This is a group of experienced, knowledgeable professionals. These colleagues are the official representative core MDT and they are keen to establish the community and maintain it as a thriving learning and development environment.
The purpose of the Expert Core is to provide professional guidance and be the external face of the Community. It has a planning meeting twice a year to discuss ideas for activity and steer the direction of the community and more regular short meetings to consider suggestions coming in from the membership. Their role is to:
- steer the development and maintain vitality of the MND Professionals’ Community of Practice
- provide expert feedback on the development of Association resources
- help sustain and moderate the MND Professionals’ Community of Practice online forum providing specialist responses to community posed questions as necessary.
Your Expert Core
Chair: Jan Clarke
Consultant Nurse for MND
National Hospital of Neurology and Neurosurgery London
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Anthony Hanratty
MND Nurse Specialist & Care Centre Coordinator and Independent Nurse Prescriber, Middlesbrough MND Care Centre
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Samantha Parry
MND Coordinator, King's College Hospital, London |
Rachael Marsden
Nurse Consultant for Motor Neurone Disease, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford |
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Caroline Bidder
Network Lead Care Coordinator,
South Wales MND Care Network
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Karen Robinson
Consultant Dietitian
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Liz Anderson
Lead Nurse for Nutrition and Dietetics, Bucks Healthcare NHS Trust
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Tracey McDonald
MND Specialist Physiotherapist, Lancashire & South Cumbria |
Kelly Smith
Advanced Physiotherapist, Newcastle MND Centre |
Ema Swingwood
Respiratory Physiotherapist
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Charlotte Hardaker
Respiratory Physiotherapist, Bristol |
Jenny Rolfe
Consultant Occupational Therapist
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Jennifer Benson
Independent Speech and Language Therapist specialising in MND
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Alison Morton
Palliative & End of Life Care Lead, Dorset County Hospital
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Dr Emily Mayberry
Senior Clinical Psychologist, Sheffield MND Care Centre and Clinical Neuropsychology Services, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
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Kerry Connor
Social Worker
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Kathryn Crawford
Respiratory Specialist Physiotherapist, Belfast Health and Social Care Trust
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Katie Gibbon
MND Care Co-ordinator, South Wales MND Care Network
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Dr. Malabika Ghosh
Principal O.T for Cognition & Clinical Academic Fellow, Lancashire Teaching Hospitals, NHS Foundation Trust
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Phillippa Sharpe
Specialist Occupational Therapist,
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
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