The QAPP group is chaired by Anne Black, Regional QA Specialist and has representatives from the following:
| City Hospitals Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust |
| County Durham & Darlington NHS Foundation Trust |
| Gateshead Heath NHS Foundation Trust |
| North Cumbria University Hospitals NHS Trust |
| North Tees & Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust |
| Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust |
| South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
| South Tyneside NHS Foundation Trust |
| The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |