Meet the team
Alison While - Consultant Editor
Alison While has been Professor of Community Nursing at the Florence Nightingale School of Nursing and Midwifery, King's College London since 1992. Having completed her nursing training at St Thomas' Hospital in 1975, Alison was a practising health visitor until joining King's College London in 1985. Extensively published in journals and books, Alison is involved with a number of major research projects with the Government and charities, and has specialist expertise in chronic disease care for people living at home.
Jonathan Dawes - Editor
Jonathan holds a degree in psychology and trained as a nurse at the Florence Nightingale School of Nursing and Midwifery Kings College London. Jonathan was an Anaesthetic nurse practitioner—specialising in cardiac and trauma perioperative practice-before moving into primary care as a senior community staff nurse. He became editor of BJCN in May 2007.
Editorial board
Wilma Ayris - Project Manager, North East Unscheduled Care Project
David Briggs - Senior Lecturer, University of Hertfordshire and Vice-Chair, CDNA
Vari Drennan - Professor of Health Policy, Kingston University and St Georges, London
Louise Shorney - Senior Lecturer, University of Chester
Fiona Irvine - Lecturer, School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Wales, Bangor
Kay Kane - Nurse Manager, District Nursing, Belfast HSC trust
Margaret Kennedy - Nurse Consultant - Primary Care, Sunderland Teaching PCT
Caroline McGraw - Professional development, District Nurse, Islington PCT, London
Lorraine Oxborough - Nurse Consultant - District Nursing, Airedale PCT
Brian Pateman - Lecturer in Nursing/District Nursing, University of Manchester
Vera Todorovic - Manager, Dietetics and Nutrition Service, Bassetlaw Hospital, Worksop
John Unsworth - Deputy Director of Nursing, Northumberland Care Trust
Dr Tricia Wilson - Senior Lecturer,University of Hertfordshire