Professor Mitch Blair is Professor of Paediatrics and Child Public Health (Emeritus) at Imperial College London.

He has 41 years NHS practice in General and Community Paediatrics as a Consultant Paediatrician and recently retired in July 2023. Mitch is well-known to most health visitors as a co-author of “Health for All Children: 5^th Edition” and proponent of robust implementation of the Healthy Child Programme for the benefit of all children.

Mitch is an honorary Fellow of the Institute of Health Visiting. Awarded in December 2019 in recognition of his early and continued support to both the Institute and the health visiting profession.

Stephanie qualified as a nurse in 2014 and started her career working for The Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Here she worked for 9 years in neurosurgery before having her children. Stephanie is a mother to three under 5 years of age, two of whom have spinal muscular atrophy (SMA). Following her son’s diagnosis of SMA, Stephanie developed a personal and professional interest in neuromuscular diseases and has since gone on to become a Nurse Specialist in Genetic Neuromuscular Diseases at The John Walton Muscular Dystrophy Research Centre.

UK  |  SEP 2023  |  305244

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Leonie won first place in our 2023 iHV SCPHN Student Health Visitor Award. Leonie will share her initiative and be presented with her award. Leonie is extremely passionate about safer sleep and believes that if her project can change one family’s decision on a safe sleep space, this will reduce the risks of sudden infant death. Leonie submitted her abstract to the iHV with the hope that more people would hear the message that safe sleep saves lives.

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I joined the Citizens Advice Service 12 years ago and for the last 8 years I have been the Senior Operations Manager for Derbyshire Districts Citizens Advice.

My role involves being the County lead for one of the largest outreach advice programmes in the Country, working with GPs and community venues. More recently I have led on a new initiative with Derbyshire Community Health Service providing a fast-track route to advice for families accessing the 0-19’s service.

I am passionate about ensuring that everyone has equitable access to the appropriate advice and tools they need to achieve their full potential.

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I qualified from SHU in 1996 as a health visitor and initially worked in Nottinghamshire until 2001. I have worked for Derbyshire Community Health Services for the last 22 years, as a health visitor and in last 11 years in a leadership role within the service. I am really focused on ensuring a just culture for our teams and championing compassionate leadership. As a survivor of sepsis and a bilateral amputee I am passionate about equality and diversity and improving health outcomes for all. I am a Queen’s Nurse.

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Dr Caroline Swindin is a salaried GP working in St Ann’s, Nottingham. She is also joint Clinical Lead for Health Inequalities for Nottingham City East PCN and has an interest in childhood immunisations.

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