Julie is a Dermatology Lecturer Practitioner; with 30 years’ experience as a dermatology clinical nurse specialist, in primary and secondary care. Julie works for skin support groups, including the National Eczema Society complex helpline. Julie is a health care writer and past editor of the BDNG Journal, Dermatological Nursing. She is a PCDS committee member, teaching HCPs and working on service development projects UK-wide. She works clinically at SkinHealthUK in skin cancer detection clinics. Julie is passionate about improving care for people with skin conditions through developing educational initiatives for both healthcare professionals and patients throughout the UK.

Ren Lawlor is an Advanced Nurse Practitioner and Independent Prescriber in London and the south east. She currently works as the academic tutor and advanced practice lead for the South East London Training Hub and is a visiting lecturer for various universities including the University of Greenwich. Ren has a special interest in respiratory disease in primary care and is the vice chair for executive committee, and the chair for the education committee for the Primary Care Respiratory Society (PCRS-UK). Ren is the founder and director of The Good Practitioner - Education and Training.

Dr Catherine Heffernan is currently SWL Public Health Consultant at the Southwest London Integrated Care System and Director of Health Improvement at SWL ICB.  She’s also a visiting senior lecturer at King’s College London.  She has over 15 years’ experience working on immunisations, including 9 years as Principal Public Health Advisor for Early Years, Immunisations and Vaccination Services at Public Health England and NHS England (London Region).   She has also published widely on improving vaccine uptake and coverage.

Julie has been a Tissue viability nurse within the community for the past 28 years and has developed TV services within  Birmingham and South  Staffordshire. She is a qualified lymphoedema nurse  and has combined the 2 specialist roles for the past 20 years.  She has worked for the FHSA developing general practice services and prior to this was a District nurse . Julie is a trainer for the lymphoedema training academy and also a visiting lecturer at Birmingham City University, teaching on the leg ulcer management degree module and the Masters degree . She is currently working as a Director of nursing as part of the Pioneer wound healing and lymphoedema centres team.

Dr George Kassianos has been the National Immunisation Lead for the RCGP since 1996. He is President of the British Global & Travel Health Association and Fellow of the Faculty of Travel Medicine RCPS Glasgow and The International Society of Travel Medicine. He chairs the Pan- European Group on influenza RAISE (Raise Awareness of Influenza Strategies in Europe – 20 European countries and Israel) and is Board Member of the European Working Group on Influenza (ESWI). In 2021, Her Majesty the Queen awarded Dr Kassianos the CBE (Commander of the British Empire) for services to Primary Care and Travel medicine.

Tootie is the Chief Nurse at the North Thames Genomic Medicine Service Alliance (GMSA) and Director for Nursing & Midwifery at Southeast GMSA. She completed her PhD at King’s College London as an NIHR/HEE Clinical Doctoral Fellow, and her research and clinical interests are in inherited cardiac conditions. Tootie is a member of the CNO England’s council on shared professional decision making for research and an alumnus of the NIHR70@70 Nurse Research Leadership Programme. She is on the editorial board of the British Journal of Cardiac Nursing and a Trustee at Cardiomyopathy UK. Tootie is the Nurse Representative on the Association for Inherited Cardiac Conditions Council and a past President for the British Association for Nursing in Cardiovascular Care and was the inaugural Chair of the Research Forum. She is a founding member of the Filipino Senior Nurses Alliance.

Ren Lawlor is an Independent Nurse Consultant and national trainer with a special interest in respiratory disease. She currently works as the Academic Tutor and Lead for Advanced Practice for the South East London Workforce Development Hub where her role is to develop, accredit and deliver education and learning to the workforce. She is a visiting Senior Lecturer in advanced practice at the University of Greenwich London. Ren is the vice chair of the executive committee and chair of the education committee for The Primary Care Respiratory

Society UK. She has a role as project advisor for the International Primary Care Respiratory Group and is a published clinical author and Director for The Good Practitioner company.

Debbie began her nursing career 44 years ago at a local hospital where she trained and worked for many years in a variety of departments and wards. Debbie moved into Primary Care in 1997. Throughout Debbie’s career she has continued to develop professionally and expand her management skills to become the first Primary Care Nurse Consultant for Lewisham CCG in both a strategic and operational capacity, and later as Clinical Director. Debbie is the Editor-in-chief for the Practice Nursing Journal, raising the profile of general practice nurses. Receiving the CNO Gold award and MBE for services to nursing.

