Anthony Palmer & Associates
Nursing, Midwifery & Allied
Healthcare Professional Experts
Anthony Palmer & Associates
Nursing, Midwifery & Allied
Healthcare Professional Experts
Our experts are highly experienced nursing, midwifery and allied healthcare professional staff, with a wealth of clinical, managerial and educational experience.
Between them, they write hundreds of reports each year for UK bodies including the NHS, the Crown Prosecution Service, the Nursing and Midwifery Council, the Royal College of Nursing, coroners and lawyers, and also to numerous overseas clients.
The reports are produced mainly in relation to liability and causation.
Our current experts are:
A Registered General Nurse (RGN) with over 30 years’ experience of working within various areas of the NHS, Elizabeth currently works as Lead Nurse for Specialist Surgery in a large University Teaching Hospital, with responsibility for the implementation, quality and delivery of a specialist surgical service for in-patients and outpatients throughout the Division.
A qualified Nurse Prescriber, Elizabeth works regularly as a Senior Clinical Nurse within the acute surgical wards at her Trust and therefore is completely up to date with current nursing practice and standards of care. She currently provides direct hands-on care whilst supervising junior less experienced colleagues. Elizabeth has considerable experience in complaint management, undertaking internal investigations into standards of nursing practice, leading on Serious Untoward Incident Investigations and reporting on standards of care.
Elizabeth also has further experience as a Clinical Nurse Specialist for Haemodialysis access and therefore is highly skilled in the management of the care of all vascular access devices.
Elizabeth Anderson’s areas of expertise include:
RN (Adult), PGDiP (MSc) Tissue Viability
A registered nurse and community nurse prescriber with over 17 years’ experience of working across numerous diverse settings.
Sarah currently works as a clinical lead in tissue viability with vast experience supporting patients with complex wounds, managing a specialist team and driving improvements in wound care, pressure ulcer prevention, and patient safety.
Sarah has significant experience in serious incident investigations, policy development and implementing evidence-based practices.
As an NMC Registrant, Sarah continually maintains and develops her clinical skills, knowledge and competence.
Rebecca Baker is a Registered Nurse with 19 years’ experience, She currently works as Respiratory Community Nurse Specialist for Dorset Healthcare Foundation Trust, which involves assessing respiratory patients in the community, supporting junior staff, managing chronic respiratory conditions, setting up an assessment clinic, supporting diagnostic services, bridging the link between primary and secondary care, facilitating MDTs and escalation when appropriate.
Recently working within a critical care outreach team, Rebecca assisted during the Covid pandemic, observing and assessing deteriorating patients, liaising with multi-disciplinary teams, attending cardiac arrest and medical emergency calls, and commencing non-invasive ventilatory support within ward areas. Rebecca last worked clinically within ITU in December 2023 to assist as a senior bank ITU nurse.
Rebecca Baker’s areas of expertise include:
A Registered General Nurse (RGN) with over 22 years’ experience of working within a variety of health care fields. Currently working as Associate Director of Nursing for Theatre, Critical Care and Surgery for a large south London teaching hospital with responsibility for the operational management of the division, strategy, governance and nursing quality of care within theatres, critical care and surgical wards across two hospital sites.
Extensive nursing and management experience gained as Matron for Adult Critical Care and Cardiac and Vascular Surgery in central London teaching hospitals.
Donna achieved a first-class honours qualifying Law degree and has an interest in medical law, governance, policy and ethics. As an NMC Registrant, Donna continually maintains and develops her clinical skills, knowledge and competence through her role as Associate Director of Nursing for Theatre, Critical Care and Surgery for a large south London teaching hospital and expert witness work.
As an Expert Witness, Donna Bradburn’s areas of expertise are:
A Registered Nurse (RN) with over 30 years’ experience of working within various areas of the NHS, hospices sector and social care, Peter is currently working as a freelance writer producing social care policies and online learning materials for e-platforms and for individual social care providers. Peter has extensive knowledge of regulation and policy within health and social care, and has previously been the Registered Manager for two nursing homes.
Peter also consults in social care, mainly supporting new care homes and domiciliary providers to register with the CQC and Ofsted, working with a variety of health and social care providers on registration (CQC and Ofsted), policy, management supervisions and mentoring, mock inspections, tenders, training and development, audit and governance structures, and delivery.
Peter’s extensive nursing expertise covers health and social care and he has extensive hands-on experience of working for agencies in nursing homes on and off since the 1980’s. For over 10 years, Peter was link-lecturer to the social care sector from a university, where he was a senior lecturer in nursing. With significant expertise and a profile in kidney care where he worked clinically, Peter ran research and governance teams, taught the renal course and continues to contribute as the consultant editor of a national kidney care journal.
Peter’s most recent experience includes registered manager of two nursing homes as well as director of nursing, and registered manager of two UK hospices, all of which needed significant development work where Peter was able to develop a broad understanding of health and social care.
Experience in end-of-life care having been a director of nursing in two hospices and a visiting lecturer and research supervisor in palliative care. Peter has been writing professionally since 1990 and has published over 400 articles in nursing and medical journals, 10 or so book chapters and six books (five in multiple editions).
Peter’s areas of expertise are as follows:
An advanced Nurse Practitioner with over 15 years’ experience of working as a nurse within various areas of the NHS, and considerable experience working in various wards and departments within the Gloucestershire Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.
