District Nursing in
the Digital Age
A one day conference on new technology for District Nursing
Monday 16 February 2015
The Royal Garden Hotel, London
Delegate Guide
#DNTech2015
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Monday 16 February 2015
General Information
Assistance
If you have any queries during the conference, please visit the registration desk. It will be staffed throughout the
event and we will be happy to help.
Downloading speaker papers
All speaker papers will be available to download from the QNI website under ‘District Nursing in the Digital Age’.
Refreshments
Refreshments throughout the day and a fork buffet lunch will be served at 1.05pm. If you have arranged a special
dietary meal, please make yourself known to the QNI’s Practice Development Administrator Aga Kusmierz who will
be on reception.
Security
A cloakroom is provided on the lower ground floor. In the interests of security, please keep all items of value with you
at all times. The QNI and The Royal Garden Hotel accept no liability for delegates’ personal belongings.
Exhibition
We hope you will take time to visit the exhibition stands and network with colleagues.
Mobile phones
As a courtesy to speakers and other delegates, please switch your mobile phones to silent whilst the conference is in
progress. The hashtage for the conference is #DNTech2015.
Wifi
Wifi connections are free.
Conference evaluation
We would really appreciate any feedback you have of the conference, as your comments will enable us to better plan
and execute future conferences. To take part in the evaluation, please go to www.surveymonkey.com/r/3CZXSNZ.
Thank you very much.
Filming
Please note that due to the exceptionally high demand for places at the conference, we are filming the event so that
more nurses can benefit from the presentations. The film will be professionally edited and will be available via the QNI
website in due course. Please contact us if you have any questions about this.
Contents
Welcome.........................................................................................................................3
Agenda............................................................................................................................4
Delegate List...................................................................................................................6
Exhibitor profiles...........................................................................................................10
Speaker biographies.....................................................................................................12
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Welcome
There has never been a more exciting time for District Nurses to be engaging with the digital
world. There are new opportunities opening up which promise improved care of our patients,
their families and carers. Many of these are already proving to bring a greater satisfaction too
in working practices within District Nursing teams – such as freeing up more time to care and
reducing the number of times records are written for different systems.
The event today aims to bring together and showcase a variety of digital innovations to enable
sharing and learning amongst the District Nursing community. For many this event will provide
an inspiring, accelerated learning experience - with an opportunity to meet those District Nurse
teams who have engaged with the digital initiatives in practice for some time.
The event is wide-ranging – covering a presentation on sharing with patients their digital records
held in General Practice, through to the exploration of a range of digital demand and capacity tools
to assist with caseload allocation and workforce planning – and the launch of the twitter community ‘WeDistrictNurses’.
The response to the event has been overwhelming – indicating a huge demand from the District Nursing community
to engage with the innovations enabled by the digital world. We have been unable to accommodate everyone who
wished for a place at the event, so we are going to film and edit each of the presentations to enable even more District
Nurses to share and learn with colleagues and teams after the event. The film will be available via the QNI website from
the first week of March.
We very much hope that you will enjoy the day and the opportunity to meet new contacts. We hope that the time
taken out of practice will inspire you to think differently about the digital opportunities for District Nursing and the
communities you serve.
Dr Crystal Oldman
Chief Executive
The Queen’s Nursing Institute
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Agenda
Session 1 9.00
Registration, refreshments, exhibition and networking
9.30
Aims and purpose of event
Dr Crystal Oldman, Chief Executive, QNI
9.35
National overview
Wendy Nicholson, Professional Officer, School and Community Nursing, Public Health England
9.45
‘Why is everyone talking about Informatics and what does it mean anyway?’
Anne Cooper, Lead Nurse for Informatics, NHS England
10.15
‘District Nursing in the Social Media Era - Launch of #WeDistrictNurses’
Teresa Chinn MBE, Registered Nurse and Social Media Specialist, WeNurses
10.45
‘Patient partnership: The value of patients accessing their records using mobile technology’
Dr Amir Hannan, General Practitioner, Haugton Thornley Medical Centres Hyde; Tameside and Glossop CCG Board member leading on Long Term Conditions Information Management and Technology and Patient Engagement/Empowerment
Ingrid Brindle, Chair of Thornley House Patient Participation Group in Hyde
11.15
Refreshment break and exhibition
Session 2
Smarter infrastructure and cost effective caseload allocation: the use of technology to develop demand and capacity tools
11.45
‘Clinical Management Solution - A catalyst for change’
Marie Cummings, Clinical Lead, CMS Project, Virgin Care
Jo Bayliss, District Nursing Sister, Virgin Healthcare
12.05
‘The Wight Tool - Demand, Capacity and Acuity in District Nursing’
Jenni Edgington, Queen’s Nurse, Lead Locality Nurse, North East Locality, Isle of Wight NHS Trust
Jeannine Johnson, Community Services Clinical Lead, Isle of Wight NHS Trust
Louise Windle, Senior Community Nurse, Isle of Wight NHS Trust
12.25
‘Electronic Referral and Caseload Scheduling for District Nursing’
Rosemarie Curry, Clinical Informatics Change Lead, South Tyneside NHS Foundation Trust and Digital Clinical Champion for the Patient Online Programme, NHS England
Susan Unsworth, Clinical Business Change Lead, South Tyneside NHS Foundation Trust
12.45
‘Experiences of Community Nursing with Mobile Working’
David Pugh, Queen’s Nurse, Team Manager Community Nursing, Bristol Community Health
Clare Evans, Programme Lead, Mobile Networking, Bristol Community Health
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Agenda cont.
