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Jaden Allan MSc, PG Dip, BSc (Hons), RN, SFHEA. Director of Transnational Education (TNE) Senior Lecturer, Learning Leadership Lead (Peer support), Department of Nursing, Midwifery and Health. Jaden joined Northumbria University having spent several years working in a partnership hospital post as a practice placement facilitator (PPF) organising a range of health professional student placements and providing support to students and mentors during their clinical rotations. Jaden’s clinical nursing experience is in critical care (respiratory, neurological and plastics) at the Newcastle upon Tyne NHS Foundation Trust, and earlier in acute surgery (GI and general) at Northumbria NHS Trust. Since joining the university, Jaden has held a number of complex module lead roles and he has been instrumental in developing the use of simulation within the nursing curriculum. Having many years of senior lecturer experience in teaching and leadership gives Jaden a sound foundation for his strategic and departmental work. Over the past four years Jaden’s roles have include Director of Programs and Director of Learning and Teaching (DLT) with responsibility for curricula revalidation, quality teaching and assessment monitoring, departmental development and university vision delivery. He has also led on departmental timetabling, and faculty integration of timetabling systems. Jaden is currently working as Director of International Development and Recruitment for the faculty of Health and Life Sciences, liaising with international partners and universities to develop the university’s portfolio of Transnational Education (TNE) and international students both on campus and globally. Jaden has developed, and been implementation lead, for a number of complex practice modules in Northumbria University’s UK BSc (Hons) Nursing program. He is a lead on the implementation for a BSc (Hons) Nursing curricula in Malta. He has led the development, and the successful implementation, of the ‘Learning Leadership scheme’ within Northumbria’s Nursing programs. This peer support scheme prepares and develops students on nursing programs to support newer students as they make the transition into higher education and the world of nursing. Jaden’s learning and teaching interests are developing clinical skills, simulation (all levels), leadership, peer support and compassion in nursing. Jaden also has a particular interest in the use of technology to enhance and share learning.

Sasha Ban Deputy Head of Department (Nursing, Midwifery and Health), Senior Lecturer in Children’s Nursing, Chair of Governors Whickham School and Sixth Form, Independent Panel member (Health) for the Fosters Carers Association. Sasha starting her nursing career in 1990, she practised in neonatal intensive care and paediatric oncology, she moved into public health as a health visitor, working in Sure Start centres. She has worked in nurse education since 2005, Sasha’s key areas of interest are adolescence, global health, social inequality and interprofessional education. She is a senior fellow of the HEA.

Janis Bloomer Janis Bloomer started her nurse training in April 1979 at Gateshead school of nursing, she then went on to Newcastle school of Nursing to become a Registered Sick children’s Nurse. Janis worked in General Paediatrics as a staff nurse until she became a CF Nurse Specialist in October 1989, where she was instrumental in developing the Nurse Specialist role within CF and was a founder member of the National CF Nurses Group. Within this time she was part of a subcommittee who developed Nursing standards for CF. Janis has always been passionate about the care of children with CF and has developed the service we have today, In 2015 Janis joined the NICE CF Guideline committee which developed strategies for the care of both children and adults. Throughout her career Janis has always been an advocate for children and their families, she has recently retired from Nursing after 42 years.

Jane Callum RSCN, RGN, BSc (Hons) CCN Specialist practitioner, MSc, FHEA Senior Lecturer at Northumbria University Jane qualified as an RGN at Leeds General Infirmary where her first staff nurse post was in gastroenterology. Following a short period in High Dependency at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Gateshead, Jane moved to Liverpool to qualify as a children’s nurse at Alder Hey Hospital and John Moores University. Within Paediatrics Jane has been a staff nurse in medicine and oncology and a research nurse before finding her true passion as a Children’s Community Nurse and matron at Newcastle Hospitals Foundation Trust. Jane’s keen interest in supporting children in the community started in a special school and included creating educational days on Autism and multi‐disciplinary training in Tracheostomy care. Jane has also been part of a working group with the Department of Health to develop CCN services. Since moving to Northumbria University in 2012, student experience, care in the community and children with complex health needs remain a passion.