Jeannette currently works as Frailty Advanced Clinical Practitioner, which involves undertaking geriatric assessments in the A&E Department and on the Frailty Assessment Unit.
As an Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP) and Nurse Prescriber, Jeannette is responsible for making autonomous clinical decisions, diagnosing, treating and discharging patients.
She has experience of working within surgical (gynaecology & urology), respiratory, outpatients and the acute medical wards. Jeannette has a particular expertise in the management of elderly patients with a range of complex needs, including managing the risk of falls, and medication / prescribing. An experienced, professional nurse who has given evidence in Coroner’s court, Jeannette has excellent report writing skills, preparing structured judgement reviews for hospital deaths and inpatient incidents – such as falls with injury – for the Hospital trust.
Jeannette’s areas of expertise are as follows:
A Registered Nurse (RN) with over 16 years’ experience of working within various areas of the NHS, Sian currently works as a Lead Nurse for Vascular Surgery at a large London Teaching Hospital, with responsibility for implementing and overseeing the quality and delivery of specialist surgical services for in-patients and outpatients throughout the Division.
Sian is a qualified Nurse Prescriber and works routinely as a Senior Clinical Nurse within the acute surgical wards at her Trust. She is therefore completely up to date with current nursing practice and standards of care and currently provides direct hands-on care, whilst supervising junior less experienced colleagues.
Sian has considerable experience in undertaking internal investigations into standards of nursing practice, leading on Serious Untoward Incident Investigations and reporting on standards of care. In addition, she is an experienced Clinical Nurse Specialist in Wound Care and Surgical Site Infection at Imperial College Healthcare for over three years and, since 2018, has presented at numerous professional conferences.
Sian’s areas of expertise are as follows:
RN, MSc Advanced Practice; General Nurse
A Registered General Nurse (RGN) with over 28 years’ experience of working within various areas of the NHS, Nicola began her career on a general critical care unit and then took a post establishing a critical care outreach service across the division of Heart and Lung.
She gained experience managing critically ill patients in a ward environment and / or expedited transfer to critical care, with the aim of preventing deterioration. Nicola then gained an MSc in Advanced Practice and became a non-medical prescriber.
As an Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP) in acute secondary care settings, she gained extensive experience in cardiothoracic, general surgical acute nursing / advanced clinical practice. As an acute primary care ACP in a GP out of hours setting, Nicola was accountable for independent reviews and management of undifferentiated patients in the treatment centre and during home visits.
Nicola has experience implementing NICE guidance, developing and implementing local policies, and conducting local, regional and national audit / surveillance. Nicola has undergone root cause analysis training and has experience in incident and disciplinary investigations.
Nicola currently works as Lecturer (Adult Field of Practice) in a university in the North West, with responsibility for the delivery of teaching and learning for pre-registration nurses and Programme Leadership for BSc Nursing (Adult).
The teaching and assessing remit encompass all areas of nursing, including acute illness management, medication management, clinical skills, clinical governance, legal aspects of nursing, quality improvement, leadership, management and non-medical prescribing. She is also an investigator for Fitness to Practice, taking cases across the School of Health and Society.
As an NMC Registrant, Nicola continually maintains and develops her clinical skills, knowledge and competence.
Areas of expertise:
Acute Secondary Care
Acute Primary Care
– Cough
– Chest pain / pain on breathing
– Shortness of breath
– Abdominal pain
– Vomiting / loose stools
– Pain on passing urine
– Haematuria
– Back pain
– Limb pain (including DVT)
– Insect bites / stings
– Cellulitis
– Rashes
– ENT pain / symptoms
– Fever
– New confusion
A Registered General Nurse (RGN) with over 17 years’ experience of working within various areas of the NHS and Prison Service, Amanda currently works as a Prison Nurse at HMP Berwyn, within the Primary Care team and Substance Misuse team. This involves health assessments, minor injury and illness assessments and managing long term conditions and general safeguarding.
Amanda is an experienced Agency Nurse working in a varied clinical environment including NHS ward work, dialysis unit and nursing home care. This involves general nursing duties including risk assessments, care planning and administration of medication.
Amanda also has experience with service users in the community who have physical disabilities along with medical conditions, which includes tracheostomy care. She has recently registered with Social Care Wales as a Domiciliary Care Manager for North Wales, completing care plans and risk assessments. As an NMC Registrant, Amanda continually maintains and develops her clinical skills, knowledge and competence
Areas of Expertise
• Prison Nursing including Emergency codes (blue/red)
• Learning Disabilities
• Administering prescribed medication
• Supporting people withdrawing from alcohol / drug abuse
• Personal care
• Managing long term conditions
• Diabetic care
• Dressings and wound care
• Care planning
• Falls risk assessments
• NG/PEG tube care / maintenance
• Syringe driver care and administration
• Catheter care
• Identifying the acutely unwell patient using the recognised National Early Warning Score (NEWS)
• Colostomy care
• Tracheostomy care
• Triaging
• Minor illnesses
• Long-term condition clinic
A Registered General Nurse (RGN) with over 16 years’ experience of working within various areas of the NHS, Sarah currently works as a Lecturer (Adult Field of Practice) in a large university where she is responsible for the implementation of teaching and learning in pre-registration nursing and is the Programme Lead for Masters for Leadership and Management.
Sarah is also a qualified Nurse Prescriber and works regularly as a Senior Bank Staff Nurse within Oncology, Haematology and Transplant Unit at The Christie Clinic and therefore is completely up to date with current nursing practice and standards of care.
