We're delighted to be welcoming speakers from across the country to share their experience and knowledge at this year's ANNP & NNA Conferences.
Read below to find out more about each speaker and to find out when they’ll appear in the conference programmes.
Adele Farrow
Event: ANNP Conference
Time: 13:55 & 14:55
Title: LISA skills workshop
Adele Farrow
Adele is the Lead ANNP at Great Western Hospital in Swindon, with over 12 years previous experience in a tertiary centre.
Working within a local level two neonatal unit, she is responsible for supporting often very junior medical staff and nurses and trainee ANNPs with limited neonatal intensive care experience. She is currently developing the newly introduced role of the ANNP within the unit and line managing both qualified and trainee ANNPs. Service improvement is quickly becoming a large part of her work, including the transitional care project and Black Maternity Matters.
Adele is an ARNI and NLS instructor and also enjoys teaching midwives, nurses and junior doctors on local programmes.
Having successfully completed a Scholarship with the NNA she has developed a deeper understanding of the work that the NNA do and support they can provide. She has enjoyed sharing her project at local events and national conferences.
Colm Darby
Event: ANNP & NNA Conference
Time: 4th November @ 12:10
5th November @ 15:30
Title: 4th Nov - Seated Lumbar Punctures
5th Nov - X-Ray interpretation workshop
Colm Darby
My name is Colm Darby and I work as an Advanced Neonatal Nurse Practitioner within the Southern Health and Social Care Trust at Craigavon Area Hospital in Northern Ireland. I’ve worked at this neonatal unit for over 12 years and has been involved in various studies within this time. As an ANNP I was awarded the Neonatal Nurses Association UK Neonatal Nurse of the Year in 2017 for my work on regional implementation of a hypoglycemia protocol which saw a decrease in neonatal admissions and increase breastfeeding practices across Northern Ireland.
I am an advocate for the newborn infant and their families with a role as the Regional Lead for the Neonatal Nurses Association in Northern Ireland and Executive Board Member. I have recently begun the role of as an Associate Principle Investigator for SurfON trial, the first nurse to hold this position in Northern Ireland. I’ve developed my research career in the ANNP role through multiple publications, a UK consensus paper on LISA administration, vaccine hesitancy and I’m currently undertaking a PhD in understanding PTSD prevalence in parents during their neonatal journey in Northern Ireland.
Di McCarter
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Di McCarter
Di is an experienced ANNP at the Liverpool Women’s Hospital.
Her current roles include:
- Post Graduate Researcher at Edge Hill University exploring the impact of bioelectrical impedance on fluid management decisions in the NICU.
- NIHR Senior Research Leader- working to raise the profile of nurses within the research arena and aiming to establish clinical academic pathways for Neonatal Nurses.
- Co-investigator on neonatal research projects
Di is very passionate about research opportunities for nurses and hopes this group will allow opportunities to bring ANNPs together and collaborate on projects, demystify research processes and provide research opportunities and support.
Diane Keeling
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Diane Keeling
Diane is a senior ANNP at Derriford Neonatal unit in Plymouth. She is also the module lead for the ENNP and ANNP MSc training at Plymouth University.
Her current roles include:
- Regional Advanced Practice Supervision and Assessment Lead for Neonates, Paediatrics, Women's Health and Midwifery.
- Lead for education in the neonatal unit at Derriford, supporting a broad range of clinical education and training activities.
- Part of the working party for the RCPCH/NHSe Paediatric Curriculum Framework for Advanced Practice.
- Participates in national projects and directives that impact neonatal service provision.
- NLS and ARNI instructor
Diane brings a wealth of knowledge of the current educational opportunities for training and qualified ANNPs and also regarding future developments and accreditations that will no doubt shape the future workforce within the neonatal setting.
Frankie Fair
Armstrong Medical Industries, Inc. supplies medical carts, CPR manikins, medical education manikins and equipment for emergency, anesthesia, hospitals, EMS...
Colm Darby
My name is Colm Darby and I work as an Advanced Neonatal Nurse Practitioner within the Southern Health and Social Care Trust at Craigavon Area Hospital in Northern Ireland. I’ve worked at this neonatal unit for over 12 years and has been involved in various studies within this time. As an ANNP I was awarded the Neonatal Nurses Association UK Neonatal Nurse of the Year in 2017 for my work on regional implementation of a hypoglycemia protocol which saw a decrease in neonatal admissions and increase breastfeeding practices across Northern Ireland.
