Matt is a consultant anaesthetist at Derriford Hospital, Plymouth and has a particular interest in patient safety, safety culture and quality improvement. He is National Clinical Advisor on Safety Culture to NHS England and the Maternity Transformation Programme and is a Health Foundation Generation Q Fellow.Dr Matthew Hill, BMedSci, BMBS, MRCPC, FRCA, MSc (Quality and Safety in Healthcare), PGDip Leadership (Quality Improvement)

Dr Davy Evans works as a consultant clinical psychologist in neonatal care in England, UK. He splits his time between clinical work in a large neonatal intensive care unit, as the Lead Neonatal Psychologist for the West Midlands Perinatal Network, and in independent practice. As a co-founding member of NeoLeaP, the Neonatal Leads for Psychological Practice in England, Davy is helping to expand and develop the role of psychological professionals in neonatal care.

Davy holds both research and clinical doctoral degrees and is an advocate for evidence-based psychological practice. He has published on a wide range of topics including adult mental health, psychophysiology, paediatric and neonatal psychology. Relationships are at the heart of Davy's approach to psychological practice, and his understanding of neonatal care.

Sonah is a mother to three. Her varying maternity experiences led her to train as a Doula and co-found Black Mothers Matter - blackmothersmatter.org.

Sonah is a TEDx speaker, recently became a member of the NHS England’s Maternity and Neonatal Stakeholder Council and has a BSc Economics & Sociology degree from the University of Bristol.

Sam is a reformed southerner. Raised in London, he spent formative training years in the North East among wise paediatricians. Acquiring an interest in matters epidemiological along the way, he trained as a paediatrician, specialising in neonatology. Two sojourns in New Zealand, and a top up of training in Edinburgh as a locum consultant led to his heart’s desire.

Rather to his mother’s surprise this turned out to be a job in Bradford. The neonatal service is large, busy, and not dominated by anomalies. It is also on the edge of the city, allowing Sam and family to live in the countryside, grow vegetables and plan trips to wild places while being within 10 minutes of work.

His work involves a busy intensive care service, neonatal follow up, research (trials and observational work and some work with Born in Bradford – our 13000 baby cohort study) and being clinical lead for the National Neonatal Audit Programme. He holds an honorary chair at Hull York Medical School. He has research interests in many areas of newborn care.Description goes here

Sarah is a speech and language therapist who has specialised in neonatology and paediatric feeding for over 10 years. She has also been an active researcher for the past 8 years, during which time she has completed two research internships, an NIHR MSc in Clinical Research, an NIHR Pre-doctoral Clinical Academic Fellowship, and the NIHR North West Coast CRN Research Scholars Programme.

She is currently undertaking a Wellcome 4Ward North PhD Fellowship at Newcastle University. Her studies are focused on factors influencing feeding outcomes following HIE, with view to informing parent education materials and the development of HIE-specific feeding interventions.Description goes here

Nigel is Professor of Paediatric Surgery at the University of Southampton, Consultant Paediatric and Neonatal Surgeon and Clinical Lead for neonatal surgery at Southampton Children’s Hospital. He is passionate about delivering high class surgical care to term and preterm neonates with a range of congenital and acquired surgical conditions. Particular areas of interest are Necrotising Enterocolitis and Oesophageal Atresia, and he leads an active research program into both of these conditions aiming to generate an evidence base to support improvements in clinical care and ultimately improve patient outcomes.

Rosie is a qualified nurse of 32 years, most of which has been spent in neonatal nursing. She trained at Great Ormond St Hospital as an RGN/RSCN and from there, up until 2010, worked on level 2 and level 3 neonatal units in Kent. She progressed to working as ward manager on the neonatal unit at Maidstone Hospital and also spent some time as a Baby and Child Advisor for Boots the Chemist. After relocating back to Lancashire, she worked at Blackpool neonatal unit for 10 years, where she worked clinically on Neonatal Outreach as a clinical educator and as a ward manager. She was also seconded to a lecturer post at the University of Central Lancashire (UClan) where she taught on undergraduate neonatal modules and the QiS programme.

Since 2020, she has worked as an educator with the North West Neonatal ODN where she has predominantly worked on the Foundation in Neonates (FiN) programme, which is the first part of the QiS pathway, and more recently she has developed a FiN programme for international nurses. Description goes here

Amy Brett - Amy Brett is based in South London where she lives with her husband and two daughters. Her book, Twenty-four Plus Six https://www.brettbooks.co.uk, tells the story of the terrifying roller-coaster ride she was suddenly flung onto when her youngest daughter arrived only twenty-four weeks and six days into her pregnancy, and was immediately rushed to intensive care.

Amy has written for the Early Birth Association, Ickle Pickles, and Bliss. Her Blog, Life of a Preemie Mum https://lifeofapreemiemum.com, draws upon her Philosophy degree from the University of Cambridge, tackling difficult ethical, moral, and social questions about prematurity. Her posts discuss the crazy, terrifying, heart-wrenching parenting moments that life becomes filled with when you become a mum to a premature baby. In 2020, Amy helped her eldest daughter write a children’s book called My Very Little Sister and the Very Big Story https://www.facebook.com/lifeofapreemiemumuk to support siblings of babies born prematurely or poorly.

Before giving up paid work to look after her children full time, Amy established a charity in Peru and went on to hold several leadership roles in UK charities, including Macmillan Cancer Support and Victim Support, where she was Head of Volunteering.

I am Diane Keeling, a neonatal nurse, currently working in the role of Consultant Practitioner at University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust (UHP). I am delighted to be joining the SW ODN conference to speak about nurse career pathways, exploring the many opportunities within neonatal services as roles continue to expand and develop. I have years of experience in education, working in partnership with Plymouth University to deliver enhanced and advanced practice modules. As an advanced practitioner (AP) for 20 years, I have experience of integrating new roles, creating opportunity, and developing services. Recently I have worked with the Centre for Advancing Practice at NHS England, to help identify areas where Advancing Practice can impact upon health services and create opportunity for nurse progression. Within this role I have developed models for clinical supervision, was a member of the working group for the multi professional paediatric AP Framework and chaired the Neonatal Standards QIS programme. As BAPM Nurse Representative I supported the development of the ANNP Career Capability Framework and promoted a multi-disciplinary approach to neonatal education and care delivery.

I am currently the NNA Advance Practice Lead for the Education pillar, sharing my experience to support others in their AP journey. As a NNA research scholar I am currently exploring Neonatal Nurse Led QI projects nationally, to identify the enablers and barriers for these projects and look forward to sharing the results at future conferences.

I hope you enjoy the conference; I look forward to meeting you there.

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