I am a qualified adult nurse, midwife and neonatal nurse. I have worked at the neonatal unit in Poole for eleven years, the last nine years as an ANNP. I became the Lead ANNP four years ago, and recently participated in the first wave of the maternity and neonatal collaboration for NHS Improve. I am enjoying the challenges of leading on improvement in my local area and disseminating knowledge gained, as well as learning from other improvers in other areas/ hospitals.

I am in the final year of my Doctorate in Clinical Practice, and am in the process of writing my thesis looking at the effect of antenatal SSRIs on the QT interval of the neonatal ECG.