I am an advocate for the newborn infant and their families with a role as the Regional Lead for the Neonatal Nurses Association in Northern Ireland and Executive Board Member. I have recently begun the role of as an Associate Principle Investigator for SurfON trial, the first nurse to hold this position in Northern Ireland. I’ve developed my research career in the ANNP role through multiple publications, a UK consensus paper on LISA administration, vaccine hesitancy and I’m currently undertaking a PhD in understanding PTSD prevalence in parents during their neonatal journey in Northern Ireland.
Harriet Aughy
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Harriet Aughy
Harriet is a consultant paediatrician with a neonatal special interest. Her areas of interest include health policy, health service evaluation and quality improvement. She is part of the team at RDUH East (Exeter) neonatal unit and has been co-leading on the implementation and evaluation of an exciting project whereby eligible neonates are switched from IV antibiotics to oral antibiotics to facilitate earlier discharge from hospital.
Helen Mushipe
Bliss exists to give every baby born premature or sick in the UK the best chance of survival and quality of life.
Colm Darby
My name is Colm Darby and I work as an Advanced Neonatal Nurse Practitioner within the Southern Health and Social Care Trust at Craigavon Area Hospital in Northern Ireland. I’ve worked at this neonatal unit for over 12 years and has been involved in various studies within this time. As an ANNP I was awarded the Neonatal Nurses Association UK Neonatal Nurse of the Year in 2017 for my work on regional implementation of a hypoglycemia protocol which saw a decrease in neonatal admissions and increase breastfeeding practices across Northern Ireland.
I am an advocate for the newborn infant and their families with a role as the Regional Lead for the Neonatal Nurses Association in Northern Ireland and Executive Board Member. I have recently begun the role of as an Associate Principle Investigator for SurfON trial, the first nurse to hold this position in Northern Ireland. I’ve developed my research career in the ANNP role through multiple publications, a UK consensus paper on LISA administration, vaccine hesitancy and I’m currently undertaking a PhD in understanding PTSD prevalence in parents during their neonatal journey in Northern Ireland.
Jennifer Peterson
Bliss exists to give every baby born premature or sick in the UK the best chance of survival and quality of life.
Colm Darby
My name is Colm Darby and I work as an Advanced Neonatal Nurse Practitioner within the Southern Health and Social Care Trust at Craigavon Area Hospital in Northern Ireland. I’ve worked at this neonatal unit for over 12 years and has been involved in various studies within this time. As an ANNP I was awarded the Neonatal Nurses Association UK Neonatal Nurse of the Year in 2017 for my work on regional implementation of a hypoglycemia protocol which saw a decrease in neonatal admissions and increase breastfeeding practices across Northern Ireland.
I am an advocate for the newborn infant and their families with a role as the Regional Lead for the Neonatal Nurses Association in Northern Ireland and Executive Board Member. I have recently begun the role of as an Associate Principle Investigator for SurfON trial, the first nurse to hold this position in Northern Ireland. I’ve developed my research career in the ANNP role through multiple publications, a UK consensus paper on LISA administration, vaccine hesitancy and I’m currently undertaking a PhD in understanding PTSD prevalence in parents during their neonatal journey in Northern Ireland.
Jo Bennett
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Colm Darby
My name is Colm Darby and I work as an Advanced Neonatal Nurse Practitioner within the Southern Health and Social Care Trust at Craigavon Area Hospital in Northern Ireland. I’ve worked at this neonatal unit for over 12 years and has been involved in various studies within this time. As an ANNP I was awarded the Neonatal Nurses Association UK Neonatal Nurse of the Year in 2017 for my work on regional implementation of a hypoglycemia protocol which saw a decrease in neonatal admissions and increase breastfeeding practices across Northern Ireland.
I am an advocate for the newborn infant and their families with a role as the Regional Lead for the Neonatal Nurses Association in Northern Ireland and Executive Board Member. I have recently begun the role of as an Associate Principle Investigator for SurfON trial, the first nurse to hold this position in Northern Ireland. I’ve developed my research career in the ANNP role through multiple publications, a UK consensus paper on LISA administration, vaccine hesitancy and I’m currently undertaking a PhD in understanding PTSD prevalence in parents during their neonatal journey in Northern Ireland.
