Stuart Gannon Email & Phone Number

London

Leading the media response on Primary Care, learning disabilities, dementia, Freedom of Information responses, mental health in the secure estate, personal health budgets and the Healthy New Towns programme. Ensure that NHS England provides clear, consistent and accurate messages to the media about its work, in line with the organisation strategy.Line.

• In addition to previous experience, my responsibilities include:
• Manage the communications remit for the £100m Talent Match youth unemployment programme and £75m HeadStart mental health scheme.
• Drafting rebuttal statements on controversial lottery funding.
• Media training of senior staff and board members.
• Drafting quotes, blogs and briefing documents for the Chief Executive and Chairman.

• New role specifically created for me.
• Worked with Channel 4 to produce ‘Britain’s Challenging Children’ documentary, based on NASUWT research, for the Dispatches programme which received national media coverage.
• Developed the ‘Taking Control of the Classroom’ documentary in partnership with ITV Tonight.
• Built up an extensive range of journalist contacts in the political and education press as well as the planning and production departments of the BBC, ITN and Channel 4 News.
• Generated press coverage for NASUWT activities and policies and drafted press releases, statements, appropriate briefing and information materials UK-wide.
• Liaising with internal departments, elected representatives of the Union and external organisations including the Department for Education, Ofsted and Select Committees.

• General news reporting on the construction sector including the new Wembley Stadium and Olympic Games venues.
• Developed a detailed knowledge of the construction industry from site to boardroom level.
• Analysed annual financial results of major construction firms to produce news articles.
• Produced in-depth feature articles on range topics ranging from drug testing for site workers to the impact of migrant workers on apprenticeship programmes.
• Reported on major conferences such as the MIPIM property fair in Cannes.