This group is specifically for nurses, midwives and allied health professionals (NMAHP) who are interested, engaged in or leading paediatric and/or congenital cardiac research in the United Kingdom.

The first meeting was held in Birmingham on 24th September 2024

The group will align with the National CHD Research group at the University of Birmingham. Our NMAHP research group will enable us to develop an addendum to the National CHD Research Strategy endorsed by CCNA and BACCNA and other groups representing NMAHPs.

Members:

Network Lead:

Professor Kerry Gaskin, Professor of Congenital Cardiac Nursing, Birmingham City University

Northwest, North Wales and The Isle of Man Congenital Heart Network

Reader/Associate Professor Robyn Lotto, Liverpool John Moores University

Dr Rebecca Hill – ANP, Karen Erlandson-Parry _Nurse, Michelle McLaren – Lead Nurse; Sarah Ellison, Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Trust

West Midlands CHD Network
Nigel Drury University of Birmingham Will McDevitt, Clinical Physiologist; Stephanie Clarke, Physiotherapist; Carly Tooke & Helen Winmill Research Nurses;

Paul Nix And Alice Temporin – Birmingham City University

OneHeart CHD Network – London:
Professor Jo Wray , Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London

Rebecca Mercaldi ACHD -Barts; Sophie Arbos; Ella Field; Jennifer Tollit – GOSH

Lifelong CHD Network – London: East: South East

Lynda Shaughnessy – Lead Nurse; Catherine Renwick, Consultant Nurse; Emily Ellis – ANP; Sophie Tooth Fetal Nurse Specialist;

Scottish CHD Network:

Donna Nelson – ANP; Andrea Pujazon-Rosa trainee ACP

North East and North Cumbria:

Kaye Walsh – Lead Nurse; Karen Caulfield – Physiotherapist

South Wales and South West CHD Network:

Alison Wood – Cardiac Educator

Thames Valley and Wessex CHD Network:

Katy Morton – ANP; Louisa Neilsen Physiotherapist