She currently provides direct hands-on care with admission and discharge assessment and documentation, assessment, administration and delivery of chemotherapy and management of its side effects, delivery of care for patients undergoing stem cell transplant, blood product transfusion and biospecifics, care for patients post operatives and care of the dying.
As an NMC Registrant, Sarah continually maintains and develops her clinical skills, knowledge and competence.
Areas of Expertise
A registered nurse and midwife, with over 20 years’ experience of working within acute and community health care settings; Clinical Commissioning groups; NHSI and the CQC. Betty currently works as Senior Community Nursing Fellow for NHS England. The role involves working at a strategic and national level to strengthen and support the implementation of the National Priorities for Community Nursing (Annual Community Nursing Plan).
Prior to this role, Betty was Chief Nursing Officer for a large acute NHS Trust and had responsibility for the leadership of all nursing, midwifery and allied health professionals within the organisation, providing expert senior leadership and strategic oversight to the quality, patient safety and clinical governance agenda. Her role included being lead for the Patient Safety Incidents Responses Framework within the Trust, ensuring that systems of assurance were in place to monitor and minimise risks to patients.
Betty has significant experience in support of quality improvement through project management, monitoring and assuring quality of care in healthcare settings. She is also a qualified Nurse Prescriber. As an NMC Registrant, Betty continually maintains and develops her clinical skills, knowledge and competence.
Betty’s areas of expertise are as follows:
A Registered General Nurse (RGN) with over 37 years’ experience in healthcare, including 14 years’ experience of working as a Lead Falls Prevention Specialist in a large teaching hospital. Currently working as Leads Fall Prevention Specialist for Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, with responsibility for the development and evaluation of the Trust Falls Prevention Management service in line with National Policy and guidelines.
Strong primary and secondary care professional with a Registered Nurse qualification, BSc (Hons) Health & Social Care, PGCert in Medical and Health Education and Osteoporosis and Falls Management, Qualified Professional Nurse Advocate and Expert Witness Certificate.
Debra also holds an associate lecturer post at Anglia Ruskin University. She has been closely involved in the development and implementation of the Falls Quality Improvement Programme and has implemented the role of Falls Advocates to the Trust. Her current role involves responding to complaints and investigations relating to Falls.
Debra’s areas of expertise are as follows:
Dr Victoria Savin de Larclause is a highly experienced Registered Nurse & Emergency Nurse Practitioner with over 21 NHS years’ experience, with a unique skill set in nursing and management. Victoria has a broad range of experience in Accident & Emergency and acute care for both paediatrics and adults, as well as in partnership with other organisations.
She possesses well-developed expertise as an Emergency Nurse Practitioner (ENP) and Independent Nurse Prescriber, and also has significant private sector experience. Victoria is currently working towards an MSc in Medical Law and Ethics. As an NMC Registrant, Victoria has continually maintained and developed her clinical skills, knowledge and competence.
As an Expert Witness Dr Victoria Wright’s areas of expertise are:
A Registered General Nurse (RGN) and Mental Health Nurse (MHN) with over 39 years’ experience of working within a variety of health care fields. Tracy has senior experience as a nurse within a range of NHS community and inpatient settings, and within the Armed Forces acute and operational settings.
Tracy is currently a Bank Nurse for a large Health Board in Wales.
Tracy‘s prior experiences include working on the National Nosocomial Covid-19 Programme as Lead Nurse for a large Welsh Health Board. Associate Chief Nurse in a large university teaching hospital. Tracy was responsible for the senior professional nursing leadership supporting operational management of acute inpatient and outpatient services across multiple acute specialties. This included maternity and gynaecology, child health, pathology, imaging, pharmacy, oncology / haematology, emergency and radiotherapy services as well as undertaking community-based assessments including physical, psychological and social care requirements for quantum care assessment reports.
Tracy also specialised in mediation and has acted as an investigating officer and chaired nursing disciplinary panels. She also regularly acted as senior hospital manager across the acute Trust and has experience of working at a senior operational level including internal critical incident management and was involved in the NHS acute sector response to the Covid-19 pandemic. Her portfolio includes clinical governance, patient safety and satisfaction in addition to clinical risk management.
As an NMC Registrant, Tracy continually maintains and develops her clinical skills, knowledge and competence through expert witness work and Betsi Cadwaladr Health Board.
Areas of expertise:
Registered Children’s Nurse
Odele is a highly skilled and compassionate clinician with over 12 years’ experience in paediatric complex care and neurorehabilitation, providing expert leadership and care coordination across hospital and homecare settings.
As a proactive and dedicated case manager, she delivers holistic, family-centred advocacy and support, empowering clients to reach their full potential
Her experience includes supporting children and young people with complex medical needs such as tracheostomy and ventilator care, enteral feeding, seizure management, and rehabilitation following brain, spinal or orthopaedic injury.
Odele brings a calm and confident approach to care transitions, discharge planning, and multi-agency collaboration. She is committed to ensuring that the client’s voice is heard and that care is tailored to their individual goals and abilities.
As a passionate advocate for her clients, Odele’s dedication is reflected in her clear, thoughtful, and evidence-based report writing. With extensive experience supporting families through challenging times, she is committed to building trusting relationships and ensuring continuity of care.
Odele is also experienced in leading homecare teams to deliver safe, consistent, and high-quality care aligned with best practice and family preferences. This includes formulating detailed care plans and risk assessments, as well as delivering clinical training and competency assessments for care staff.