Claire Camara Graduate Tutor in Children and Young People’s Nursing at Northumbria University. Claire began her nursing career studying at Middlesex University and working as a Therapeutic Care Worker at the Ellern Mede Centre for Eating Disorders. Since qualifying Claire has worked in paediatric oncology and as a paediatric research nurse at Newcastle Hospitals Trust before beginning in nurse education in 2018 at Northumbria University. Claire is currently studying towards her PhD and a Post Graduate Certificate in Academic Practice. Her areas of interest are paediatric chronic conditions, quality of life, research and ethics.

Louise Carr Lead Clinical Pharmacist for Paediatric Intensive Care at the Great North Children’s Hospital in Newcastle upon Tyne. Louise achieved a Masters in Pharmacy at the University of Manchester in 2005. Following completion of a pre‐registration year, she embarked on her career as a clinical pharmacist in the Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in 2006. Louise worked as a rotational pharmacist for the Trust, covering a wide range of clinical specialities, before being appointed the role of specialist pharmacist for adult critical care in 2008. In 2015 she joined the paediatric pharmacy team at the Great North Children’s Hospital within the Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals, where she has since worked as the lead clinical pharmacist for paediatric intensive care. Louise completed a postgraduate Masters in Medicines Use in Paediatrics and Neonates with Liverpool John Moores University in 2019, and is currently undertaking an independent prescribing qualification.

Sadie Diamond Fox Advanced Critical Care Practitioner (FICM member) & Senior Lecturer in Advanced Critical Care Practice (FHEA) Sadie qualified as an adult nurse in 2008 and has since worked in various critical care departments since. During this time, she has progressed from Registered Nurse to her current specialist roles as Advanced Critical Care Practitioner (ACCP), non‐medical prescriber and Senior Lecturer. Sadie has always had a great passion for academia and has developed an extensive teaching portfolio which spans multiple disciplines within postgraduate healthcare education, making a wide range of contributions on local and international levels. Sadie has various national links and responsibilities within the field of advanced practice. Her key areas of interest are post‐graduate healthcare education, acute, emergency, and critical care, physiology and pharmacology, advanced level practice and simulation and virtual reality education modalities.

Barbara Davies RGN, RSCN, BSC(Hons), PG Dip MSc Director of Education and Senior Lecturer in Children’s Nursing at the University of Northumbria in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. Barbara is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. Barbara is an Adult Registered Nurse who then qualified as a Registered Sick Children’s Nurse. Within clinical practice, she has 20 years’ experience of working with children, young people and their families in a variety of roles. Her final clinical post was as a Paediatric Rheumatology Nurse Specialist/Clinical Co‐ordinator setting up the regional rheumatology service for children and young people. Moving into academia, Barbara is involved in both teaching and research. Her research interests lie within paediatric rheumatology, family nursing, student mentor relationships and the observation of students in practice. Following collaborative research with the Great North Children’s Hospital and Newcastle University to explore the needs of nurses working with children with inflammatory arthritis. pmm.nursing, an online, free, educational resource, was launched in November 2017. Barbara has presented the research findings at national and international conferences and it was at a conference in Denmark that she became acquainted with the concept of Family Nursing and is now a member of the Executive Group of the IFNA – UK and Ireland Chapter.

Peter Dryden MSc, BSc (Hons), PGCE, PGDip HE, FHEA, Dip HE Children’s Nursing Peter started his nursing career as a health care assistant caring for adults with learning disabilities in 1991. Peter qualified as a children’s nurse in 1998 and worked in paediatric acute assessment and then as a Specialist Nurse in paediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD). Peter has worked in Health Education since 2014 in both pre‐registration nursing and Continuing Workforce Development and is currently studying for his PhD in children and young people (CYP) IBD transition, which follows on from his MSc dissertation. Peter is currently a Programme Lead and Senior Lecturer in Children’s Nursing at Northumbria University.

Katherine Drape MSc, BSc (Hons), PGCE, PGDip HE, FHEA Senior Lecturer in Children’s Nursing Northumbria University Katherine commenced her nursing career as a registered children’s nurse in Newcastle upon Tyne working in general paediatrics at Newcastle’s Royal Victoria Infirmary. After 2 years Katherine specialised in paediatric renal medicine and worked with children and young people in acute and chronic renal failure. This included supporting children and their families at home requiring peritoneal dialysis. Katherine then worked in a clinical educator’s role in children’s services before moving into a specialist nurse role in safeguarding. Katherine joined Northumbria University in 2017 and works within the Children’s nursing team teaching and supporting undergraduate nursing students.