1.05pm
Lunch and exhibition
Session 3 Engaging with technology to increase effectiveness and efficiency of care - Telehealth/Telemedicine
2.30pm
‘Engaging with technology to increase effectiveness and efficiency of care using Telehealth/
Telemedicine’
Rachel Binks, Nurse Consultant Digital and Acute Care, Airedale NHS Foundation Trust
2.55pm
‘Technology supporting community services’
Ian Bailey, Queen’s Nurse, Chief Clinical Informatics Officer, Liverpool Community Health NHS Trust
3.20pm
‘Making the complexity of community nursing visible: The Cassandra Project’
Carrie Jackson, Director of the England Centre for Practice Development, Canterbury Christ Church University
Professor Alison Leary, Chair of Healthcare and Workforce Modelling, London Southbank University
3.45pm
Summary of the day
Wendy Nicholson, Professional Officer - School and Community Nursing, Public Health England
Dr Crystal Oldman, Chief Executive, The Queen’s Nursing Institute
4pm
Close
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Delegate list
Attendee name
Job TitleOrganisation
Akintola, Mojisola
District Nursing Staff
Central Surrey
Akinyemi, Nihinlola
Service Managers
BEH MHT Enfield Community Services
Allen, Dawn
Director of Nursing - Community Services
Gloucestershire Care Services
Arthur, Philomena
Service ManagersNELFT
Avery, Maxine
District Nurse Team Leader
Liverpool Community Health NHS Trust
Bailey, Ian
QN, Chief Clinical Informatics Officer
Liverpool Community Health NHS Trust
Barkham, Abigail
Service Managers
Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust
Barr, AnnieCommissioner Annie Barr Associates
Bartlett, Louise
District Nurse Team Leader
Plymouth Community Healthcare
Bayliss, Jo
District Nursing Sister
Virgin Care
Bellefontaine, Nerys
Service ManagersNELFT
Bennett, Nicole
Diabetes Nurse
Hertfordshire Community Health Services
Beswick, Tracy Childhood Flu – Workforce Development ProjectDepartment of Health
Bickle, AmandaDistrict Nurse Practice TeacherSSOTP
Biggs, JadenMatronWhittington Health
Binks, Rachel
Nurse Consultant Digital and Acute Care
Airedale NHS Foundation Trust
Blease, Teresa
District Nursing Staff
Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust
Boran, Sue
District Nurse Education
London South Bank University
Braithwaite, Joanne
District Nurse Team Leader
Blackpool Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Brindle, Ingrid
Chair Thornley House Patient Participation Group, Hyde
Burchell, Sarah Clinical Director/Associate Director
Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust
Burton, Kate
District Nursing Staff
Whittington Health
Burton, Bernadette
District Nurse Team Leader
SWFT
Bushell, Amanda District Nurse Team Leader
Hertfordshire community NHS Trust
Buxton,Sarah
Service Manager
First Community Health and Care CIC
Carrington, Dale
District Nurse Team Leader
Whittington Health
Castle, Linda
District Nurse Team Leader
Kent Community Health NHS Trust
Catterallm, Laura
District Nursing Staff
Hertfordshire Community Trust
Catton, TanyaDistrict Nursing StaffHCT
Chady, Jennifer
District Nursing Staff
Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust
Chaytor
, SarahDistrict Nursing StaffLCHS
Cherry, Helen
District Nursing Staff Network Community Nursing and Rehab Services CLCH NHS Trust
Chester
, LeeService ManagerNELFT
Chilton, Sue
University Lecturer
University of Gloucestershire
Chinn, NickSoftware ProvidereCommunity
Chinn MBE, Teresa
RN and Social Media Specialist
WeNurses
Clark, Sally
District Nursing Staff
Gloucestershire Care Services
Clark, AngelaStaff NurseDoncaster and Bassetlaw Foundation Trust
Clements, Shirley
District Nurse Team Leader
Cambridgeshire Community Services
Collinson, Gill
Joint Appt - Whole System Redesign
South Tees FT / HRW CCG
Cooke, Debbie
Service Managers
East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust
Cooper, Anne
Lead Nurse for Informatics
NHS England
Cotter, Kathryn
District Nurse Team Leader
BHFT
Cowling, Caroline
District Nursing Staff
HRCH
Cox, Sarah District Nursing Sister
Cambridgeshire Community Services
Cummings, Marie
Clinical Lead, CMS Project
Virgin Care
Curry, Rosemarie
Clinical Business Change Lead
South Tyneside NHS Foundation Trust
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Delegate list cont.