As an NMC Registrant, Odele continually maintains and develops her clinical skills, knowledge and competence.
Areas of expertise (all within Paediatrics):
Yvette is a Registered Mental Health Nurse with over 8 years’ experience of working within the field of mental health. Yvette has experience in general mental health nursing, mental health crisis team and early intervention in psychosis. Yvette’s extensive expertise covers a wide range of mental health nursing, including assess, signposting and treating patients presenting with mental health crisis within primary care and accident and emergency departments.
She also has experience with general mental health nursing, including medication rounds, physical observations, risk assessments, and supporting service users under section 17 leave. Furthermore, Yvette has experience in identification and management of service users suffering with early psychosis.
An Advanced Nurse Practitioner and Registered General Nurse (RGN) with over 25 years’ experience of working within various areas of the NHS, Melissa currently has a dual role as Advanced Nurse Practitioner within both a large GP Medical Centre & for the University Health Centre, with responsibility for patient care including the initial assessment of treatment of presenting patient as well as assessing and treating patients with minor illnesses.
Melissa is also a qualified Non-Medical Prescriber and has considerable experience of working within the community as Matron, managing the practice nurse team for a large GP practice with a population size of 13,000 in Coventry. This involved caring for patients with long term conditions such as COPD, heart failure and diabetes. Melissa held clinical responsibility for these complex patients, assessing, diagnosing, and prescribing as necessary. She also delivered care via telephone and video consultation for those patients that did not wish to attend the practice.
With responsibility for delivering high quality care under the ‘Enhanced Health in Care Home’s (2020)’ scheme, Melissa was responsible for leading the delivery of primary health care to seven care homes with 200 beds. This role involved ensuring and coordinating high quality outcome-based care for these patients, which involved working alongside GPs, ANPs, nurses, Out of Hospital staff, care home staff, social care and administrative staff – and following local guidelines.
Melissa’s areas of expertise include:
MSc Advanced Practice, BSc, RGN; Advanced Nurse Practitioner
Penny is an experienced Advanced Nurse Practitioner (ANP) with extensive clinical and governance expertise across primary care, urgent care, out-of-hours services, and minor injuries units, as well as prior experience in Cardiothoracic Surgery. Penny brings a strong combination of advanced clinical decision-making and robust quality, safety, and risk management skills that support her ability to provide credible, evidence-based expert opinion.
She has expertise in diagnostic assessment, long term conditions, acute presentations, minor illness, minor injuries, infections, preventative healthcare, wound care, frailty care, and independent prescribing. Penny is also a certified ophthalmic nurse.
During her time in Cardiothoracic, she completed and reviewed a significant number of clinical incidents, patient complaints, and adverse events, applying structured Root Cause Analysis (RCA) methodology. Penny routinely produced investigation reports, identified contributory factors, and delivered learning to multidisciplinary teams to strengthen patient safety and service performance.
Penny’s current role is as Clinical Governance Lead at Coben Health Care, where she manages the full complaints and incident-handling process for the organisation. This includes directing investigations, guiding clinicians on writing clear, accurate, and legally defensible responses, liaising with clients for resolution, and ensuring learning is disseminated effectively. Penny also maintains the organisational risk register, monitor developing risks, and support mitigation planning.
She regularly liaises with professional bodies and external agencies, contributing to screening reviews, responding to regulatory enquiries, and assisting with the completion of Serious Case Reviews where appropriate.
Penny’s broad clinical background in general practice, urgent treatment, out-of-hours services, and minor injuries, combined with senior-level governance leadership, enables her to deliver independent, balanced, and analytically robust expert-nurse opinions within her professional scope.
As an NMC Registrant, Penny continually maintains and develops her clinical skills, knowledge, and competence.
Areas of expertise:
Lorna Redgewell is a highly experienced Registered Nurse with over 25 NHS years’ experience, currently working as Advanced & Emergency Nurse Practitioner for Urgent Care Suffolk GP Federation, which involves assessing, diagnosing and treating patients with minor injuries and minor illness; requesting X-ray and referring to specialties (where appropriate) within the acute or outpatient setting; and responsibility for investigating clinical complaints and serious incidents within the organisation.
In addition, Lorna is autonomously practising in the community as an Advanced Nurse Practitioner with GP Practice, Ipswich. Lorna has prepared a large number of internal investigation reports including Serious Untoward Incident Reports (SUI), Route Cause Analysis Investigation Reports (RCA), as well as other internally focused investigative reports.
With experience as an Independent Specialist Advisor for the Care Quality Commission from June 2014 to January 2019, Lorna has considerable experience in advising on specific nursing standards within hospital and community settings. She has a broad range of experience in working across both acute and primary care, as well as in partnership with other organisations. Lorna possesses excellent interpersonal skills and well-developed expertise in Nurse Practitioning and is a qualified Independent Nurse Prescriber.
As an NMC Registrant, she has continually maintained and developed her clinical skills, knowledge and competence.
Lorna’s areas of expertise include:
Mark is a highly experienced NMC registered nurse with a varied background of clinical practice, from general nursing to advanced clinical practice working as a locum through Coben Healthcare. Mark also has significant organisational nursing management and nurse education experience.
