Dr Christine English RGN, RSCN, DPSN, BSc (Hons), MSc, PGDE, SFHEA, PhD Visiting Scholar, Northumbria University; Senior Fellow (Higher Education Academy); Trustee Board Member and Chair of Clinical Governance and Clinical Quality Committee, St Oswald’s Hospice; Executive Committee Member, International Family Nursing Association (UK and Ireland Chapter); Committee Member IFNA Education Committee; Committee Member International Child and Family Centred Care Network. Christine initially worked in adult services before moving to children’s nursing at the Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle. Her career has spanned practice, education and research, where she has held strategic leadership positions. Previous roles include: Head of Subject (Nursing Midwifery and Health); Director of Student Engagement/Experience; Faculty Director of Outreach/Widening Participation; Programme Director; Senior Matron (Child and Teenage Oncology Service); Ward Sister; Staff Nurse. She continues to publish, network and collaborate within children, young people and family nursing. Christine’s main research interests are child and family perspectives on care and quality improvement in children’s care.
Claire Fagan Specialist Nurse Children and Young Peoples Cystic Fibrosis at Great North Children’s Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne. Claire qualified as a children’s nurse in 2006, having previously studied Biomedical Sciences. She started her nursing career at the Royal Victoria Infirmary in Newcastle upon Tyne. Working within the Children’s services directorate her main experiences involve acute admissions and emergency care, general paediatrics and intensive care. She became a Cystic Fibrosis Nurse Specialist at the Great North Children’s Hospital in 2014 and is currently the north east regional representative for the Cystic Fibrosis Nursing Association.
Dr Claire Ford Fellow of Higher Education Academy (FHEA), PhD, PG Diploma Midwifery, BSc (Hons) Adult Nursing, Registered Nurse (RN) Senior Lecturer Adult Nursing, Northumbria University. Claire joined the teaching team at Northumbria University in 2013, having spent time working within perioperative care and completing a Postgraduate Diploma in Midwifery. She studied for her BSc (Hons) and PG Dip at Northumbria University, and won academic awards for both, as well as the Heath Award in 2009. As a Lecturer, she teaches on a range of modules national and international preregistration healthcare programmes. In addition to teaching, Claire is involved in several research projects ranging from the examination of pain practices in perioperative care to exploring the use of technology‐enhanced learning and virtual reality to augment undergraduate students learning. Claire has a passion for pain management, clinical skills, women’s health, gynaecology, perioperative care and simulation and has published many articles. She also has an interest in using other forms of media and technology to facilitate and enhance deep learning and is the co‐founder of the ‘Skills for Practice’ website, which acts as a central repository for videos, posters, and podcasts focusing on a range of clinical nursing procedures. In 2016, the website was shortlisted for the Student Nursing Times Awards – Teaching Innovation of the Year.
Anthony Garbutt Anthony completed his undergraduate adult nurse training at Northumbria University in 2010. Anthony subsequently worked within cardiothoracic surgery as staff nurse, surgical first assistant and senior charge nurse roles during this time. Anthony completed his MSc in 2015, investigating effectiveness of pre‐operative anxiety interventions for cardiac surgery. This work was undertaken across adult and paediatric specialities, including transplantation. Currently, Anthony is Senior Lecturer in Adult Nursing and Operating Department Practice at Northumbria University, with specialist interests in cardiovascular, respiratory and advanced clinical practice. He is currently studying for his PhD, investigating workplace socialisation, linked to education.
Alexandra Gatehouse Alex Gatehouse graduated from Nottingham University in 2000 with a Bsc (Hons) Physiotherapy. Following Junior Rotations in the Newcastle Trust she specialised in Respiratory Physiotherapy in Adult Critical Care, also working within New Zealand. In 2012 she trained as an Advanced Critical Care Practitioner, completing a Masters in Clinical Practice in Critical Care and qualifying in 2014. Alex subsequently completed her non‐medical prescribing qualification and continues to rotate within all of the Critical Care Units in Newcastle Upon Tyne, also enjoying teaching on the regional transfer course. She is a co‐founder of the Advanced Critical Care Practitioner Northern Region Group and is a committee member of the North East Intensive Care Society. Alex has presented abstracts at the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine and the North East Intensive Care Society conferences.
Sophie Gilmour‐Ivens Sophie began her nursing career at Stoke Mandeville hospital in 1995 after completing her paediatric nursing degree at Oxford Brookes University. She worked on the medical ward at Ipswich hospital before moving to Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Trust where she worked as a staff nurse on a neurology/ neuro‐oncology ward for 6 years. She was appointed as an epilepsy nurse specialist in 2006 and this role was expanded to a neurology nurse specialist role in 2014. Sophie has always had a special interest in epilepsy and now works as a paediatric epilepsy nurse specialist at Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.
Liz Gormley‐Fleming RGN, RSCN, RNT, PG Cert (Herts) PG Dip HE (Herts), BSc (Hons), MA (Keele), SFHEA Associate Director Academic Quality Assurance. University of Hertfordshire. Liz commenced her nursing career in Ireland where she qualified as an RGN and RSCN. Initially she worked in paediatric oncology before moving to London where she held a variety of senior clinical nursing and leadership roles across a range of NHS Trusts, both in the acute care setting and community. Educationally, Liz has worked in education since 2001, initially as a clinical facilitator before moving into full‐time Higher Education in 2003. She has had held a range of leadership and management roles including being an Associate Dean for Academic Quality Assurance and Head of Department for Nursing. Liz has extensive experience in academic quality assurance and also works as an NMC quality assurance visitor. She is still actively engaged in both teaching and research. Her areas of interest are care of the acutely ill child, healthcare law and ethics, professional values, curriculum development, practice‐based learning and degree apprenticeships.
Sinéad Greener Paediatric Bone Marrow Transplantation Pharmacist at the Great North Children’s Hospital in Newcastle Upon Tyne, Research Associate at Newcastle University, Newcastle Upon Tyne. Sinéad studied biochemistry with immunology in Trinity College Dublin before training in pharmacy in Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen. She completed her pre‐registration training year in St Mary’s Hospital in London before moving to Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust to begin training as a junior pharmacist. She has been working as a pharmacist since 2009. She became a senior pharmacist in paediatrics in 2012 and specialised as a paediatric bone marrow transplantation pharmacist in 2016. She enjoys undertaking research alongside her clinical role.
Sarah Greenshields RN (child), BNurs, MSc Specialist Community Public Health Nursing, Post Graduate Certificate of Academic Practice, Fellow of HEA Sarah qualified as a children’s nurse from Manchester University in 2008. She worked on a ward which cared for children and young people with a variety of needs. This included neurology, neuro oncology, immunology and general paediatrics. Following this Sarah moved into community nursing. This included being responsible for immunisations and working in schools. Sarah qualified as a Specialist Public Health Practitioner in 2015. She then led a team of nurses who worked into specialist provisions, caring for children with complex needs and their families. During 2017 she completed her masters in Public Health. In late 2018 Sarah started a role as a Lecturer in the Children and Young Peoples nursing team at Northumbria University. She also has a role in teaching on the Specialist Public Health Practitioner programme and is working towards her PhD.
Dr Annette Hand DNursing, MA, PG Dip CR, Dip HE, RGN Nurse Consultant/Associate Professor/Clinical Lead – Nursing, Northumbria Healthcare NHS Trust/Northumbria University/Parkinson’s Excellence Network Annette has a clinical