Attendee name
Job TitleOrganisation
Davey, Jeanne
Service Manager
London NorthWest Health Care NHSTrust
David, DionneDistrict Nursing StaffCNWL
Davis, TomCommissionerBuckinghamshire County Council
Dolega-Ossowski, Jane Community Matron
Lewisham and Greenwich Hospitals Trust
Dymock, Ruth
District Nurse Team Leader
Lincolnshire Community Health Services Trust
Edgington, Jennie
QN, Lead Locality Nurse, North East Locality
Isle of Wight NHS Trust
Evans, Clare
Programme Lead Mobile Networking
Bristol Community Health
Evans, TheresaService ManagerNELFT
Facey, Lorraine
District Nurse Team Leader
Sirona Care and Health
Fairhall, Julia
District Nurse Team Leader
SCT
Fenton, Amanda
Community Matron
Derby Hospitals Foundation Trust
Fitzsimmons, Tracy
Service Manager
Cambridgeshire Community Services Luton
Foley, Julia
District Nurse Team Leader
Family Nursing and Homecare
Gamble, Susie
Lecturer in Higher Education
University of the West of Scotland
Ghosh, Sarah
Transforming Healthcare Programme Director CSH Surrey
Glynn, Sandra
Community Matron
Homerton University Hospital
Goodband, Rebecca
Clinical Education/ Practice Teacher
Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust
Gray, JoanneDistrict Nursing StaffHCT
Greaves, Catherine
District Nurse Team Leader
NHS
Gunner, AmandaImpact Team LeadYour Healthcare
Hale, Sophie District Nurse
Cambridgeshire Community Services
Hamm, Cepta
Director of Nursing - Community services
Guys & St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust
Hannan Dr, Amir
General Practitioner and Tameside and Glossop Haughton Thornley Medical Centres, Hyde
CCG Board member leading on Long Term
Conditions Information Management and Technology
and Patient Engagement/Empowerment
Harding, Alberta
District Nursing Staff
Barnet Enfield and Haringey NHS Trust
Hay, Sonia
Commissioner/District Nursing Staff
Hywel Dda University Health Board
Heanes, Sue
District Nurse Team Leader
Cambridgeshire Community Services
Hearn, Dave
Fellow in Clinical Leadership
Oxleas NHS FT
Henderson, Carolyn
District Nurse Team Leader
Hertfordshire community Trust
Heron, Blossom
District Nursing Staff
Nottinghamcitycare Partnership
Hill, Sue
Advisor for NHS England
NHS England
Hughes, Lynne
District Nurse Team Leader
Northampton Healthcare Foundation Trust
Hutton, Cay
Service Manager
Homerton Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Jackson, Carrie
Director
England Centre for Practice Development, Canterbury Christ Church University
Jarvis, AlisonProgramme ManagerNHS Lothian
Jenkins, Leanne
Service Manager
Homerton Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Jennings, Andrea
District Nurse Team Leader
Cumbria Partnership Trust
Johnson, Jeannine
Community Services Clinical Lead
Isle of Wight, NHS Trust
Jordan, Christine
Service Manager
Hounslow and Richmond Community Health
Karim, Dawn
Service Manager
London North West Healthcare NHS Trust
Karrouze, Andrew
Service ManagersCNWL
Katsidzira, Rutendo
District Nursing Staff
Virgin Care Surrey Ltd
Keen. Prof. Ann ConsultantAdapt and Engage
Kelly, Janet
Service Manager
Northumbria Healthcare NHS Trust
Kempshall, Natalie
Service ManagerTaurus
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Delegate list
Kwaku, Felicia
Associate Director of Nursing/Deputy Chair CNO BME Advisory Group Lambie, Claire
Service Manager
Safe Patient Systems
Law, Lindsey
District Nursing Staff
Wolverhampton Royal Hospital
Lawrence, Anthony StudentGuys and St Thomas’
Laza, AgataDistrict Nursing StaffCSH
Lea, Emma
District Nurse Team Leader
CWP
Leary Prof, Alison
Chair of Healthcare and Workforce Modelling London Southbank University
Leen, FionaCommunity MatronCLCH
Lenaghan, Dominic
District Nurse Team Leader
Whittington Health
Lupton, Rebecca District NurseSEPT
Maameyaa, Adabie
District Nurse Team Leader Whittington Health
Maisiri, Alice
District Nursing Staff
Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust
Marsden, EdManaging Partner Verita
Marshall, Kirsty
Clinical Project Lead
Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust
Matthew, ClaireDistrict Nursing StaffCNWL
Mattin, Paula Head of Acute Care Whittington Health NHS
McGinley, Susie
Service Manager
Birmingham Community Healthcare
Meersm, KarenDistrict Nursing StaffSSOTP
Mercer, AllwinCommissionerNorth West Reading CCG
Mhiribidi, Ruzive
District Nursing Staff
Barnet, Enfield and Haringey NHS Trust
Mhizha, Tas
District Nurse Team Leader
Barnet Enfield and Haringey Mental Health Trust -ECS.