Advanced Nurse Practitioner role with an MSc in Advanced Clinical Practice and V300 Independent Prescribing Qualification. Wide-ranging experience working within GP surgeries, Walk-In Centres, Urgent Care Centres, GP Out of Hours, Acute Visiting Services for admission avoidance and accident and emergency departments.
Conducts telephone / face-to-face triage, face-to-face assessment and home visits. General Nursing and organisational nursing management. Mark also has experience working within general wards, endoscopy units, nursing homes and community case management of long-term conditions and acute virtual ward.
He has experience as a senior auditor on clinical guardian and senior management on-call rota. Mark is an honorary nurse lecturer at the University of Chester, teaching a variety of specialist nursing topics to both undergraduate and postgraduate students including nursing research and advanced clinical practice modules.
Mark is currently undertaking his doctorate in professional nursing studies with completion due in September 2024. Mark has published several articles within the nursing literature and has been a clinical mentor for postgraduate students undertaking a degree module on minor illness affiliated with Liverpool John Moores University.
Mark’s areas of expertise include:
Shagufta has held several roles within the NHS and has over 15 years of experience in healthcare across acute, primary, and secondary care. As a registered Nurse she has vast experience from a range of different healthcare settings such as medical admissions units, ED, medical and surgical specialities, operating theatres, surgical assessment units, GP surgery, telephone triage with NHS111/999 and the out of hours GP service.
Shagufta’s experience has enabled her to practice effectively and efficiently; she is able to prioritise and manage her workload within restricted time constraints and work well under pressure. Shagufta is a committed individual and a confident practitioner who provides safe, effective and patient centered care.
She was seconded as a Clinical Team Leader at the Yorkshire Ambulance Integrated Urgent Care Service, for a team of nurses and paramedics, providing clinical supervision and mentorship, ensuring staff achieved the standard required for their role, identifying learning and educational needs, supporting them and ensuring they can evidence competency.
She has regularly undertaken auditing and training and more recently was involved in a recruitment initiative of training and auditing of international nurses, working collaboratively with other services such as the Emergency Operations Centre (999) and partnering GP OOH’s service providers such as Local Care Direct, Derbyshire Health United, NEMS and Sheffield GP Collaborative.
As an NMC Registrant, Shagufta continually maintains and develops her clinical skills, knowledge, and competence.
Areas of expertise:
An experienced Registered General Nurse (RGN) with over 20 years’ experience of working within various areas of the NHS, Wendie is currently working as an Advanced Nurse Practitioner where she has the responsibility of diagnosing and treating illness, organising tests and referrals as necessary.
Wendie works as an Advanced Nurse Practitioner in a variety of settings including primary care (GPs) and out of hours. As a qualified Non-Medical Prescriber, Wendie is able to prescribe medicines to patients. For the past seven years, Wendie has undertaken telephone triage for 111 and out of hours services, and recently started remote consultations to suit the needs of the service.
Since qualifying, Wendie’s nursing experience has been wide-ranging, including acute care in hospital settings in a variety of specialties. Her focus over the past 15 years has been within primary care, working closely with multidisciplinary teams, GP’s, district nurses and carers. Her role as an advanced nurse practitioner has involved utilising clinical skills in clinics as an autonomous practitioner working alongside other clinical and non-clinical staff to provide patient care. This includes undertaking referrals and requesting clinical investigations to diagnose conditions.
Wendie has been a Queens nurse since 2014 – an endorsement of Wendie’s commitment to patient care and quality of service – and she is an active member of the Queens Nurses Institute community. As an NMC Registrant, Wendie continually maintains and develops her clinical skills, knowledge and competence.
Anita Tunstall is a highly experienced Registered Nurse with over 30 NHS years’ experience, including with orthopaedics, general medicine, rehabilitation and elderly care. Ensuring high quality care has been central to the roles Anita has undertaken, with day-to-day involvement with management of clinical incidents, staff development and conflict resolution. In private settings, Anita has managed several elderly care units.
Currently working as Advanced Nurse Practitioner for Applocum, which involves the assessment, diagnosis and treatment of patients with minor injuries and minor illness; requesting X-ray and referring to specialties (where appropriate) within the acute or outpatient setting; and recently working within the vaccination clinics with responsibility for administering Covid 19 vaccines.
Anita has a broad range of experience in working across both acute and primary care, as well as in partnership with other organisations. She possesses excellent interpersonal skills and well-developed expertise as a Nurse Practitioner and is a qualified Independent Nurse Prescriber.
As an NMC Registrant she has continually maintained and developed her clinical skills, knowledge and competence. With a particular expertise with stroke patients, Anita has a Diploma and Advanced Qualification in Stroke Care and has provided presentations nationally on the same.
Anita’s areas of expertise include:
Judith is Registered Nurse (RN) with over 30 years’ experience of working within community care. She has experience in district nursing and community nursing as a clinical matron in long-term conditions and also in palliative and end of life community nursing care.
Judith’s extensive nursing expertise covers wide range of district and community nursing practice both in clinical practice and nursing management. She is an independent non-medical prescriber in all aspects of medicine management and drug errors. As clinical matron within the community she is a long-term conditions case manager, where she actively assesses and plans care for her caseload.
As an NMC Registrant, Judith continually maintains and develops her clinical skills, knowledge, and competence.
Judith’s areas of expertise include:
A Registered Nurse (RN) with over 30 years’ experience of working within various areas of the NHS, hospices sector and social care, Peter is currently working as a freelance writer producing social care policies and online learning materials for e-platforms and for individual social care providers. Peter has extensive knowledge of regulation and policy within health and social care, and has previously been the Registered Manager for two nursing homes.
