Are you are a professional invited to attend a Gateway Meeting for the first time? Maybe you have taken up a new post which requires you to represent your employing organisation as a Gateway Member?  

Or perhaps you have heard about Gateway via your work and would simply like to know more fast?  

We have collated some quick reference, visual resources for review by busy professionals who need to understand the practical requirements of the model quickly:

Process information, a visual introduction to Gateway, covering key points concerning the model

Gateway Chair Role Description, covering expectations concerning the Chair’s role

Gateway Member Role Description, covering expectations concerning the role of Members

We have also developed a fictional situation against Gateway templates for guidance:

A guide to Gateway Agendas 

A guide to the Gateway Situation Background Assessment and Recommendations template (SBAR)

A guide to the Gateway Action Sheet

There are 9 Gateways for Cheshire and Merseyside, each with their own Chair and Terms of Reference:

Gateway

Established

Other Details

Cheshire East

 

Feb - Sept 2022

Meets monthly

Chaired by Jay Spooner,

Clinical Lead, Transforming Care Programme

Contact: MeganGreen@cheshireandmerseyside.nhs.uk

Cheshire West & Chester

 

Wirral

 

Mar 2022

Meets weekly

Chaired by Darren Birks,

Senior Partnerships and Transformation Manager for Mental Health

Contact: sarah.bradshaw@cheshireandmerseyside.nhs.uk

 

Liverpool

 

Aug 2022

Meets monthly

Chaired by Lisa Nolan,

Senior Programme Manager for Mental Health

Contact: kate.hodgkiss@cheshireandmerseyside.nhs.uk

 

Sefton

 

Sept 2022

Meets monthly

Chaired by Peter Wong,

Transformation and Partnership Manager, Children and Young People

Contact: seftondsd@cheshireandmerseyside.nhs.uk

 

St Helens

 

Sept 2022

Meets monthly

Chaired by Matthew Davies,

Senior Transformation and Commissioning Manager, Children and Young People

Contact: tina.goodchild@cheshireandmerseyside.nhs.uk

Halton

 

Oct 2022

 

Meets fortnightly

Chaired by Rosy Beckett,

Children’s Commissioning Lead Nurse

Contact: handw.cyp@cheshireandmerseyside.nhs.uk

Warrington

 

Knowsley

 

April 2023

Meets monthly

Chaired by Rebecca Westwood,

Dynamic Support Manager

Contact: rebecca.westwood@cheshireandmerseyside.nhs.uk

An operational checklist is available to assist professionals preparing to attend their first Gateway:

An operational checklist for Gateway Members and Gateway Chairs in preparing for Gateway Meetings

We encourage professionals to consider consulting the detailed guidance available elsewhere on the webpages when capacity allows, to help develop a more comprehensive understanding of Gateway.