Millar, MarkEducatorUniversity of Hertfordshire
Motamedi, Joanna DN Team Manager
Whittington Health
Mullan, Hayley
District Nurse Team Leader
Kent Community Health NHS Trust
Myles, Julie
Service Manager
North East London Foundation Trust
Myles, CarolineService ManagerNHS Lothian
Mwangi, Esther
Clinical Lead Community Nursing Service
Cambridgeshire Community Services NHS Trust
Nelson, Linda
District Nurse Team Leader
BHFT
Newland, RitaPHELSBU
Nicholson, Wendy
Professional Officer - School and Community Public Health England
Nursing
Norris, KellieSenior LecturerAnglia Ruskin University
Ogunlowo, Limi
Service Manager
East London Foundation Trust
Oldman Dr, Crystal
Chief Executive
The QNI
Olusola, Omotunde
District Nurse Team Leader
Bartshealth NHS Trust
Ombler, Susan
Service Manager
Lincolnshire Community Health Services
Orrey, JulieCommissionerNHS Coastal West Sussex CCG
Otubanjo, Joy
District Nursing Staff
East London Trust Foundation Nhs
Pantling, LynnDistrict NurseCambridgeshire Community Services
Parker, Jane
Service Lead Nursing- Community Teams
Bromley Healthcare
Pollard, Kevin
District Nursing Staff/Other
CNWL Camden
Pugh, David
QN, Team Manager Community Nursing
Bristol Community Health
Rayment, Sue
Service Manager
Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Robinson, Melanie
District Nursing Staff
SSOTP
Rogers, MelanieCommissionerWandsworth CCG
Ruscoe, Claire
Service Manager
Guys & St Thomas NHS FT
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Delegate list cont.
Scott Brown, Elaine
Senior Lecturer Community
University of Gloucestershire
Sealy, AngelaService ManagerNELFT
Skinner, Jo
Higher Education
London Metropolitan University
Smith, HannahDistrict Nursing StaffNHS
Smith, Lora
District Nursing Staff
Central and North West London
Smith Bishton, Karla
District Nurse Team Leader
Sirona Care and Health
Soda, EdwinDistrict Nursing StaffBEH-MHT Trust
Sprung, Sally
Senior Lecturer
Liverpool John Moores University
Stanhope, Essi
District Nursing Staff
Ealing NHS
Stewart, Clare
Service Manager
Family Nursing & Home Care
Storey, Vicky
District Nurse Team Leader
Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust
Sunner, Sonia
District Nurse Team Leader
Lincolnshire Community Health Services
Symondson, JennieCNWL NHS FT
Tall, Megan
Mobile Working Project Manager
NELFT
Tappin, SharonWorkforceHEEoE
Taylor, RobSoftware ProvidereCommunity
Taylor, Anne
District Nursing Staff Oxford Health NHS Trust
Templeton, Lucy
District Nursing Staff/ Service Manager
London North West NHS Trust
Thompson, Zoe
District Nurse Team Leader
HCHS
Timon, Liam
IT Project Manager
HRCH NHS Trust
Unsworth, Susan
Clinical Business Change Lead
South Tyneside NHS Foundation Trust
Walls, Beverley
District Nurse Team Leader
Rotherham Foundation Trust
Ward, Rachel
Research Nurse
Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust
Waters, Rachael
District Nurse Team Leader Sussex Community Trust
While, AlisonEmeritus ProfessorKing’s College London
Wilkins, Sarah
Service Manager
sWFT and CCG
Williams, Sue
District Nursing Staff
2gether foundation trust for Gloucestershire NHS
Willis, Kayte
District Nurse Team Leader
Lchs
Windle, Louise
Senior Community Nurse
Isle of Wight NHS Trust
Wood, CateEducatorPlymouth University
Wright, Rebecca
District Nursing Staff
County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation
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Exhibitor Profiles
Independent Nurse
Independent Nurse is a website and fortnightly magazine for nurses working in primary care
and the community. It provides timely news, insight and analysis clinical and professional
guidance, and for all nurses working in the primary care sector in the UK, including GP and
community clinics, homes and schools. It also offers clinical features that focus on real-life
medicine and are specifically relevant to the everyday needs of its readership. Non-clinical features and resources are
designed to enhance nurses’ professional development, supporting them in their expanding roles.Through the website
and magazine readers can gain access to essential, up-to-date information to help them practise to the best of their
ability and exceed their professional goals. For more information, please go to www.independentnurse.co.uk.