Jonathan O'Keeffe
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Colm Darby
My name is Colm Darby and I work as an Advanced Neonatal Nurse Practitioner within the Southern Health and Social Care Trust at Craigavon Area Hospital in Northern Ireland. I’ve worked at this neonatal unit for over 12 years and has been involved in various studies within this time. As an ANNP I was awarded the Neonatal Nurses Association UK Neonatal Nurse of the Year in 2017 for my work on regional implementation of a hypoglycemia protocol which saw a decrease in neonatal admissions and increase breastfeeding practices across Northern Ireland.
I am an advocate for the newborn infant and their families with a role as the Regional Lead for the Neonatal Nurses Association in Northern Ireland and Executive Board Member. I have recently begun the role of as an Associate Principle Investigator for SurfON trial, the first nurse to hold this position in Northern Ireland. I’ve developed my research career in the ANNP role through multiple publications, a UK consensus paper on LISA administration, vaccine hesitancy and I’m currently undertaking a PhD in understanding PTSD prevalence in parents during their neonatal journey in Northern Ireland.
Julia Petty
The Chiesi Group researches, develops and innovative therapeutic solutions in respiratory health, rare diseases, and specialty care.
Colm Darby
My name is Colm Darby and I work as an Advanced Neonatal Nurse Practitioner within the Southern Health and Social Care Trust at Craigavon Area Hospital in Northern Ireland. I’ve worked at this neonatal unit for over 12 years and has been involved in various studies within this time. As an ANNP I was awarded the Neonatal Nurses Association UK Neonatal Nurse of the Year in 2017 for my work on regional implementation of a hypoglycemia protocol which saw a decrease in neonatal admissions and increase breastfeeding practices across Northern Ireland.
I am an advocate for the newborn infant and their families with a role as the Regional Lead for the Neonatal Nurses Association in Northern Ireland and Executive Board Member. I have recently begun the role of as an Associate Principle Investigator for SurfON trial, the first nurse to hold this position in Northern Ireland. I’ve developed my research career in the ANNP role through multiple publications, a UK consensus paper on LISA administration, vaccine hesitancy and I’m currently undertaking a PhD in understanding PTSD prevalence in parents during their neonatal journey in Northern Ireland.
Kathy Chant
The Chiesi Group researches, develops and innovative therapeutic solutions in respiratory health, rare diseases, and specialty care.
Colm Darby
My name is Colm Darby and I work as an Advanced Neonatal Nurse Practitioner within the Southern Health and Social Care Trust at Craigavon Area Hospital in Northern Ireland. I’ve worked at this neonatal unit for over 12 years and has been involved in various studies within this time. As an ANNP I was awarded the Neonatal Nurses Association UK Neonatal Nurse of the Year in 2017 for my work on regional implementation of a hypoglycemia protocol which saw a decrease in neonatal admissions and increase breastfeeding practices across Northern Ireland.
I am an advocate for the newborn infant and their families with a role as the Regional Lead for the Neonatal Nurses Association in Northern Ireland and Executive Board Member. I have recently begun the role of as an Associate Principle Investigator for SurfON trial, the first nurse to hold this position in Northern Ireland. I’ve developed my research career in the ANNP role through multiple publications, a UK consensus paper on LISA administration, vaccine hesitancy and I’m currently undertaking a PhD in understanding PTSD prevalence in parents during their neonatal journey in Northern Ireland.
Katie Gallagher
This document is written by the Lead Neonatal Clinical Psychologists who are funded to help implement the recommendations of the Neonatal Critical Care Review...
Colm Darby
My name is Colm Darby and I work as an Advanced Neonatal Nurse Practitioner within the Southern Health and Social Care Trust at Craigavon Area Hospital in Northern Ireland. I’ve worked at this neonatal unit for over 12 years and has been involved in various studies within this time. As an ANNP I was awarded the Neonatal Nurses Association UK Neonatal Nurse of the Year in 2017 for my work on regional implementation of a hypoglycemia protocol which saw a decrease in neonatal admissions and increase breastfeeding practices across Northern Ireland.
I am an advocate for the newborn infant and their families with a role as the Regional Lead for the Neonatal Nurses Association in Northern Ireland and Executive Board Member. I have recently begun the role of as an Associate Principle Investigator for SurfON trial, the first nurse to hold this position in Northern Ireland. I’ve developed my research career in the ANNP role through multiple publications, a UK consensus paper on LISA administration, vaccine hesitancy and I’m currently undertaking a PhD in understanding PTSD prevalence in parents during their neonatal journey in Northern Ireland.