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 academic position and divides her time between three roles: Nurse Consultant, Associate Professor and UK Clinical Lead for Nursing (Parkinson’s). Annette has worked in the field of Parkinson’s for many years and as a Nurse Consultant has an active clinical, research and educational role within this area. She qualified as a non‐medical prescriber over 15 years ago and continues to use this skill in day to day clinical practice. She was the non‐medical prescribing lead for Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust for many years, supporting and developing other non‐medical prescribers. Annette, an Associate Professor with Northumbria University, has lectured on the non‐medical prescribing programme (V300) for over 5 years, and supports prescribing students and the continual development of the V300 programme. Annette was appointed to the national role of Clinical Lead for Nursing within the Parkinson’s UK Excellence Network, as part of the clinical leadership team. This role was developed to support service improvements through education, knowledge exchange and evidence based practice and support the role of the Parkinson’s Nurse across the UK.

Barry Hill MSc Advanced Practice, PGC Academic Practice, BSc (Hons) Intensive Care Nursing, DipHE Adult Nursing, OA Dip Counselling Skills, Registered Nurse (RN). Registered Teacher (NMC RNT/TCH). Senior Fellow (SFHEA), Programme Leader (Senior Lecturer) Adult Nursing, Northumbria University. Clinical and Commissioning Editor for the British Journal of Nursing. Barry is an experienced leader, academic, educator, researcher, and clinical nurse. His current role is director level and as part of the senior leadership team, as ‘Director of Education (Employability)’ for the department of Nursing, Midwifery and Health, and Programme Leader (BSc Nursing Sciences). He has a demonstrated history of working within academia particularly in the Higher Education (HE) industry. Barry is a Senior Fellow (SFHEA) and a HEA mentor, Barry is a certified Advanced Nurse Practitioner (ANP), NMC Registered Nurse (RN), NMC Registered Teacher (TCH), and NMC Registered independent and supplementary prescriber (V300). Barry is skilled in clinical research; clinical education and is passionate about Higher Education, especially Advanced Clinical Practice (ACP), Critical Care, and Non‐Medical Prescribing (NMP), and pharmacology. Barry has been a Nurse leader for more than 15 years and was trained in London’s best teaching hospitals at Imperial college NHS Trust. He is a strong education focused professional, Barry has published books, book chapters and peer reviewed journal articles. Barry is the clinical editor and commissioning editor for the at a glance and advanced practice series within the British Journal of Nursing. Barry is currently a fourth year Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) candidate at Northumbria University in Newcastle upon Tyne.

Noreen Kilkenny Noreen qualified as a adult nurse in 2008 from the University of Hertfordshire. She worked as a cardiac and respiratory staff nurse at the Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospital and completed her MSc in Cardio Respiratory Nursing at Imperial College London. Noreen has worked as a Cardiac Rehabilitation Nurse specialist in Hertfordshire and in Ireland and Australia as an agency nurse, telephone nurse triage specialist and clinical educator. Noreen commenced her academic career in nurse education in 2014 and works at Northumbria University, Newcastle as a Senior Lecturer. Noreen is currently studying her PhD in patient safety and human factors education.

Louise Lingwood MBA, MA‐Ed, PGDip‐ANP, PGDip‐Ed, APMG, BSc (Hons), RNMH, FHEA Senior Lecturer Mental Health Nursing at Northumbria University at Newcastle. Louise completed her undergraduate mental health nurse education and training at Northumbria University in the year 2000. She has worked extensively across children and young people’s mental health services (CAMHS) since qualifying and has worked as a mental health nurse, project manager and clinical manager within specialist CAMHS across the North East and nationally. Louise has worked clinically within forensic teams, looked after children Teams, primary mental health, CAMHS, National D/deaf CAMHS, autism, eating disorder and learning disability services. She commenced her post at Northumbria University at Newcastle in 2013. She is currently the Programme Lead for Mental Health Nursing and teaches across pre‐registration programmes across all fields. She has a specialist interest in enhancing nurse education, anatomy, parity of esteem, autism and disability. She is involved in a number of research projects and is currently reading for her PhD.