Peter also consults in social care, mainly supporting new care homes and domiciliary providers to register with the CQC and Ofsted, working with a variety of health and social care providers on registration (CQC and Ofsted), policy, management supervisions and mentoring, mock inspections, tenders, training and development, audit and governance structures, and delivery.
Peter’s extensive nursing expertise covers health and social care and he has extensive hands-on experience of working for agencies in nursing homes on and off since the 1980’s. For over 10 years, Peter was link-lecturer to the social care sector from a university, where he was a senior lecturer in nursing. With significant expertise and a profile in kidney care where he worked clinically, Peter ran research and governance teams, taught the renal course and continues to contribute as the consultant editor of a national kidney care journal.
Peter’s most recent experience includes registered manager of two nursing homes as well as director of nursing, and registered manager of two UK hospices, all of which needed significant development work where Peter was able to develop a broad understanding of health and social care.
Experience in end-of-life care having been a director of nursing in two hospices and a visiting lecturer and research supervisor in palliative care. Peter has been writing professionally since 1990 and has published over 400 articles in nursing and medical journals, 10 or so book chapters and six books (five in multiple editions).
Peter’s areas of expertise are as follows:
An Advanced Nurse Practitioner and Registered General Nurse (RGN) with over 25 years’ experience of working within various areas of the NHS, Melissa currently has a dual role as Advanced Nurse Practitioner within both a large GP Medical Centre & for the University Health Centre, with responsibility for patient care including the initial assessment of treatment of presenting patient as well as assessing and treating patients with minor illnesses.
Melissa is also a qualified Non-Medical Prescriber and has considerable experience of working within the community as Matron, managing the practice nurse team for a large GP practice with a population size of 13,000 in Coventry. This involved caring for patients with long term conditions such as COPD, heart failure and diabetes. Melissa held clinical responsibility for these complex patients, assessing, diagnosing, and prescribing as necessary. She also delivered care via telephone and video consultation for those patients that did not wish to attend the practice.
With responsibility for delivering high quality care under the ‘Enhanced Health in Care Home’s (2020)’ scheme, Melissa was responsible for leading the delivery of primary health care to seven care homes with 200 beds. This role involved ensuring and coordinating high quality outcome-based care for these patients, which involved working alongside GPs, ANPs, nurses, Out of Hospital staff, care home staff, social care and administrative staff – and following local guidelines.
Melissa’s areas of expertise include:
A professional graduate nurse with over 16 years’ experience in the NHS, Nicola continues to work clinically as a Community Matron / Advanced Nurse Practitioner leading a team of nurses, which involves the management of patients with complex health needs and assessment of complex patient discharges.
With responsibility for undertaking concise investigations and serious incidents, and dealing with complaints, Nicola has recently taken on the dual role of Service Manager which involves leading service delivery for adult community health service, and management of a team of 60 community nurses and responsibility for the adult community for part of north Northamptonshire.
Responsible for assessing patients from GP practice referrals, Nicola’s role currently involves performing advanced assessments such as cardiovascular, neurological, abdominal, respiratory and musculoskeletal examinations to determine a diagnosis, prescribe or refer onwards.
Nicola has a keen interest in tissue viability and palliative care and is regarded as an expert in these fields. In the last five years, she has completed a degree in cancer care, undertaken the MSc in District Nursing, Nurse Prescribing and NHS Leadership.
As an Advanced Nurse Practitioner, Nicola supports patients with long term conditions and provides support to enable them to remain in their home and improve their quality of life. In addition, Nicola has experience as a clinical lead and Nursing Home manager, providing care to clients with complex needs such as physical disability, Parkinson’s disease, post CVA, dementia, end-of-life care and 24-hour nursing care.
Nicola’s areas of expertise include:
Tanya is a dual Registered Nurse (RN) and Registered Mental Health Nurse (RMN) with over 20 years’ experience of working within various areas of the NHS, Forensic Nursing, Nursing / Residential Care and Domiciliary Care.
She has extensive knowledge of regulation and policy within health and social care, where she is a nominated individual with the CQC for two private care organisations.
As an independent healthcare consultant, Tanya consults in social care mainly supporting new Care Homes and domiciliary providers to register with the CQC and Ofsted, working with a variety of health and social care providers on registration CQC, policy, management supervisions and mentoring, mock inspections, tenders, training and development, audit and governance structures and delivery.
Tanya’s extensive nursing expertise covers health and social care, and she has hands-on experience working for agencies in nursing homes, is an NVQ assessor and experienced at conducting root cause analysis as part of serious untoward investigation. She has previously been a CQC inspector, predominantly within mental health.
As an NMC Registrant, Tanya continually maintains and develops her clinical skills, knowledge, and competence.
Areas of Expertise
A professional graduate nurse with 35 years’ experience in the NHS, private, private medical insurance, medico legal and nursing home healthcare sectors. An excellent communicator and manager operating at all levels within the healthcare sector.
Amanda is an independent healthcare consultant providing expert witness services, rehabilitation, case management, care management and healthcare consultancy services to the public and private sector nationally.
An exceptionally experienced Nursing Expert Witness providing Causation and Liability reports, Breach of care reports, Condition and Prognosis Reports on Care, Loss of Services reports, Care Needs Reports, Care and Services reports and Care and Case Management reports with reference to multiple trauma, catastrophic injury and acquired brain injury.