Kelly Crofts
This document is written by the Lead Neonatal Clinical Psychologists who are funded to help implement the recommendations of the Neonatal Critical Care Review...
Colm Darby
My name is Colm Darby and I work as an Advanced Neonatal Nurse Practitioner within the Southern Health and Social Care Trust at Craigavon Area Hospital in Northern Ireland. I’ve worked at this neonatal unit for over 12 years and has been involved in various studies within this time. As an ANNP I was awarded the Neonatal Nurses Association UK Neonatal Nurse of the Year in 2017 for my work on regional implementation of a hypoglycemia protocol which saw a decrease in neonatal admissions and increase breastfeeding practices across Northern Ireland.
I am an advocate for the newborn infant and their families with a role as the Regional Lead for the Neonatal Nurses Association in Northern Ireland and Executive Board Member. I have recently begun the role of as an Associate Principle Investigator for SurfON trial, the first nurse to hold this position in Northern Ireland. I’ve developed my research career in the ANNP role through multiple publications, a UK consensus paper on LISA administration, vaccine hesitancy and I’m currently undertaking a PhD in understanding PTSD prevalence in parents during their neonatal journey in Northern Ireland.
Kelly Harvey
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Colm Darby
My name is Colm Darby and I work as an Advanced Neonatal Nurse Practitioner within the Southern Health and Social Care Trust at Craigavon Area Hospital in Northern Ireland. I’ve worked at this neonatal unit for over 12 years and has been involved in various studies within this time. As an ANNP I was awarded the Neonatal Nurses Association UK Neonatal Nurse of the Year in 2017 for my work on regional implementation of a hypoglycemia protocol which saw a decrease in neonatal admissions and increase breastfeeding practices across Northern Ireland.
I am an advocate for the newborn infant and their families with a role as the Regional Lead for the Neonatal Nurses Association in Northern Ireland and Executive Board Member. I have recently begun the role of as an Associate Principle Investigator for SurfON trial, the first nurse to hold this position in Northern Ireland. I’ve developed my research career in the ANNP role through multiple publications, a UK consensus paper on LISA administration, vaccine hesitancy and I’m currently undertaking a PhD in understanding PTSD prevalence in parents during their neonatal journey in Northern Ireland.
Kelly Phizacklea
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Colm Darby
My name is Colm Darby and I work as an Advanced Neonatal Nurse Practitioner within the Southern Health and Social Care Trust at Craigavon Area Hospital in Northern Ireland. I’ve worked at this neonatal unit for over 12 years and has been involved in various studies within this time. As an ANNP I was awarded the Neonatal Nurses Association UK Neonatal Nurse of the Year in 2017 for my work on regional implementation of a hypoglycemia protocol which saw a decrease in neonatal admissions and increase breastfeeding practices across Northern Ireland.
I am an advocate for the newborn infant and their families with a role as the Regional Lead for the Neonatal Nurses Association in Northern Ireland and Executive Board Member. I have recently begun the role of as an Associate Principle Investigator for SurfON trial, the first nurse to hold this position in Northern Ireland. I’ve developed my research career in the ANNP role through multiple publications, a UK consensus paper on LISA administration, vaccine hesitancy and I’m currently undertaking a PhD in understanding PTSD prevalence in parents during their neonatal journey in Northern Ireland.
Kimberley McDonald
Through advancing research, observing natural behaviour and listening to our customers, we turn science into care, nurturing health for generations.
Kimberley McDonald
Kimberley McDonald is a senior staff nurse on a level 3 London neonatal unit. Kimberley works within all settings of the neonatal unit, while supporting the babies and family’s journey through from intensive care, special care to home. Kimberley has a special interest in teaching and enhancing family integrated within the neonatal unit.
Kimberley is a current NNA research scholar exploring the documentation of parent information that is accessible on the electronic patient record system (EPIC). The audit will highlight any areas for improvement in documentation that could help improve communication between healthcare professionals and families. The improvement would benefit babies and family’s wellbeing while on their journey through the neonatal unit.
Lola Samper
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Lola Samper
Hello, my name is Lola. I am an ANNP that works in the neonatal unit in Bath. I completed my nurse training in Spain in 2004 and came to work to Bath shortly after. I initially worked mostly in the Emergency Department, which used to be adult and paediatric. In 2009, I decided to seek a job in the neonatal unit because everyone was petrified of babies, and I wanted to gain some experience. Little did I know that I would fall in love with the complexities of neonatal and family integrated care. 15 years on, I continue to feel privileged to be part of my neonatal team. I am passionate about the difference our care makes, and currently I focus my efforts in questioning current practices to develop new ways of working to optimise neonatal and family outcomes.
