Meet the team
The new steering committee for the Learning Disability Nursing Forum was formed in October 2010.
Ann Norman RGN. PG DipN.
Specialist Practitioner (General practice nursing).
Current role: RCN Professional Nurse Adviser for Learning Disability and Nursing in Criminal Justice Services.
My career in nursing within the NHS and the Prison Service has been varied. My background was that of a community nurse. I joined the Prison Service in 1992 and received a Nursing Standard award in 1998 for recognition of developing services to female prisoners . Later in 1999 I was awarded a further Prison Service award for my work at HMP Winchester. I have been a long standing RCN activist and was keenly involved in the development of forum status within the RCN. I was chair of the Prison nurses Forum between 1998- 2000.
I have been active in the past in writing for publications around the nursing roles in prisons and vulnerable people within our society. I co-edited a book in 2002 on 'Prison Nursing' (Blackwell publishing). In 1999 I was seconded to the Department of Health (Prison Health Task Force) and in 2000 my role was that of Assistant Director of Nursing in a national cross government department.
In 2004 I was seconded to RCN in my current role where I assist in the development of policy, support members locally and nationally across the 4 UK countries. I support two very active and enthusiastic forums and aim to continue that support in the interests of both prisoners, prison nursing staff, individuals who have a learning disability and the nurses who provide care to them
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Dr. Michael Brown PhD, MSc, BSc (Hons), PGCE, RNLD, RGN, FHEA
Nurse Consultant, NHS Lothian & Reader in Health & Social Care, Edinburgh Napier University
Chair of the Learning Disability Nursing Forum
Michael holds a clinical academic post as Consultant Nurse with the NHS Lothian specialist learning disability services and as a Reader in Health and Social Care at Edinburgh Napier University. He is a graduate from Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh in Health Sciences, holds a Master’s degree in policy and politics from the University of Edinburgh. He undertook a post graduate teaching certificate and PhD at Edinburgh Napier University and is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. He has published in the nursing literature on a range of issues relating to the care and treatment of people with learning disabilities.
Owen Barr
Head of School for the School of Nursing at University of Ulster
Professor Owen Barr commenced his nursing career as Registered General Nurse before undertaking his Registered Nurse Learning Disability education. He has worked in a number of hospital and community nursing posts in learning disability services in England and Northern Ireland before entering nurse education. He is a graduate of the University of Ulster and he successfully completed his PhD in 2005.
He has particular interests in health needs of people with learning disabilities, including access to health services as well as the impact of receiving personal genetic information. Owen has written widely, with over 90 publications covering nursing services for people with learning disabilities, support for the families of people with learning disabilities, supporting people receiving personal genetic information and the health of people with learning disabilities. Owen is the Co Editor of the Oxford Handbook of Learning and Intellectual Disability Nursing.
Simon Jones QN, BSc, RNLD
Head of Behavioural Support, Care UK
Care UK is a leading independent provider of health and social care services. Working in close partnership with local authorities and primary care trusts, Care UK provide care and support for people with a learning disability and the elderly as well as a wide range of healthcare services.
These services include the operation of NHS walk-in centres, GP surgeries and treatment centres and the provision of a range of specialist mental health care including treatment for young people who self harm or have eating disorders.
Simon covers the whole of Care UK’s Learning Disability services and holds regular “surgeries” in each part of the country where service users and staff are offered advice, analysis and training on a regular basis. This is in addition to any direct work with specific complex referrals.
Prior to working for Care UK Simon worked in and latterly managed NHS Community Learning Disability Teams, NHS Outreach Teams, LD Residential Homes and LD Supported Living schemes, specialising in providing support to people whose behaviours inhibit their quality of life. Simon has two first class degrees in Behavioural Therapy and Community Nursing as well as being a Learning Disability Nurse. In 2008 he was appointed a Queens Nurse and is published author in his field of expertise.
Daniel Marsden
Practice Development Nurse with learning disabilities, East Kent Hospitals University Foundation NHS Trust
Daniel supports staff with developing their skills at providing their expertise to people with learning disabilities. This includes elements of education and training, policy development, project management, clinical leadership, facilitation, research and audit, and writing for publication.
Daniel qualified as a Registered Learning Disability Nurse in 1998 Daniel achieved a 1st Class BSc in Community Nursing in 2001 at University of Brighton and is currently studying for MSc in Interprofessional Health and Social Care.
Daniel chaired the South East England Community Learning Disability Nurses
Forum from 2004- 2009, and in that time was an active member of the National Network of Learning Disability Nurses.
More recently Daniel has been exploring the opportunities presented by new technology and social media to improve nursing practice, and therefore the experience of people with learning disabilities. Publishing on these matters both in traditional press and online. Daniel is a keen runner, and joint treasurer of a football team for people with learning disabilities, husband and father of two.
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Ian Mansell
Lecturer, University of Glamorgan
Ian specialises in Learning Disability Nursing, Community Nursing and Health and Social care. Ian’s research interests include the perceptions of parents and informal carers regarding services, student nurses experiences of caring for dying patents/clients and community learning disability nursing.
Ian trained as a learning disability and mental health nurse and his clinical career has spanned a range of health and social care services. These include services for people who challenge services, working as a community nurse and the resettlement of clients from institutional settings to live within their own homes.
Ian also has two close family members with a learning disability and is passionate regarding the delivery of safe and appropriate models of services to our client group. In addition to being a member of the RCN Learning Disability forum Ian is also involved within the Modernising Learning Disability Nursing agenda. In addition to his work with people with a learning disability Ian is also co-chair of Dyspraxia Cymru (Wales) to support children and adults with dyspraxia.
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David Currie
Lead Nurse covering Scotland and Northumberland by a national specialist third sector organisation who provides independent facilities to provide support and therapeutics interventions for complex adults and young people with learning disabilities, mental Health and challenging behaviours. His role is mainly strategic and has input and interests in workforce development, innovative outcome based practice, and policy development, he is also a member of the national clinical governance group.
David qualified as a Registered Learning Disability Nurse in 1988 and has worked in a variety of roles and positions for both health, social work, and in the voluntary and private sector including business development, project management, and case management and commissioning.
David is a married father with two teenage daughters and has interests including rugby, badminton, roaming the hills of his beloved Scotland, reading and diy.
Anne Campbell RNLD: BSc (Hon)
Current Post: Operations Manager for Residential, Supported Living and Respite Learning Disability Services, Belfast Health & Social Care Trust.
Anne trained as a Learning Disability Nurse and her career pathway has afforded her the opportunity to hold Community Nursing and Senior Management Posts in the Statutory Health and Social Care Sector in Northern Ireland.
She is a graduate of the University of Ulster and has held a Joint Appointment at the University teaching on the Community Learning Disability Nursing Degree Course and continues to maintain close links with the school of nursing.
She has a very strong commitment to networking and was a founder member of the Learning Disability Nurses Forum in Northern Ireland and was a steering group member of the National Network of Learning Disability Nurses from 2004-2009.
Anne is passionate about improving the health and social care and the delivery of high quality needs led services for people with a Learning Disability. Her current post enables her to play a lead role in both the operational management and the development of innovative supported living services.
Anne is married with two sons.
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