About

I have been a registered children's nurse since 2004 and additionally qualified as a Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (school nursing) in 2010.  My main area of interest is in adolescent health and development.  I developed this interest in my roles as a nurse in a Youth Offending Team and at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals promoting developmentally appropriate healthcare for adolescents and young adults and improving transition services for young people moving into adult healthcare from children's services. I have had the opportunity to present at a number of conferences both nationally and internationally on adolescent health and transition. 

I teach into the BSc Child Nursing programme as well as to students from a range of health and social care professions in the interprofessional modules. I also am part of the team delivering the Foundation in Health course.

Other areas of interest include safeguarding, public health, leadership alongside adolescent health.

Teaching

School of Health and Social Care

College of Health, Wellbeing and Life Sciences

Research

Current research

Case Reviewer for The National Confidential Enquiry into Patient Outcome and Death (2023). The Inbetweeners: A review of the barriers and facilitators in the process of transition of children and young people with complex chronic health conditions moving into adult health services. NCEPOD: London

Publications