TotalMobile
TotalMobile provides smart workforce and workflow software that is designed specifically to
empower healthcare professionals in a mobile world.
Proven to revolutionise the delivery of care, at the point of patient contact, TotalMobile provides
an enhanced way of working that enables healthcare providers to increase productivity and
improve the standard of patient care. For more information, please go to www.totalmobile.co.uk.
CETAL
CETAL develops Telehealth packages based on proven clinical models and assessed
technology to meet specific clinical needs. We provide consultancy, educational and
technology support with all packages. All are tailored to any healthcare location for the acute
and rehabilitation phases of long-term clinical care, chronic breathing conditions;
diabetes; dementia; spinal-cord injury; care of the elderly; neurological and mental health conditions. We assist
healthcare professionals and postgraduate students to implement telehealth programmes. We can help with planning,
piloting, commissioning, delivery, governance, finance and evaluation - a truly collaborative and supportive approach.
For more information, please go to www. cetal.co.uk.
Advanced Health & Care
Advanced Health & Care (Advanced) is a leading provider of IT management systems
for urgent and unscheduled care, clinical call centres, community health, mental health,
hospice, home and residential care services. Advanced has a unique focus on providing
innovative mobile IT applications for community based care, supporting tens of thousands
of care workers and clinicians with integrated device, software and airtime solutions.
Working with partners in the NHS, local government and the private sector, Advanced is committed to providing IT
solutions in support of safe, efficient care delivery with integrated management information for both the commissioner
and provider. For more information, please go to www.advancedcomputersoftware.com.
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WeNurses
@WeNurses is a weekly Twitter chat predominately aimed at nurses, where anything from pressure
ulcers to leadership in nursing is discussed. @WeNurses currently has just under 30,000 Twitter
followers from all over the world sharing ideas, experience, resources, evidence and expertise.
Discussions are open to anyone and they take place every Thursday at 8pm on Twitter using
#WeNurses. For more information, please go to www.wenurses.co.uk.
PremierIT
HeART is an RCN accredited online e-Portfolio system built specifically to manage
appraisal, revalidation and education for nurses, midwives and care support workers. The
system will help you streamline the appraisal process, coordinate and facilitate accessible
training and education and provide an always ready portfolio for revalidation submission.
HeART is implemented by Premier IT, a market leading appraisal, revalidation and training solutions provider to over 200
clients in the healthcare sector including primary, secondary and independent healthcare organisations. Its services
cater for the needs of all healthcare professionals; from consultants, doctors and GPs to nurses, midwives, care support
staff and porters. For more information visit http://revalidation.premierit.com, call 0800 785 1234 or email revalidation@
premierit.com.
Anoto Pen
Anoto’s technology is firmly established in the UK healthcare sector with digital pens
used by over 40 NHS Trusts. At District Nursing in the Digital Age we will be showcasing
examples of digital pen patient records currently being used by our NHS clients. We would
be delighted to show you digital pens in action and answer any questions you may have on
how digital writing can benefit your department. Visit our stand and experience just how easy it is to generate a digital,
fully auditable patient record from pen and paper. For more information please go to www.anoto.com.
The Queen’s Nursing Institute
The Queen’s Nursing Institute is a charity dedicated to improving nursing care for patients
at home and in the community. We work with nurses, managers and policy makers to make
sure that high quality nursing is available for everyone in their homes and communities. Our
aim is to ensure that patients receive high quality care when and where they need it, from
the right nurse, with the right skills. To find out more, please go to www.qni.org.uk.
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Speaker biographies
Ian Bailey, QN, Chief Clinical Informatics Officer, Liverpool Community Health NHS Trust
Ian is currently Chief Clinical Informatics Officer for Liverpool Community Health NHS Trust. After graduating from the
University of Liverpool in 2001 with a first class honours degree in nursing, Ian gained his District Nursing Specialist
Practitioner Qualification and worked as a District Nurse and Modern Matron in the City of Liverpool. Since 2006, Ian
has worked in various NHS management roles always striving to ensure the delivery of high quality patient care through
the adoption and spread of innovative practice. Over the last 2 years, Ian has extended his interest in technology into
the workplace and is currently providing strategic clinical leadership to the Trust’s roll-out of Emis Web and associated
mobile technology.
Jo Bayliss, District Nursing Sister, Virgin Care, Surrey
Jo is a District Nursing Sister working for Virgin Care in Surrey and has led a district nursing team for over 13 years.
Jo has helped to develop the Clinical Management Solution for Virgin Care, working with Community Nurses and
TotalMobile to inform and design technology to enhance patient care in the community.
Rachel Binks, Nurse Consultant, Digital and Acute Care, Airedale NHS Foundation Trust
Rachel qualified at St. James’s Hospital, Leeds and spent a year staffing on the Observation Ward before moving to the
Intensive Care Unit. She worked up to being a senior sister in critical care practice development and took up her present
post as a Nurse Consultant in 2000. At Airedale, she introduced the Early Warning Score (EWS) for recognising patients
that became acutely ill and leads a 24/7 nursing team who respond to these patients, preventing further deterioration
and educating staff. She helped develop the National EWS and a pathway for septic patients. Rachel is actively involved
in the Intensive Care Society SSQ, and is now on the NAHP Committee. In 2011, Airedale NHS Foundation Trust opened
their Telehealth hub to support patients with long term conditions in their own home. The service now also supports
over 2000 patients in nearly 200 residential and nursing homes across the country.
Ingrid Brindle, Chair of Thornley House Patient Participation Group, Hyde
Ingrid Brindle is Chair of Thornley House Patient Participation Group in Hyde, Tameside. She believes passionately that
patients need good quality information and that clinicians need to work collaboratively in order to produce the best
health outcomes. She feels very lucky to have had full online access to her GP records since 2006.
Teresa Chinn MBE, RN and Social Media Specialist, WeNurses
Teresa Chinn MBE is a registered nurse and social media specialist. Teresa founded @WeNurses Twitter discussion
group in 2012 as she found herself isolated from the nursing profession following years of agency nursing. Since then
the WeNurses Twitter community has gone from strength to strength amassing over 27,000 followers from all over the
world and the model has been duplicated for other groups of healthcare professional. In 2014,Teresa was nominated as
a HSJ Rising Star, a HSJ Social Pioneer and was included on the HSJ Clinical Leaders list, the Nursing Times Nursing
Leaders List and the HSJ Inspirational Women List. Teresa also received an MBE for services to nursing in the 2015
New Years Honours.
Anne Cooper, Lead Nurse for Informatics, NHS England
Working at NHS Direct, Anne developed an interest in nursing informatics and has undertaken a variety of roles in this
area before becoming the lead for informatics in nursing at NHS England. Anne’s ambition is to help nurses, midwives
and health visitors to use informatics in new and innovative ways. For Anne, informatics includes all type of digital work
and more recently Anne has developed an interest in social media and as a result actively participates in both nursing
and patient communities. Voted #SocialPioneer by the Nursing Times and Health Service Journal and was also on the
HSJ list of inspirational women in health in 2014. @anniecoops www.anniecoops.com
Marie Cummings, Clinical Lead, CMS Project, Virgin Care
Marie Cummings is the Clinical Lead for the Clinical Management Solution (CMS Project) for Virgin Care. Marie has been
a qualified nurse for 16 years and spent 13 of these in Community Nursing. Marie holds a specialist practice qualification
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in District Nursing and is incredibly passionate about her profession. Marie is driven by innovation and new ways of
working which can enhance patient care and improve the working lives of clinicians. She is keen to test the boundaries
of what is considered impossible, informing the design and configuration of technology which can then be used as an
enabler for change within healthcare.
Rosemarie Curry, Clinical Informatics Change Lead, South Tyneside NHS Foundation Trust and Digital Clinical
Champion for the Patient Online Programme, NHS England
Rosemarie’s background is in Nursing, Midwifery, Health Visiting and Service Improvement. Her current roles are in
South Tyneside NHS Foundation Trust as a Clinical Informatics Change Lead and NHS England as a Digital Clinical
Champion for the Patient Online Programme. She is passionate about using technology and supporting nurses and
other clinicians to adopt this to transform services and improve quality, efficiency and safety of patient care. She and a
colleague share a local technology related change project for District Nursing which introduced electronic referrals and
caseload scheduling. This used modernisation tools (Lean) and achieved 42% reduction in medication errors as a result
of missed home visits, freed up clinical time increasing uptake of training by 65%, reduced administration time by 6.9%
and increased time spent with patients by 2.23%. The project won the National Lean Academy Award and was runner
up for the Patient experience award in 2014.
Jenni Edgington, Queen’s Nurse, Lead Locality Nurse, Northeast Locality Isle of Wight NHS Trust
Jenni began her career in the NHS in 1992 as an HCA in an acute medical unit, completed her training in 2003 and
following several years as a Community Staff Nurse, completed her Public Health BSc, Specialist Practice District
Nursing in 2007. Jenni gained her independent prescribing qualification in 2008 working as a DN team leader, and was
seconded for 18 months to set up Chamber Health, a Cardiovascular Screening service in partnership with the Chamber
of Commerce in order to target health inequalities on the Island. Over the last 18 months, Jenni has been working
in District Nursing as both a DN team leader and as a Modern Matron looking at service improvement, workforce
development and raising the profile of community nursing. Recently appointed Locality Lead Nurse, Jenni is looking
forward to working on the Islands integrated healthcare plan in developing services that are able meet the health needs
of people in their own home.
Clare Evans, Programme Lead, Mobile Working, Bristol Community Health
Clare has worked as a Registered Nurse, Nurse Practitioner Neurosurgical Unit and has over 20 years of experience
developing advanced nursing practice and implementing new ways of working. As a first wave Consultant Nurse,
appointed in 2002, in London and subsequently in Bristol, she has been working in the acute sector clinically, strategically
and using research and education to transform services and improve patient care in the arena of Preoperative
assessment, and both elective and Emergency Surgical Patient Pathways. More recently she led the implementation
of models of Enhanced Recovery across elective surgery and tertiary surgical cancer services in Bristol that has now
been recognised internationally. She recently moved out of the NHS to work independently and since January 2014 has
been Mobile Working Programme Lead at Bristol Community Health, a Community Interest Company formed in 2011.
The programme has given her the opportunity to transform the information at the point of care from paper to electronic , a
concept that was a pipe dream as a newly qualified nurse. Through working with Bristol Community Health, TotalMobile
and other key stakeholders she has been able to develop available technology to support health care workers to deliver
safe clinical care in an innovative, pioneering transformation programme across 20 services.
Dr Amir Hannan, General Practitioner, Haughton Thornley Medical Centres, Hyde; Tameside and Glossop
CCG Board Member leading on Long Term Conditions Information Management and Technology and Patient
Engagement/Empowerment
Dr Amir Hannan is a GP at Haughton Thornley Medical Centres in Hyde, UK and a board member for Tameside &
Glossop CCG leading on Long Term Conditions, Information management & Technology and Patient Engagement /
Empowerment. Developing a “Partnership of Trust” between patient and clinician, the practice has enabled over 3200
citizens (27% of total population) to access their GP electronic health record on-line, helping them to self care and gain
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a better understanding of their health. The practice-based web portal www.htmc.co.uk puts patients, managers and
clinicians at the heart of healthcare and helps drive change. @amirhannan
Carrie Jackson, Director of the England Centre for Practice Development, Canterbury Christ Church University
In September 2013, after 7 years of heading the Department for Nursing & Applied Clinical Studies, Carrie became
Director of the England Centre for Practice Development, a national centre for research, evaluation & innovation located
at Canterbury Christ Church University. Carrie’s passion is for strong partnership working to co-produce knowledge for
practice that is sustainable and inclusive of multiple stakeholder needs and she has undertaken a number of consultancy
projects focused on developing whole systems approaches to organisational development and transformation,
encouraging culture change skills at the front line to promote sustainable change within organisations. She has worked
for over 25 years on programmes that have promoted this ethos in the UK, Malta and New Zealand. Carrie is a member
of the International Practice Development Collaborative (IPDC), sits on the Editorial Board of the IPDJ, and is a Visiting
Professor of Nursing at Buffalo State University, New York. She holds several honorary clinical academic fellowships
with NHS Trusts.
Jeannine Johnson, Community Services Lead, Isle of Wight NHS Trust
Following 3 years at university studying psychology, Jeannine entered the nursing profession as a Registered Nurse 20
years ago and has worked in a number of Trusts across the South of England. Her nursing background is in Gerontology
and for the past 15 years she has been specialising in stroke. As the current lead clinician for stroke on the Isle of Wight,
she has been leading on the development of stroke services and is also the Chair of the Wessex Clinical Stroke Forum.
In addition to her clinical role, she has been working for the past year with the District Nursing Team as Community
Service Lead, with the aim to ensure the team are equipped to deliver a safe and effective service.
Professor Alison Leary, Chair of Healthcare and Workforce Modelling, London Southbank University
After spending ten years in biomedical science and biomedical engineering within the NHS, Alison undertook a nursing
diploma at The Nightingale School at St Thomas Hospital (now Kings College London). She attained a Masters in
biomedical science (Haematology) before specialising in lung cancer and thoracic surgery. Alison obtained PhD in
medicine from University College London in thoracic oncology and she continues to research in this area and also
undertakes various projects around the modelling of complex systems. Alison is currently a Professor of Healthcare &
Workforce Modelling at London Southbank University. Her interests are in the complexity of healthcare, math models
and data science.