Lucie Lewis
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Lucie Lewis
My name is Lucie Lewis, I am a Co-opted Trustee, and I work as an Advanced Neonatal Nurse Practitioner for Cardiff and Vale University Health Board, and Neonatal Safety Support Lead for MatNeo SSP Cymru.
I have worked within the speciality of Neonates for the past 21 years and remain as enthusiastic about my nursing role as I did on the first day of my career.
I am passionate about improving the quality of care provided in maternity and neonatal services in Wales, and as part of a team published the MatNeo SSP Cymru Discovery Phase Report ‘Improving together for Wales’. This has enabled the team, alongside local safety champions embedded in each health board and the Welsh Ambulance Service Trust, to support improvement projects to deliver care for birthing people and babies across Wales.
I have recently taken on the role as Lead ANP for child health in Cardiff and Vale UHB and see my role as an enabler to support and implement career progression for ANNP’s, ANP’s and Neonatal Nurses.
Nicky McCarthy
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Nicky McCarthy
Nicky McCarthy is a Senior Advanced Neonatal Nurse Practitioner (ANNP) with 22 years of neonatal nursing and 19 years of neonatal transport experience. Working for University Hospitals Sussex NHS Trust, as a tier 2 practitioner at both the tertiary Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) and in the level 1 ANNP led Special Care Baby Unit (SCBU) in the South East of England.
With a special interest in interdisciplinary working and the promotion of organisational learning, she has dedicated her educational and research focus to human factors and debriefing. Underpinned by doctoral studies in multidisciplinary working phenomena, she has co-authored and facilitated debriefing courses to healthcare teams internationally and across specialties over the past 5 years.
As co-founder of a UK based research group currently exploring the composition of national resuscitation course faculties, McCarthy’s research focusses on interprofessional dynamics and organisational culture. She has contributed to the Neonatal Intensive Care Nursing textbook, authoring a chapter on the cardiovascular system, with the next edition as an imminent project.
With an ethos of promoting nursing and role modelling, her national work with the Resuscitation Council UK (RCUK) includes being a Nurse Director of the Newborn Life Support (NLS) and Advanced Resuscitation of the Newborn Infant (ARNI) courses. She also contributes to the delivery of the NLS/ARNI in Europe as a member of the European Resuscitation Council (ERC) faculty. As an ANNP representative on the RCUK sub-committee for newborn life support courses, she furthers the voice of nursing in this multidisciplinary arena.
Rachel Lomax
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Rachel Lomax
Rachel has been an ANNP in transport since 2011.
Current roles include:
- Clinical practice as an autonomous practitioner
- Lead for Risk Management
- Leadership of the multidisciplinary team including clinical & non-clinical supervision and mentoring and developing a safe & effective team.
- Leadership role covering ANNPs and Eps over three hospital sites.
- Education and Audit, Research and QI projects within the team and across the NWNODN.
- Undertaking the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Programme with an MSc in Healthcare Leadership
Rachel is very passionate about leadership and management and the impact it has on the workforce, service delivery and patient care.
Rebecca Chilvers
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Rebecca Chilvers
Rebecca Chilvers is a Consultant Clinical Psychologist and Psychology Lead for the EOE Neonatal ODN. She has worked in neonatal care for 10 years during which time she has worked with many hundreds of families and members of neonatal teams. She has been involved in developing psychological provision and thinking in the NHS as well as working with the third sector, creatives and media professionals to make neonatal care more visible and understood to the wider public.
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Rhian Hughes
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Colm Darby
My name is Colm Darby and I work as an Advanced Neonatal Nurse Practitioner within the Southern Health and Social Care Trust at Craigavon Area Hospital in Northern Ireland. I’ve worked at this neonatal unit for over 12 years and has been involved in various studies within this time. As an ANNP I was awarded the Neonatal Nurses Association UK Neonatal Nurse of the Year in 2017 for my work on regional implementation of a hypoglycemia protocol which saw a decrease in neonatal admissions and increase breastfeeding practices across Northern Ireland.
