Claire joined the Network Team in April 2021 from the Lancashire & South Cumbria Critical Care & Major Trauma Network where she had been the Lead Nurse for over 7 years. She qualified as a Registered General Nurse in 1992 and spent a significant part of her career in critical care before taking up a Matrons post at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust where she provided leadership for the Infection Prevention and Control & Performance and Surveillance Team, before moving into a new role as Head of Patient Safety in 2012. During this time Claire also worked across the L&SC region as part of a NHSE work programme of patient safety. Claire joined the network in Lancashire and South Cumbria on a permanent basis as Lead nurse in 2014, having previously carried out a number of improvement projects for the network whilst on secondment. During this time, Claire has been the Chair of CC3N, representing critical care nursing at various meetings including the Adult Critical Care Clinical Reference Group and UKCCNA. Educated to Masters level, Claire has also recently completed the first cohort of Professional Nurse Advocate Training through the University of Canterbury and is looking forward to providing staff support through the embedding of this role across the network Claire says; “I am incredibly passionate about critical care services and improving the quality of care we provide for our patients. I am delighted to have this opportunity to work with and support the critical care multi professional teams across West & South Yorkshire in their delivery of consistent, high quality and equitable services that meet the needs of our patients”.
Paul joined the Network as Medical Lead in February 2024. Paul is a Consultant in Anaesthesia & Intensive Care Medicine at Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.
Eve started her career as a newly qualified registered nurse in intensive care in 2004 at Harrogate & District NHS Trust. She has worked in various roles in critical care throughout her career including Critical Care Sister and Practice Educator. She commenced her most recent role as Unit Manager for Critical Care at the start of the pandemic. She has undertaken the Professional Nurse Advocate Programme. She has a keen interest in education and has supported the Transfer Training programme in West Yorkshire for a number of years. Eve is on forward to secondment to the West & South Yorkshire Networks as Lead Nurse for Education & Quality Improvement for a 12 month period.
Alison joined the Network Team in June 2017 from Adult Critical Care in Leeds Teaching Hospitals where she had been Clinical Practice Educator since 2015. She qualified and a Registered Nurse in 1999 and has sent the majority of her career in critical care working her way from staff nurse to sister and then to Clinical Educator.
Alison has a particular interest in quality improvement, patient safety, leadership and critical care transfers.
Educated to degree level, Alison is currently undertaking Professional Nurse Advocate Training through the University of Northumbria and is looking forward to providing staff support through the embedding of this role across the network