Amanda is an experienced rehabilitation case manager providing Immediate Needs Assessments (INA). She continues to work clinically as an agency nurse – in a Specialist Neuro rehabilitation Unit; a School Nurse in a Special Educational Needs School providing care to pupils with complex physical, developmental, behavioural and Neuro diverse needs; Nursing care Homes in the community and Palliative care.
She has experience as a clinical lead and nursing home manager providing care to clients with complex needs such as physical disability, Parkinson’s disease, post CVA, dementia and end-of-life care requiring 24-hour nursing.
Amanda’s areas of expertise include:
An experienced Registered General Nurse (RGN) with over 20 years’ experience of working within various areas of the NHS, Wendie is currently working as an Advanced Nurse Practitioner where she has the responsibility of diagnosing and treating illness, organising tests and referrals as necessary.
Wendie works as an Advanced Nurse Practitioner in a variety of settings including primary care (GPs) and out of hours. As a qualified Non-Medical Prescriber, Wendie is able to prescribe medicines to patients. For the past seven years, Wendie has undertaken telephone triage for 111 and out of hours services, and recently started remote consultations to suit the needs of the service.
Since qualifying, Wendie’s nursing experience has been wide-ranging, including acute care in hospital settings in a variety of specialties. Her focus over the past 15 years has been within primary care, working closely with multidisciplinary teams, GP’s, district nurses and carers. Her role as an advanced nurse practitioner has involved utilising clinical skills in clinics as an autonomous practitioner working alongside other clinical and non-clinical staff to provide patient care. This includes undertaking referrals and requesting clinical investigations to diagnose conditions.
Wendie has been a Queens nurse since 2014 – an endorsement of Wendie’s commitment to patient care and quality of service – and she is an active member of the Queens Nurses Institute community. As an NMC Registrant, Wendie continually maintains and develops her clinical skills, knowledge and competence.
Sarah has worked in clinical midwifery for 25 years, during which time she has gained extensive experience in all aspects of midwifery care. Currently working as a Community Midwife, (antenatal care, home births, postnatal care), Sarah also has very recent experience of working as Senior Midwife within the Maternity Assessment (triage) Unit and now regularly runs a clinic for newborn babies requiring their physical examination (NIPE) as part of the Public Health England antenatal and postnatal screening pathway.
Sarah is regularly employed by the Nursing Midwifery Council (NMC) as a Fitness to Practice panellist. As an NMC Registrant, Sarah continually maintains and develops her clinical skills, knowledge and competence. She also works part-time as a midwifery lecturer at Oxford Brookes University and gained her Master’s degree in 2021. Within the last two years, Sarah has had three research papers published in both national and international professional journals.
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Lydia has worked in clinical midwifery for over 10 years, during which time she has gained extensive experience in all aspects of midwifery care. Lydia’s areas of clinical experience are predominantly Labour and Delivery Care or Maternity Triage / Day Assessment Unit.
She worked at Basildon University Hospital Trust for 7 years, where she was core staff on the onsite low-risk Midwife Led Birthing Unit for two years (this included home visits and home births in the community). Lydia then went to work on maternity Triage and the Day assessment unit combined, caring for a range of women with comorbidities and high-risk pregnancies. During this time, she was involved in assisting with scan reviews and discussing ongoing care plans in view of abnormal findings, working closely with Antenatal screening where required.
During Lydia’s time on both the Birthing Unit and Maternity Triage, she would frequently work on the Delivery Suite or the Postnatal Ward. During this time, Lydia also Facilitated a VBAC (Vaginal Birth after Caesarean Section) / LSCS (Lower Section Caesarean section) clinic to enable women to make informed decisions for their next mode of delivery after previously having a LSCS. This gave her a vast amount of knowledge in this field, and she continues to implement this into her own practice.
On moving to Tunbridge Wells Hospital in 2021, Lydia now works as a Rotational Midwife in all areas. However, she mostly spends her time working clinically on Delivery Suite where she is currently based. Her previous clinical experience working in a range of areas has given her a strong understanding of the ever-developing medical and obstetric comorbidities in today’s childbearing population.
Lydia has extensive knowledge and clinical experience in the care of women with: diabetes, hypertension, pre-eclampsia, previous LSCS, premature labour and birth, mental health conditions, growth restricted babies, raised BMI, infection, sepsis, pre-labour rupture of membranes, shoulder dystocia, cord prolapse, uterine rupture, antepartum haemorrhage, postpartum haemorrhage, meconium-stained liquor, prolonged labour, bereavement care, reduced or altered pattern of foetal movements, induction and augmentation of labour, low risk intrapartum care, high risk intrapartum care, obstetric cholestasis and many more.
Lydia’s areas of expertise include:
BSC (Hons), MSc, PDGE, MCSP
Andrea is a highly skilled physiotherapist with nearly 30 years of experience in managing complex orthopaedic trauma, musculoskeletal injuries, amputations, and brain injuries. Her extensive background includes both clinical practice and serving as a Rehabilitation Manager at a prominent law firm.
Driven by a passion for patient-centred care, Andrea’s expertise enables her to customise interventions that address the distinct needs of each client, thereby optimising their recovery and overall well-being. Andrea is committed to continuously exploring innovative solutions and collaborating with multidisciplinary teams to improve treatment outcomes. Her ability to integrate evidence-based practices with a compassionate approach ensures that clients receive the support and understanding they need throughout their rehabilitation journey.
