SAPHNA - Key Persons
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- Member of the Editorial Board
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- Member of the Editorial Board
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- Member of the Advisory Board
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- Academic Advisor
- Lecturer in Nursing and Associated Programmes Department of Nursing Faculty of Health Sciences
My name is Heidi Fewings, I am a Lecturer at the University of Hull in the Faculty of Health Sciences.
I started my professional career as an adult nurse, then progressed into School Nursing where I designed and delivered a service to support vulnerable communities in Hull. I have also worked in Sexual Health services and Children Mental Health Services. (CAMHS). I am passionate about adolescent health and development, particularly mental wellbeing.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Advisory Board
Job Titles:
- Member of the Editorial Board
Hello, my name is Jessica. I started my paediatric nursing career in 2013. During the time I have worked within the acute setting, surgical, oncology and spent two years as a children nurse within the first ever children's hospital in the UAE.
For the last two years I have been working within a School nursing team. School nursing helped bring back my passion and love for nursing and I love the direct contact with children and families. School nurses are integral to improving the outcome and lives of children. We are blessed to work within the heart of our communities and bridge the gap between health and education.
I am very excited to be a part of the SAPHNA team to help advocate for our role and expand my professional growth and development
Job Titles:
- Member of the Advisory Board
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- Member of the Editorial Board
- Nurse
I qualified as nurse in 1982 and began my career in Accident and Emergency Nursing, initially working days and then having had children returned onto nights. I firmly believe that this experience provided me with some excellent transferable skills for school nursing for example the ability to manage Read Julie's profile
Job Titles:
- Member of the Advisory Board
Job Titles:
- Member of the Editorial Board
Having started nursing in 1980 I am now proud to say I have been in the nursing profession for forty years. The first twenty years of this time was spent working on a variety of wards including paediatrics, orthopaedic rehab and stroke rehab. Read Lyz's profile
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- Member of the Editorial Board
- Community Public Health Nurse
- Nurse / Specialist
I am a registered Children's Nurse/Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (SN); in 2015 I was made a Queen's Nurse. My previous roles have included Clinical Lead for HV/SN, Prof Lead for School Nursing in Leicester and now work for Compass HWB charity as Assistant Director for Universal Services. Read Maggie's profile
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- Member of the Advisory Board
My specialist area and passion is children and young people's mental health and wellbeing. I hold a MSC in Child and Family Mental Health in 2009 and a PGD in Public Mental Health and worked in a Primary Mental Health team developing pathway across School Nursing Services and CAMHS. I was the Regional project lead for the Targeted Mental Health in Schools (TaMHS) working for NHS West Midlands and part of a local TaMHS implementation team. I was a member of the expert panel for the development of the handbook for Mental Health Support Teams in School and I am topic expert for NICE contributing to the development of Public Health guidance Including ‘alcohol education in schools' and more recently ‘social and emotional wellbeing in schools'. I am part of the local Children and Young People's Mental Health Strategy and Transformation Group and chair the Early Help Steering group. I have a keen interest in leadership, people development and service development. I hold the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson NHS Senior Healthcare Leadership Award and MSc in Healthcare Leadership, a ILM Coaching qualification and I am a qualified NLP practitioner. I was part of the PHE National School Nurse leaders development programme. I have led a School Nursing Service through an extensive service and workforce redevelopment and re-tender process. Outside of work I am keen cyclist and volunteer a British Cycling ride leader and cycle coach and I enjoy skiing. You can follow me on Twitter @sallyann8 or view my Linkedin profile at http://linkedin.com/in/sallyann-sutton-67267140
I have worked in the NHS since 1986, 27 years within School Nursing qualifying as a Specialist Community Public Health Nurse in 2005. I have held a variety of roles including clinical team leader, lead for mental health and most recently Professional lead. Read SallyAnn's profile
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- Academic Advisor
- Senior Lecturer in Children and Young People 's Nursing and SCPHN Department of Nursing, Midwifery and Health
My name is Sarah Greenshields, I qualified as a Children and Young People's Nurse in 2008. I worked on a busy ward in a tertiary hospital before moving into the community in 2010. I completed my SCPHN and subsequent MSc whilst working as a full time School Nurse. I am passionate about the health of our families with a specialist interest around children and young people in care
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- Independent Consultant
- Member of the Advisory Board
- Member of the Editorial Board
- Nurse
- Trustee
- Co - Chair of School Nurses International
Sharon White is a qualified nurse, midwife and school nurse with over 40 years' experience of working with children, young people and families. The majority of this time has been spent in the community at operational, managerial and strategic levels. Prior to her departure from the NHS she was Designated nurse for safeguarding/looked after children in across a large city.
Sharon is Co-chair of School Nurses International and Chief Executive Officer of the School and Public Health Nurses Association (SAPHNA). She is recognised as a global expert on School Nursing and as a passionate advocate for children, young people and their families, as such, she works across national and international Government Departments influencing, challenging and developing policy whilst driving forward the school nursing profession.
In her Independent Consultant role Sharon is involved in both tendering and procurement 0-19 services. She conducts reviews, re-designs, develops and transforms whole services. She offers training and educational opportunities across a host of public health and safeguarding children subject areas. She is recognised as an expert in her field and, as such, works in an advisory capacity at local, national and international level. She is an experienced and well recognised international presenter and published author.
Sharon is humbled and honoured to have received the Order of the British Empire in the Queens New Year's Honours list for 2015
In her ‘spare time', she is mum to 4, grandmother to 2+2+1 and Godmother to too many to recall!
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- Member of the Advisory Board