Tahira Bashir, a Consultant Dietitian, specialises in diabetes, obesity, weight management, cardiovascular health, global nutrition, and overall wellbeing. Alongside her role as a Senior Lecturer for the Advancing Diabetes Care Programme at Birmingham City University, she educates a diverse range of medical professionals from around the world. With over 25 years of experience in clinical NHS practice, education, and private sectors, Tahira has collaborated with esteemed organisations like Diabetes UK, British Heart Foundation, and the British Dietetic Association. She has authored numerous publications addressing diabetes care, obesity, weight management, and global health.

Flora is founder, lead nurse and service manager of Bridge@Southwark. She is a practice nurse with a special interest in transgender healthcare. She is the driving force behind the Bridge@Southwark, London’s first transgender primary care service. The Bridge offers both routine primary care services and some transition related care, such as bridging hormone prescriptions.
From her work with The Bridge, Flora has since been asked speak at Parliament, educating MPs on trans healthcare and what service delivery, speak at numerous panels and conferences, and has written 2 articles which are awaiting publishing.

Raj roles include working as a GP partner, primary care cardiology lead for the Oxford HIN and national primary care workstream co-lead for the cardiac transformation programme (NHSE). He is also on the national expert advisory groups for lipids, heart attack and heart failure. Raj is the President of the Primary Care Cardiovascular Society, Honorary Visiting Professor at Cardiff University Medical School and works in industry. He has worked as a presenter on BBC Radio and published over 200 articles and several books including the MIMS consultation guide which won the BMA book of the year award in the category of medicine.

Rebecca has over 30 years nursing experience and 26 of those years working in General Practice, which includes childhood immunisations and travel vaccinations. Rebecca worked as a community diabetic specialist nurse and now leads on diabetes across a regional ICB. Training has always been a high priority for Rebecca. She leads on training and education at a regional training hub and for the last year leads on training and development as the Director of General Practice Nursing for SEL training hub. As a qualified personal training Rebecca is a keen runner and cyclist, and always ready to support staff and patients making the right healthier lifestyle choices.

Esther Kuria is a nurse, midwife, sonographer, accredited advanced nurse practitioner and independent prescriber with 30 years’ experience in Nursing of which 15 have been in Women’s Health.

Esther’s current position of Lead Clinical Nurse Specialist Gynaecology Oncology allows her the opportunity to organise & lead a team of clinical staff whose responsibilities include development and implementation of patient care pathways.

Esther is a clinical educator & an alumni of the NHS Leadership Academy

Esther sits in the Women’s Health Forum Committee of the Royal College of Nursing and  is a  Member of the British Gynae oncological Cancer Society, British Menopause Society and  Kenyan Nurses &Midwives Association UK.

Heather is a registered nurse with over 10 years of experience. She completed her nursing degree in Ireland and moved to UK soon after. Her nursing background includes many years spent working in urology and acute oncology in the NHS. Heather has worked as a Specialist Nurse for Prostate Cancer UK for over 4 years. She is currently completing her masters degree in Prostate Cancer at Sheffield Hallam university.

Dr Howell obtained a B.Sc. degree in Biological Sciences in 1989 from University of Nottingham and in 1995 graduated with a PhD from the University of Brighton. She worked as a researcher at the University of Brighton for 15 years where she discovered her interest in medical adsorbents. Whilst working at the University she was able to fulfil her love of both research and teaching and achieved a Higher Education Authority Associate Fellowship in 2016. Carol joined Enteromed Ltd in 2017 as their Research Director and is currently responsible for providing medical expertise and overseeing clinical trials for the company.

Caroline trained in general practice, and worked in a community clinic in Cambridge, providing integrated contraception and sexual health services and a complex long acting reversible contraception (LARC) referral service. She has now returned to general practice providing a much needed LARC service post Covid.

Caroline is a fellow of the Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Health, and is on the executive board of the Primary Care Women’s Health Forum with responsibility for education. She is the programme director for Bayer Pharma’s intrauterine contraception training programme which offers training to health care professionals across the UK. She also provides education on communication skills to medical students at the university of Cambridge.

Caroline is committed to providing high quality education for health care professionals, and to empowering women through providing choice in sexual and reproductive health.