Harriet Minto Senior clinical pharmacist at the Great North Children’s Hospital in Newcastle upon Tyne. Harriet began her pharmacy career at the University of Huddersfield; following that she completed her pre‐registration year at the Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals Trust (NUTH) working between the Royal Victoria Infirmary and the Freeman Hospital. After qualifying as a pharmacist, she continued to work for NUTH as a rotational pharmacist alongside studying for a Diploma in Clinical Pharmacy at the University of Sunderland. Over the past few years she has worked in the paediatric respiratory and cystic fibrosis team at the Great North Children’s Hospital and is currently working towards becoming an independent pharmacist prescriber in this area.

Jackie O’Sullivan Specialist Nurse Children and Young Peoples Endocrinology at Great North Children’s Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne. Jackie trained as a nurse in the QARANC nursing soldiers, civilians and their families in Germany, Aldershot, Woolwich and Hong Kong for 11 years. After leaving the Army in 1992 Jackie worked in general paediatric wards at Gateshead and Newcastle for 10 years. She has always had an interest in endocrine and metabolic processes and became an Endocrine Nurse Specialist at the RVI in 2002, a role she continues to thrive in, speaking regularly at local and national endocrine meetings and within the university to student nurses. She has had a publication in Archives of Disease in Childhood and has worked on research projects in diabetes and endocrinology with local teams.

Dr Claire Pryor MSc Advancing Healthcare Practice, PGC Advanced Practice (Clinical), PGC Teaching and Learning in Professional Practice, NMC Teacher (NMC/TCH), V300 Independent Prescriber, Grad Cert Practice Development, Fellow Higher Education Academy (FHEA) Registered Nurse Adult (RN). Claire Pryor is a senior lecturer in adult nursing at Northumbria University. Claire’s educational interests lie predominantly in nursing care for the older person and she is module lead for non‐medical prescribing. Her teaching activity spans both adult pre and post registration professional development. Claire’s specialist area of interest include delirium and delirium superimposed on dementia, which forms the basis of her PhD research, and integrating physical health and mental healthcare education and service provision. Prior to lecturing, Claire worked in a variety of primary and secondary care settings, including acute medical assessment, critical care, intermediate care and as an older persons nurse practitioner in a mental health setting.

Matthew Robertson BSc (Hons) Operating Department Practice. Graduate Tutor. Department of Nursing, Midwifery and Health. Matthew is a registered Operating Department Practitioner with the HCPC. He is also a member of the College of Operating Department Practitioners. Matthew completed his BSc (Hons) at the University of Central Lancashire in Operating Department Practice, where he was able to experience a range of complex surgical specialities. Once qualified, Matthew was employed by Newcastle Hospitals within the Cardiothoracic Surgical Department where he undertook the role of the scrub practitioner, specialising in paediatric and congenital cardiac surgery. He commenced employment at Northumbria University in November 2017 and since then he has developed a specialist interest in Human Factors within the perioperative environment and is completing a PhD on this topic, focussing on staff well‐being and stress management. Recently, Matthew has had several publications regarding ‘the care of the surgical patient’ and has written two book chapters on the use of analgesics in practice and other related pharmacology. Matthew also sits as a registrant panel member for the Health and Care Professionals Tribunal Service and provide expertise on the disciplinary cases that are presented to him and the rest of the panel.

Elaine Robinson Elaine qualified as a children’s nurse in 1996 and worked as a staff nurse in Newcastle upon Tyne. Elaine has worked in care of children in acute and critical settings, moving to a specialist role as part of the children’s immunology team. In 2005 Elaine changed direction and trained as Specialist Public Health Nurse (Health Visitor). This role further developed into community practice teacher. She joined the academic team at Northumbria University in 2017, working across pre‐registration children’s nursing and the Public health community nursing and prescribing programmes. Elaine is now programme lead for the Specialist community public health programme at Northumbria University and continues to work within the children’s nursing team.

