Patron & Fellows
Roy Lilley
Patron
Roy Lilley is a health policy analyst, writer, broadcaster and commentator on the NHS and social issues.
Roy was formerly Chair of an NHS Trust and continues to publish a regular e-newsletter for NHS managers.
Roy has twice been voted the top UK speaker on NHS topics and is listed in the Debretts most influential people in healthcare.
Roy founded the Academy of Fabulous NHS Stuff, which has become a recognised social movement and innovation platform for the NHS and Social Care.
Roy regularly speaks at CHA conferences and continues to advise the Management Board.
Dr Helen Tucker MBE
Fellow of the Community Hospitals Association
Helen is a Fellow and former President of the Community Hospitals Association and is committed to raising the profile of community hospitals and promoting their contribution to community health and wellbeing.
She has worked across management, consultancy, development and research roles connected to community hospitals and has visited more than half of all community hospitals across the UK.
Helen is Co-convenor for the Special Interest Group on Community Hospitals within the Q Community and completed her PhD at the University of Warwick focusing on integrated care in community hospitals.
She is also a reviewer for academic journals and serves on the Editorial Advisory Board for the Journal of Integrated Care.
Helen presented at the 2021 IFIC Conference where she received the Overall Award for her paper exploring patient experience within integrated care.
In June 2026, Helen was awarded an MBE as part of the King's Birthday Honours for services to community hospitals.
Dr Andrew Crowther
Lifetime Fellow of the Community Hospitals Association
Andrew is a Fellow and Past President of the Community Hospitals Association, having served the organisation across many years in both clinical and committee roles.
He worked as a GP and anaesthetist at Tewkesbury Community Hospital, where he also held a hospital practitioner role for 34 years. Andrew became closely involved with the community hospitals movement after Tewkesbury hosted the AGPCH (Association of General Practitioners in Community Hospitals) conference in 1991, and went on to take an active part in CHA's work, including hosting Chinese medical delegations and meeting politicians to promote community hospitals.
During his years with the CHA, Andrew wrote up a record of each conference, summarising the talks given and produced a brochure on the history of Tewkesbury Hospital. He also worked on complaints proceedings in Wales.
Speaking at the CHA's 50th anniversary in 2020, Andrew reflected:
"After 34 years as a GP anaesthetist and hospital practitioner I was persuaded to be the President of CHA which I accepted as a great honour."
He and his wife Jane, a former theatre Sister at Tewkesbury, were great supporters of community hospitals together, and many CHA committee meetings were hosted at their home. Jane continues to volunteer at Tewkesbury Community Hospital.
In recognition of his outstanding contribution to community hospitals and to the CHA, Andrew was made a Lifetime Fellow of the organisation at the CHA National Conference in 2024.