Sheinaz Stansfield is a Managing Partner at Oxford Terrace and Rawling Road Medical Group, a multi-award-winning practice in Gateshead. She is also Director of Transformation for Birtley & Central Gateshead PCN. She trained as a nurse and health visitor and has held senior management roles in commissioning and provision of health services in the Northeast. She became a Practice Manger in 2008 and as OD lead; supported the set-up of NHS Newcastle Gateshead CCG and then elected as the Practice Representative on the Governing Body. At a national level, she is a Development Advisor with Primary Care Transformation Programme: NHS England & NHS Improvement. She is a council member with The Practice Manager Association, which facilitates her passion for Quality Improvement, Nurse & Practice Manager development, workforce redesign, patient involvement and addressing health inequalities.