I am a Paediatric Nurse and Health Visitor by background. Alongside my current role as a Clinical Team Manager and Clinical Lead for Infant Feeding, our BFI Gold Status, and for our 7-19 Practitioners, I continue to practice as a 0-19 Practitioner. In 2022 I explored how the uptake of childhood immunisations could be improved as part of my Master’s degree. I feel privileged and excited to be able to share my presentation at the iHV EBP Conference 2023 and to contribute to improving the health and wellbeing of the children, young people and families within our communities.
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Kirsty qualified as a Midwife in 2012 before commencing her career as a Health Visitor in 2014. Since June 2021 Kirsty has been a Health Visitor Clinical Lead for SEND in Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust and has been the iHV expert advisor for SEND since September 2022.
As a Health Visitor Clinical Leads for SEND Kirsty is involved in developing processes and pathways, delivering training, and supporting the PHN 0 – 5 years’ service to provide SEND provision.
Kirsty is passionate about early recognition and intervention to improve outcomes for children with SEND and working in partnership with other agencies.
Beginning her nursing career in 2013, training as a children’s nurse at Great Ormond Street Hospital, Nikki commenced her SCPHN in 2016 before joining Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust in 2017, and becoming a Health Visitor Clinical Lead for SEND in June 2021. In this role Nikki has been involved in developing SEND processes, pathways, and delivering training and support for the PHN 0-5 years’ service SEND provision. Nikki has been an iHV expert advisor for SEND since September 2022. Nikki’s passion continues to be providing the right support at the right time to improve outcomes through early recognition and intervention.
Rachel Raymond is a Senior Nurse for Cardiff Flying Start Health Visiting Service in South Wales. Rachel qualified as an adult nurse in 1995 working for 7 years within surgery. In 2003, Rachel trained as a midwife and worked within the high-risk maternity unit at Cardiff.
In 2011, Rachel became a health visitor working across generic and Flying Start health visiting services, she has held a management post since 2016. Rachel is passionate about health visiting, improving outcomes for children and families, reducing health inequalities, and feels privileged to lead a great team of health visitors in Cardiff.
Kim Jones holds a BN degree, RSCN, SCPHN HV and MSC Child Public Health.
In 1996, Kim commenced health visiting at Cardiff and Vale University Health Board (C&VUHB), becoming a Flying Start health visitor in 2007, based at Barry, where she also held an acting manager role. In 2019, Kim became a member of the Perinatal Clinical Network for Wales, representing health visiting.
Due to her special interest in perinatal mental health, Kim became a Specialist Health Visitor for perinatal mental health at C&VUHB. Kim is an iHV perinatal champion, delivering training, promoting a perinatal frame of mind to all.
Bethany Gill is a National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) North West Coast (NWC) Senior Research Associate and PhD Student.
Her research interests focus on the ‘people part’ of technology, including people’s experiences of implementing and using technology for health and care. The title of her PhD is ‘Telehealth during Covid-19, with a focus on health visiting’. Supported by a supervisory team, an Advisory Board and two ARC Public Advisors, they are working to understand more about experiences of telehealth during the Covid-19 pandemic, with a particular focus on health visiting.
Sally is a Registered Nurse (Child) and after a 42 year NHS career, now represents health on the National Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel. The Panel was established in 2017 to have a national oversight of serious safeguarding incidents in England, sharing the learning across agencies to improve practice.
Prior to taking up this role in July 2022, Sally spent seven years as Chief Nurse and Deputy CEO of Sheffield Children’s and two and a half years as Director of Nursing for children and young people at Barts Health. Both roles included executive accountability for 0-19 services, experience that has strengthened her resolve to influence the broader determinants of children’s health. Sally also volunteers at a mums and tots group, keeping her grounded in the joy and challenge of parenting.
Sally previously held positions as Visiting Professor at Sheffield Hallam University and Chair of the ACCN 2019-2022. She is a member of the iHV.
Sally was awarded an OBE in October 2020 for her services to nursing.
I have a background in teaching and over 20 years’ health visiting experience. Since retiring from practice I have been involved in various research and community projects. This currently includes helping to develop an online support programme for patients receiving palliative care with a focus on their identity and agency. This is a fully collaborative project involving patients, clinicians, and academics.
Nicky Brown is a senior nurse/ public health specialist in BCYP working for Office of Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID) in London Region.
With 40 years of nursing and health visiting experience Nicky works in partnership with all London stakeholders including local authorities, NHSE/I and Greater London Assembly, to deliver on the reduction of health inequalities, improve the populations health and well-being. She provides specialist public health input into all 0 – 19 years public health programmes and she is jointly leading on a workforce plan for public health nursing.
Nicky is currently undertaking a Doctorate in Public Health.