I am an advocate for the newborn infant and their families with a role as the Regional Lead for the Neonatal Nurses Association in Northern Ireland and Executive Board Member. I have recently begun the role of as an Associate Principle Investigator for SurfON trial, the first nurse to hold this position in Northern Ireland. I’ve developed my research career in the ANNP role through multiple publications, a UK consensus paper on LISA administration, vaccine hesitancy and I’m currently undertaking a PhD in understanding PTSD prevalence in parents during their neonatal journey in Northern Ireland.
Róisín McKeon-Carter
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Roisin McKeon-Carter
Chair of NNA, Neonatal Nurse Consultant University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust, Florence Nightingale Leadership Scholar, Chief Nursing Officer Gold Medal Award 2023.
Rόisίn started her career in Ireland where she trained as a Paediatric & Adult Registered Nurse and following consolidation of her training, she travelled for work to the Middle East for the first years of her career. However, she found her ‘calling’ when she joined a neonatal unit in 1990 and trained as a specialist neonatal nurse, going on to train as an Advanced Neonatal Nurse Practitioner (ANNP) in 2002 and Neonatal Nurse Consultant in 2019.
Rόisίn was appointed as the first nurse Clinical Director in the UK, a role historically held by medical consultants, and effectively led the tertiary neonatal services including a tertiary NICU, Transitional Care (NTC), Neonatal Outreach Service (NOS) and Peninsula Neonatal Transport Service (PNTS) in Derriford Hospital, Plymouth, Devon, completing two terms (6 years) in 2019. The Neonatal Service was awarded Bliss Gold Charter in 2023.
She developed a UK & Ireland ANNP forum, supported by Chiesi, including an annual research meeting and is keen to coach all neonatal nurses to develop skills to support research & development of their services. Rόisίn’s ambition is to develop Neonatal Nurse Consultants within neonatal services to sit at Trust board level to represent/champion the most vulnerable patient groups in Hospital Trusts and the teams who care for them and their families.
Rόisίn’s focus is to keep the baby and parents/family at the centre of the service including all decisions and has an ethos of Family Integrated Care (FICare). She supported the development of the NTC and NOS which is a national exemplar in reduced separation of mother/carer following birth and reduced length of hospital stay for early & preterm babies. Rόisίn is a regular speaker at regional, national, and international conferences. As a Nurse Consultant, Rόisίn works across perinatal systems and beyond to optimise care for preterm and sick newborn babies. She recently collaborated on research to improve thermal care for babies born out of hospital managed by Ambulance Paramedics and the advice given by Ambulance Call Handlers when they receive an emergency call from a member of the public if a baby is born unexpectedly out of hospital. https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/14/4/e081106
As Chair of the NNA, Rόisίn represents neonatal nurses and the families we serve by sitting on Perinatal Boards including the Neonatal Implementation Board (NIB), NHSE Clinical Reference Group (CRG), Neonatal Partnership Board (NPB), NHSR Maternity Incentive Scheme Working Group and the Maternity & Neonatal Stakeholder Council. She was invited to give evidence to the UK House of Lords Parliament Preterm Birth Committee https://committees.parliament.uk/event/21094/formal-meeting-oral-evidence-session/ Rόisίn called for Transitional Care & Outreach to be commissioned in the UK to prevent separation anxiety and PTSD for both parents and babies. She also called for parity of pay for QIS Nurses in the UK with an uplift from Band 5 to Band 6 in line with our Registered Midwifery colleagues. Rόisίn also called for the adherence to the GIRFT Neonatal Nursing Workforce framework including ‘quality roles’ to ensure safe and effective neonatal services in the UK.
Rόisίn is currently leading the development of Consultant Practice (Nurses and Allied Health Professionals) within University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust. She supports other clinical services to develop the Nurse/AHP Consultant role to work across systems, develop quality improvement and research, keeping the focus on optimal patient care.
Ruth Butterworth
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Ruth Butterworth
Ruth is a Consultant Clinical Psychologist and the Lead Psychologist for the North West Neonatal ODN. She has codeveloped and led a range of services supporting the psychological wellbeing of babies and their families and has a particular passion for embedding the principles of psychologically informed care across the whole system by working with staff teams. In her non ODN days she works on a range of projects that provide training, supervision and spaces for people to think compassionately and collaboratively together.
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Sadie Harrison
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Sadie Harrison
Biography of Sadie Harrison
Experienced Advanced Neonatal Nurse Practitioner (ANNP) currently working in a LNU in Exeter, I qualified as an ANNP in 2016 after spending the majority of my 30-year career as a Paediatric nurse in both neonates and paediatrics.