Leah Rosengarten BSc (Hons) Nursing Studies (Child), MSc Practice Development Lecturer Children and Young People’s Nursing, Northumbria University. After qualifying as a Children’s Nurse in 2012 from the University of Teesside, Leah began work as a staff nurse on the Children and Teenage Cancer Unit at the Great North Children’s Hospital, Newcastle. Leah worked on this unit for 6 years whilst studying for her MSc in Practice Development, part time. In 2018, Leah commenced working as a Children and Young People’s Nursing Lecturer at Northumbria University. Leah’s areas of interest include Oncology, Human Factors and Continuing Professional Development and she is currently studying for her PhD.

Alison Sewell Clinical Nurse Specialist (paediatrics) in the Regional Cystic Fibrosis unit at Great North Children’s hospital, Newcastle Upon Tyne. Alison completed RGN training alongside BSc (Hons) nursing, in Leeds and initially worked as in adult medicine for several years. Following completion of RSCN paediatric qualification, she worked as a staff nurse in paediatric medicine, before relocating to Newcastle. Whilst working in paediatric medicine and pursuing her interest in Cystic Fibrosis, she also gained BSc (Hons) community health care studies at Northumbria University. Alison has specialised in Cystic Fibrosis and the care of children and families following her appointment as Clinical Nurse Specialist.

Carol Sharpe Nurse Specialist (CYP) Cystic Fibrosis Carol trained and qualified as a Registered General Nurse in 1986 and as a Sick Childrens Nurse in 1988. Having initially working as a staff nurse specialising in paediatric oncology she changed focus and for the last 27 years has worked as a children’s cystic fibrosis (CF) nurse specialist. She gained a BSc(Hons) degree as a paediatric nurse practitioner and is an independent nurse prescriber. Carol has contributed locally and nationally to the care of children with cystic fibrosis and has a particular interest in new born screening. She has presented work at European and American CF conferences.

Laura Stavert MPharm, PgDip Clinical Pharmacy, PGCert Independent Prescribing, MRPharmS, Advanced Pharmacist Practitioner Cumbria, Northumberland Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust. Laura began her training in 2005 as a Pharmacy undergraduate at The Robert Gordon University (RGU) in Aberdeen before completing Pre‐Registration training at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh in 2009 and developing a range of skills across a number of clinical specialties, including a passion for mental health and medicines of the elderly. After qualification in 2010 she completed a number of basic grade rotations at the Western General Hospital in Edinburgh before taking up a specialist role in Mental Health services with Cumbria, Northumberland Tyne and Wear NHS FT in 2012. Laura began in a specialist role in mental health of older adults in 2016 before qualifying as an independent prescriber in 2017. Laura now has an advanced practice role working in the community with Older Adults with functional and organic mental health disorders. She currently teaches on the V300 Independent Prescribing course at the University of Sunderland and hopes to pursue a doctorate in the near future.

Edward Stephenson Lecturer University of Sunderland School of Health and Wellbeing. Experienced Education Manager with a demonstrated history of working in the higher education industry. Skilled in Lecturing, Research, Adult Education, Qualitative Research, and Curriculum Development. Strong healthcare services professional graduated from Northumbria University.

Carol Wills MSc Multidisciplinary Professional Development and Education, PGDip Advanced Practice, Bsc (Hons) Specialist Community Public Health Nursing (SCPHN) (Health Visiting), DipHE Adult Nursing, Registered Nurse (RN), Enrolled Nurse (EN), Registered Health Visitor (HV), Community Practitioner Prescriber (NP), Registered Lecturer/Practice Educator (RLP), Senior Fellow (SFHEA), Subject and Programme Leader Non Medical Prescribing at Northumbria University. Carol began her nursing career in Northumberland and enjoyed a range of exciting roles within neuro trauma, coronary care and intensive care in the North East of England before focussing on primary care and the prevention of ill health. This includes working as a staff nurse, practice nurse and nurse practitioner and then health visitor. During this time she undertook several leadership and teaching roles before her academic career. Carol is a Senior Lecturer at Northumbria University and has led a range of post‐graduate professional programmes. She has also undertaken a range of national roles as subject expert. Her key areas of interest and research are around developing learning and teaching, non medical prescribing and advanced level practice.