Christina Ebanks

Christina is an Associate Professor of Nursing and Midwifery Education Leadership at Buckinghamshire New University, a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, and a highly experienced NMC registrant across four disciplines: nurse, midwife, health visitor and nurse prescriber.

With over 20 years’ experience in education, research and clinical innovation, she has led curriculum design, research initiatives and mentorship, with particular interests in children, young people, women’s health, education and social justice.

Christina has influenced national policy through parliamentary expert conversations, contributed to safeguarding research, and serves as an editor for an international health sciences journal while presenting and publishing widely. Her international collaborations, professional network contributions—including regular RCN speaker roles—and civic duties as a school governor and member of the judicial system demonstrate her broad impact.

Christina’s significant contributions have earned national and global recognition, including being a finalist for major UK education and midwifery awards and winning the prestigious Zenith Global Health Award for Excellence in Nursing and Midwifery.

Ellen Fielding

Joanna Grant

Christine Pearson

Clinical Lead – Children’s Community Nursing Service, Leeds Community Healthcare

Christine Pearson is Clinical Lead for Children’s Community Nursing at Leeds Community Healthcare and a senior children’s nurse with over 20 years’ experience across acute and community services.

She trained at Sheffield Children’s Hospital and began her career in Paediatric Intensive Care at Leeds Teaching Hospitals before qualifying as a Health Visitor in 2008.

A Queen’s Nurse (2021), Christine has held senior clinical leadership and governance roles across children’s services. She has led developments in children’s Hospital at Home models, works to strengthen integrated community care and actively champions the often hidden complexity of children and young people’s care within the community.

Karina Holgate

DipHE Child Nursing, SPQ CCN

Karina is the Roald Dahl Senior Transition to Adulthood Nurse for Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare Foundation NHS Trust. She specialises in supporting children and young people with complex care needs as they progress from paediatric to adult services.

With a career grounded in community nursing and complex care, she has contributed to national initiatives with Hospice UK and Project ECHO, informing innovative approaches to holistic transition.

This work led to the establishment of the Professional Learning Space, a Community of Practice for the South of England. Karina is committed to amplifying young people’s voices and embedding co production to ensure lived experience shapes regional education and resources.

Fiona Rogers

Michael Tatterton