My particular interests include family-integrated care and neonatal nutrition, Have led in digital healthcare transformation, with the successful implementation of the Electronic Patient Record (EPR) system in Exeter's neonatal unit. Continuing to lead in optimising the system, including its integration with the widely used BadgerNet platform. ensures that patient care is streamlined and data-driven..
As part of my interest in data, I am involved in Exeter with NNAP periperm and Atain data improvements. Research interests include local Principle Investigator in Exeter for FEED1 trial.
In Exeter, we are a small team of ANNP’s and I am leading the project to increase our team numbers over the next few years, with career progression, and a stand alone two tier rota.
Shelley Rose
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Colm Darby
My name is Colm Darby and I work as an Advanced Neonatal Nurse Practitioner within the Southern Health and Social Care Trust at Craigavon Area Hospital in Northern Ireland. I’ve worked at this neonatal unit for over 12 years and has been involved in various studies within this time. As an ANNP I was awarded the Neonatal Nurses Association UK Neonatal Nurse of the Year in 2017 for my work on regional implementation of a hypoglycemia protocol which saw a decrease in neonatal admissions and increase breastfeeding practices across Northern Ireland.
I am an advocate for the newborn infant and their families with a role as the Regional Lead for the Neonatal Nurses Association in Northern Ireland and Executive Board Member. I have recently begun the role of as an Associate Principle Investigator for SurfON trial, the first nurse to hold this position in Northern Ireland. I’ve developed my research career in the ANNP role through multiple publications, a UK consensus paper on LISA administration, vaccine hesitancy and I’m currently undertaking a PhD in understanding PTSD prevalence in parents during their neonatal journey in Northern Ireland.
Tendai Nzirawa
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Colm Darby
My name is Colm Darby and I work as an Advanced Neonatal Nurse Practitioner within the Southern Health and Social Care Trust at Craigavon Area Hospital in Northern Ireland. I’ve worked at this neonatal unit for over 12 years and has been involved in various studies within this time. As an ANNP I was awarded the Neonatal Nurses Association UK Neonatal Nurse of the Year in 2017 for my work on regional implementation of a hypoglycemia protocol which saw a decrease in neonatal admissions and increase breastfeeding practices across Northern Ireland.
I am an advocate for the newborn infant and their families with a role as the Regional Lead for the Neonatal Nurses Association in Northern Ireland and Executive Board Member. I have recently begun the role of as an Associate Principle Investigator for SurfON trial, the first nurse to hold this position in Northern Ireland. I’ve developed my research career in the ANNP role through multiple publications, a UK consensus paper on LISA administration, vaccine hesitancy and I’m currently undertaking a PhD in understanding PTSD prevalence in parents during their neonatal journey in Northern Ireland.
Vicky Payne
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Vicky Payne
Dr Vicky Payne is a Principal Teaching Fellow and pathway lead for the MSc Advanced Neonatal Nurse Practitioner course at the University of Southampton. She has 15 years’ experience working as a neonatal nurse and advanced neonatal nurse practitioner in tertiary neonatal services and completed her PhD evaluating the implementation of a complex intervention in neonatal care. Her interests include the translation of evidence into practice and implementation science, as well as advanced practice education.
Yoko Nishimura
Our vision is for anyone born with OA/TOF to be able to live life unlimited. We are working towards a world in which those born with OA/TOF live long and...
Colm Darby
My name is Colm Darby and I work as an Advanced Neonatal Nurse Practitioner within the Southern Health and Social Care Trust at Craigavon Area Hospital in Northern Ireland. I’ve worked at this neonatal unit for over 12 years and has been involved in various studies within this time. As an ANNP I was awarded the Neonatal Nurses Association UK Neonatal Nurse of the Year in 2017 for my work on regional implementation of a hypoglycemia protocol which saw a decrease in neonatal admissions and increase breastfeeding practices across Northern Ireland.
I am an advocate for the newborn infant and their families with a role as the Regional Lead for the Neonatal Nurses Association in Northern Ireland and Executive Board Member. I have recently begun the role of as an Associate Principle Investigator for SurfON trial, the first nurse to hold this position in Northern Ireland. I’ve developed my research career in the ANNP role through multiple publications, a UK consensus paper on LISA administration, vaccine hesitancy and I’m currently undertaking a PhD in understanding PTSD prevalence in parents during their neonatal journey in Northern Ireland.
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