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.
Julie Smith - Editor
Julie has a degree in English from Reading University and, prior to her role as editor of British Journal of Community Nursing, worked on British Journal of Healthcare Assistants for nearly three years for MA Healthcare Limited.
Editorial board
Mandy Bowler - Senior Nurse for Planned Care, Sunderland PCT
David Briggs - Senior Lecturer, University of Hertfordshire and Vice-Chair, CDNA
Carol Brown - District Nurse Practice Educator, Belfast HSC Trust
Ann Bryan - Head of Community and Child Health, Chester University
Caroline Cooper - Senior Nurse in High Tech Care, Berkshire East Community Health Services
Dr Maria Horne - Health Visiting Research Fellow, University of Manchester
Dr Gill Hubbard - Cancer care research centre, Stirling University
Christine Ingleton - Reader in Palliative Care, Sheffield University
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
Prof Catriona Kennedy - School Director, Napier University
Dr Karen Ousey - Divisional Head, University of Huddersfield
Lorraine Oxborough - Nurse Consultant - District Nursing, Airedale PCT
Ann Skingley - Senior Researcher, University Centre Folkestone
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
