the development of solutions to shared challenges affecting primary care resilience and capacity.

Chair, Board of Directors - Sutton Primary Care Networks Community Interest Company

(2021)

• Chairs the organisation established as Sutton’s at-scale primary care vehicle, maintaining board focus on sustainable growth, organisational resilience and value for member practices.
• Leads board discussions across a multi-practice environment, supporting clear decision-making and collective ownership of organisational priorities.
• Provides strategic direction as the organisation develops its role within Sutton’s evolving health and care landscape.

Joint Clinical Director - Central Sutton Primary Care Network

(2019)

• Co-leads a network of GP practices, enabling practices to work collectively while responding to neighbourhood-level health and service priorities.
• Supports the introduction of new roles and collaborative working arrangements across practice teams.
• Connects local delivery with wider borough and system objectives, ensuring that primary care remains an active contributor to integrated services.

GP Principal - Mulgrave Road Surgery

(2004)

• Has led and developed a GP training practice for more than two decades while maintaining direct responsibility for the delivery of high-quality patient care.
• Supports the education and development of GP trainees and multidisciplinary colleagues, contributing to the strength of the local clinical workforce.
• Uses extensive frontline experience to provide credible insight into patient needs, workforce pressures and the practical realities facing primary care.

Place Convenor & Integrated Care Partnership Representative - Sutton Place Partnership

(2022 - 2026)

• Represents Sutton within the South West London Integrated Care Partnership, ensuring borough priorities and the perspectives of local partners inform wider system discussions and decisions.
• Played a significant role in developing the Sutton Place Partnership and securing engagement from general practice during the transition from Clinical Commissioning Groups to Integrated Care Boards.
• Brings together partner organisations around locally integrated services designed to respond more effectively to community needs.

GP Clinical Chair - NHS Sutton Borough, South West London CCG

(2020 - 2022)

• Led Sutton’s clinical contribution during a period of major NHS restructuring and the transition towards integrated care arrangements.
• Maintained continuity of clinical leadership and organisational focus while responsibilities moved from borough commissioning structures into the emerging ICS model.
• Represented general practice and borough partners in discussions influencing Sutton’s future operating and leadership arrangements.

NHS Place Leader | Deputy NHS Place Leader | Chair, Sutton Integrated Care Partnership Board | Executive Lead for Community Services, Sutton Health & Care - Sutton Place Transition & Integrated Care

(2021 - 2022)

• Led the development of Sutton as an integrated place, helping to establish the partnerships and leadership arrangements required for the new system.
• Brought NHS, local authority and community partners together to establish shared priorities and strengthen collective responsibility for Sutton’s population.
• Provided executive leadership for community services, supporting closer alignment between primary, community and wider health and care provision.

Vice-Chair & Planned Care Clinical Lead - NHS Sutton Borough, South West London CCG

(2020 - 2020)

• Supported borough leadership during the formation of the South West London CCG and a period of significant operational pressure and structural change.
• Provided clinical leadership for planned care, helping maintain attention on service continuity, patient access and local priorities.

Medical Director, Vice-Chair & Executive/Governing Body Member - Sutton CCG

(2012 - 2020)

• Progressed through a series of senior appointments, culminating in Medical Director and Vice-Chair responsibilities.
• Contributed to executive and governing body decisions throughout the development and operation of the CCG, bringing an informed primary care and clinical perspective to organisational priorities.
• Served as Clinical Responsible Officer for planned care and chaired the Sutton Accident and Emergency Delivery Board, coordinating work across organisations to address pressures affecting urgent care.
• Participated in the Audit Committee, contributing to scrutiny of organisational controls and statutory responsibilities.

MA - Counselling and Psychotherapy - University of Roehampton

Master of Business Administration - Kingston Business School, Kingston University

Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery – MB BS - St George’s Hospital Medical School, University of London

Postgraduate Diploma - Ear, Nose and Throat Medicine – PGDipENT - Rila Institute of Health Sciences