Wendy Nicholson, Professional Officer - School and Community Nursing, Public Health England
RN Adult, RN Child, Dip Nursing, BsC (Hons) Nursing, RNT, MA Child Law
Currently working as part of the Director of Nursing’s Public Health Nursing Directorate at Department of Health.
Leading the School Nurse Programme of Development and Community Nursing Development Programme. Previous
experience includes; Professional adviser to Department of Health - Quality Standards, Regional Government Office/
SHA Policy Lead for Teenage Pregnancy, Young People’s Sexual Health and Young People’s Health Services.
Previous strategic and senior management posts held within health and social care. Also worked as Senior Lecturer
Child Health, pre and post-registration education delivery. Speciality Manager, Paediatric and neonatal intensive care
(Westminster Children’s Hospital), Staff Nurse, Children’s nursing and Adult ITU.
Other experience includes: Children’s acute care and nurse education, Turin, Italy; ECMO and neonatal care, Los Angeles
Children’s Hospital, USA; Exploring young people’s health services, Sweden; Future European’s - Young people’s health,
Brussels.
Dr Crystal Oldman, Chief Executive, QNI
Dr Crystal Oldman joined the QNI in November 2012 as Chief Executive. Crystal worked in the NHS for 18 years,
the majority of which was in the field of community nursing, working with some of the most deprived communities
in west London. She has a passion for learning, teaching and research to support best practice and in 1994 joined
Buckinghamshire New University as a senior lecturer, to develop a variety of community nursing programmes. Crystal
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enjoyed an academic career for a further 18 years, completing her Higher Education career as Dean of Enterprise and
Business Management in the Faculty of Society & Health, where her role included the development of partnerships
with external agencies to promote research and assist in workforce development. Crystal’s interest in leadership
and management inspired her doctoral studies into the knowledge, skills and attributes of middle managers and this
research was completed in 2014.
David Pugh, QN, Team Manager Community Nursing, Bristol Community Health
David currently is employed as a Team Manager for Community Nursing at Bristol Community Health which is a
Community Interest Company. David completed his District Nursing qualification at the University of the West of
England in 2006. David has varied experience in both Community Nursing and Intermediate Care. David is in the
privileged position of being a Queens Nurse, the current Chair of the National District Nurse network, a member of the
QNI DN Standards for District Nurse Education and Practice advisory group and a member of the newly formed NHS
England Community and Primary Care Nursing Forum. David is also studying with the NHS Leadership Academy Mary
Seacole Programme, which completes in spring 2015.
Susan Unsworth, Clinical Business Change Lead, South Tyneside NHS Foundation Trust
Susan has been working as a Clinical Informatics and Benefits Facilitator for six years working as part of the Clinical
Business Change Team in South Tyneside Foundation Trust. Her role is supporting service transformation and value for
money using a range of change management methodologies to implement Clinical Systems, Electronic Patient Records
and other technology to improve patient care. Her clinical background is nursing, she commenced in the NHS in 1988
and her experience includes Care of the Elderly, Orthopaedic rehab, Gynaecology and Community Nursing. In her last
clinical role, she practiced as a specialist Community Practitioner in District Nursing.
Louise Windle, Senior Community Nurse, Isle of Wight NHS Trust
Louise is a Senior Community Nurse and has been qualified for 24 years. Her background started in Surgical and Care
of the Elderly, before branching out into the community setting in 1994, where she found her niche. Louise has been
involved in a variety of projects over the years, both in Community Nursing and Prison Healthcare, most recently
working in Service Improvement and workforce development for the District Nursing Service on the Island. This most
recent work is helping to raise the profile of District Nursing within our unique Trust and is pivotal to the future plans for
integrated teams and with investment, will prove to be a key contributor to Gold Standard care for our service users.
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The Queen’s Nursing Institute’s
Annual Conference 2015
Healthcare in the Community
Monday 28 September 2015, Royal College of General Practitioners, London
Join us for a day of stimulating debate about nursing in the community.
All community nurses and allied health professionals are encouraged to attend.
More information and booking details at www.qni.org.uk. Book now to get our early bird discount rate.
For enquiries call 020 7549 1400 or email mail@qni.org.uk
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The Queen’s Nursing Institute is a registered charity that champions the work of
community nurses. Our aim is to ensure that patients receive high quality care where
and when they need it, from the right nurse with the right skills.
The Queen’s Nursing Institute
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London W1G 0LZ
020 7549 1400
www.qni.org.uk
Founded 1887
Patron HM The Queen
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