Interim Divisional Lead Nurse Children and Families Division (BFS)

Alis’ experience ranges from paediatric nursing, school nursing to health visiting. In her current role as Divisional lead for health visiting, Alis is responsible for the safety and quality clinical practice delivery of the health visiting service in Birmingham.

Alis has regular appearances on the local radio show for her local community on current public health issues. Alis is a prestigious Mary Seacole scholar and undertook a project with the local community and health visitors in tackling health inequalities.

Alis is currently undertaking her doctorate and is focusing on utilising appreciative inquiry as a methodology in engaging with communities in tackling health inequalities.

Hilda Beauchamp, Perinatal & Infant Mental Health Lead
MSc, BN, RM, SCPHN, Accredited VIG Practitioner

Responsible for:

• Supporting the national and international work of the mental health department
• Leading the mental health department contribution to the PATH Interreg VA 2Seas Programme
• Supporting Head of Mental Health to develop iHV PIMH strategy, projects and practice development
• Supporting delivery and quality assurance of PIMH Champions’ Programmes
• Support engagement and co-production with parents and professionals in relating to mental health projects

Contact Hilda – [email protected]

Hannah Croft, Training Programme Manager
BSc (Hons), RM, RHV

Responsible for:

• Management and coordination of training programmes provided or delivered by the iHV
• Contributing to governance and risk management of training programmes
• Recording and reporting training event information
• Supporting the review of iHV training resources and the introduction of new programmes

Contact Hannah – [email protected]

Georgina Mayes, Health Visiting Professional Lead (Quality and Policy)
Registered Nurse (Child), Health Visitor and Practice Teacher

• Contact Georgina – [email protected]

Following experience as a staff nurse at Westminster Hospital, Helen became a health visitor in 1982 and worked in NW London until taking up a research post at University College London in 1986. At UCL Helen joined a research team to work on a national study of the determinants of childhood vaccine uptake published as “The Peckham Report”. Vaccine acceptance has continued to be the main focus of her research and teaching.  She has extensive experience conducting research into parents’, young people’s and professionals’ knowledge and attitudes to vaccines and in the determinants of vaccine uptake. This has included research with the Gypsy Traveller community. Helen contributes to immunisation training for health care professionals locally and nationally and frequently discusses vaccination issues in the media. She is a co-author of modules in the e-learning for healthcare immunisation programme https://www.e-lfh.org.uk/programmes/immunisation/.

Helen chairs the multi-disciplinary committee hosted by the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health which oversees the content and development of the personal child health record (red book). In this capacity, she was a member of the group that developed the WHO growth charts included in PCHRs.

At UCL, Helen is a director of the UCL master’s programme in Paediatrics and Child Health and co-director of Education at UCL GOS ICH. https://www.ucl.ac.uk/child-health/study

Gemma O’Neil – Marcomms & Projects Team Administrator

Contact Gemma – [email protected]

Jay Desai  – Systems and Digital Manager

Responsible for:

• Management of iHV systems and digital channels
• Creation of digital learning resources
• Participant access management
• Data management and compliance

Contact Jay – [email protected]

Dr Sarah Brown, Research Associate

Responsible for:

• Supporting the BabyBreathe trial in the North East, including: study set up, recruitment, data collection and dissemination.

Contact Sarah – [email protected]

Tim Fleming, Head of Operations

Tim leads a dynamic team that provides first-class organisational, financial and business support to the organisation in a busy, and fast-moving environment.

Responsible for:

• Supporting the Executive Director
• Managing the Core Team
• Financial and Budget Administration
• Business Development and Management
• Ensuring iHV’s Charitable Objectives are met
• Managing all areas of iHV’s Operation

Contact Tim – [email protected]

Sir Albert Aynsley-Green received his honorary Fellowship of the Institute of Health Visiting at the iHV’s seventh annual celebration event held in London on Tuesday 3 December 2019.  His honorary Fellowship is awarded in recognition for his significant continued advocacy for children and particularly the lives of vulnerable children.

Sir Albert Aynsley-Green is a paediatric endocrinologist and Professor Emeritus of Child Health at University College London. He was appointed as the first Children’s Commissioner for England in 2005 and was knighted by the Queen in 2006 in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the education and health of children. More recently Sir Al has served as President of the BMA and he is currently visiting professor of advocacy for children and childhood at Nottingham Trent University. He is also author of ‘The British Betrayal of Childhood’.