Andrea’s dedication to continuous learning ensures she remains at the forefront of advancements in her field, allowing her to implement the most current and evidence-based practices. She consistently delivers excellence, demonstrating both leadership and a supportive spirit that inspires those around her.
As an HCPC Registrant, Andrea continually maintains and develops her clinical skills, knowledge, and competence.
Andrea has extensive experience in assimilating and evaluating complex medical information Her ability to identify realistic and measurable client-focused goals ensures that interventions are not only effective but also tailored to the specific needs of clients. Her proficiency in monitoring outcomes post-intervention highlights her commitment to continuous improvement and accountability. Her talent for building relationships based on trust is crucial in fostering a collaborative environment, as it encourages open communication and teamwork among professionals and clients alike.
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Martin is Chartered Physiotherapist with over 25 years’ experience of working within the field of both NHS and private clinical practice. He has experience in general physiotherapy, direct referral to MSK clinics, fracture clinics, complex MSK specialist MDT services, private sporting injury practice and undertaking progress and condition reports for personal injury such as whiplash.
Martin’s extensive clinical expertise covers a wide range of physiotherapy work, including NHS practice, private clinical practice, and personal injury progress and condition reports. He is an independent clinical practitioner who assesses, diagnoses and implements clinical management plans for patients presenting from primary care service with MSK disorders. He also has clinical experience working within fracture clinics and clinically assesses and implements clinical treatment plans for patients presenting within his private clinical practice with MSK disorders, whiplash and sporting injuries.
A member of the Sports Council of Wales network of physiotherapists, Martin also provides specialist physiotherapy to Welsh elite athletes based in North Wales for both junior and senior level and for all manner of sports. This involves providing physiotherapy and rehabilitation in order to get them back to their sport.
As an HPC Registrant, Martin continually maintains and develops his clinical skills, knowledge, and competence.
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Emma is a highly experienced Brain Injury Case Manager with additional extensive experience of nursing care supporting patients with a broad range of medical conditions in both adult and paediatric situations.
For over 13 years she has wworked as a professional nurse with patients with physical health needs, acquired / traumatic brain injury, learning disabilities, mental health needs, other neurological disorders.
Having worked in a variety of medical settings including neuro rehabilitation hospitals, EMI units, psychiatric hospitals and general medical wards, Emma is skilled and experienced in working with patients who have complex rehabilitation, support and care requirements and have medical requirements such as tracheostomy, ventilation care and continence need.
Emma can accurately and comprehensively assess the health and nursing needs of a client to ensure that the appropriate treatment, support and therapy interventions required are arranged and provided to support optimal health and rehabilitation.
Emma has proven skills in working cooperatively and creatively with legal teams (including extensive experience in attending Counsel led case conferences and giving evidence in court) and in client situations where there are both statutory and independent agencies involved.
Furthermore, she has experience of forming and coordinating multi-disciplinary rehabilitation packages and in managing large care teams, both directly employed and through agencies and has a proven history of cultivating excellent working relationships with colleagues, service users and their families.
Whilst working in a hospital and care home environment, Emma was able to diligently complete and support Health Needs Assessments of patients with complex needs under the Department of Health National framework for Continuing Health Care, NHS Funded Nursing Care, and fast track referrals for end-of-life needs. Emma also undertook further work in this environment, including the chairing of Care Programme Approach (CPA) meetings with overall responsibility for ensuring that patients’ needs were assessed and plans around patient care needs were met whilst under the Mental Health Act.
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Michael is a Registered Paramedic with over 16 years’ clinical experience working within the field of paramedicine, accident and emergency, primary care and acute medicine.
An experienced Consultant Advanced Clinical Practitioner within unscheduled urgent primary care, Michael works as Head of Clinical Performance at Mastercall Healthcare where he is responsible for clinical and service improvement through robust clinical governance and digital transformation.
Michael is a clinical auditor on the clinical guardian board and a senior member of the quality and safety team. An experienced mentor and educator for trainee advanced clinical practitioners across acute medicine, and unscheduled urgent primary care, he is also a mentor and educator for the level 7 minor illness qualification, which is affiliated with Liverpool John Moore University.
Michael’s extensive clinical expertise covers a wide range of clinical care for ambulatory acute medicine, unscheduled primary care, pre-hospital emergency paramedicine, urgent and emergency care environments.
Focusing on patient-centred evidence-based practices, he has experience of developing and integrating advanced clinical pathways, including virtual wards and complex booking systems to improve patient flow and reduce hospital admissions, and of introducing of Point of Care Testing (POCT) systems into clinical services e.g. acute respiratory hubs, enabling rapid diagnostics and reducing A&E admissions.
He is acting clinical lead for the Stepping Hill Urgent Treatment Centre, where he teaches cohorts of MSc advanced practice students. In addition, he is clinical development lead for community DVT pathway integration across Trafford, Stockport and Wythenshawe, including use of POCT D-Dimer and Patient Group Directions for DOAC to reduce admissions. Michael is also antimicrobial resistance lead for Trafford unscheduled care.
As an HCPC Registrant, Michael continually maintains and develops his clinical skills, knowledge, and competence.
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Julie Bowmaker – Advanced Nurse Practitioner (ANP), District & Prison nursing care
Pam McAuslan – Residential & nursing home care
Anthony Palmer – General nursing
Lisa Simpson – General nurse