CPHVA Conference 2025

Bernadette Bradley

Lecturer at Glasgow Caledonian University

Cathy Burke

Public Health Nursing

Danny Wolstencroft

Deborah Hopkins

Derek Mowbray

Director of the Management Advisory Service (MAS)

Dr Georgia Cook

Elaine Baptiste

As a dedicated and compassionate nurse with 50 years of experience caring for families and children in hospital and community settings, I've developed a passion for delivering high-quality, client-centered care. With a strong foundation in nursing, I hold registrations as an RN, RMN, and SCPHN, and have further specialized in continence care. My 32 years as a Health Visitor and 8 years as a Continence Specialist Nurse have equipped me with expertise in building collaborative relationships, fostering mutual trust, and empowering clients to take ownership of their health. Through effective education and support, I've consistently achieved positive outcomes and minimized relapses in continence care. Despite limited resources, I've driven service improvements through continuous learning and skill development. As a strong advocate for children's continence care and management, I'm committed to advancing the field and promoting optimal health outcomes for children and families.

Emma Sullivan

Ethel Rodrigues

Lead Professional Officer (Education), Unite the Union

Helen Bedford RN, RHV, PhD, FRCPCH, FFPH, FiHV

Professor of Children’s Health, Population, Policy and Practice Research and Teaching Department UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health

With a background as a health visitor, vaccination issues have been the major focus of Helen’s research and teaching for the past 40 years (!). She has conducted research into public and health professionals’ knowledge and attitudes to vaccines including new, established and new uses for established vaccines, and in the determinants of vaccine uptake. Helen is co-theme lead in the NIHR funded Health Protection Research Unit in Vaccines and Immunisation. https://www.lshtm.ac.uk/research/centres-projects-groups/nihr-hpru-vaccines-immunisation Helen contributes to immunisation training for health care professionals locally and nationally and frequently discusses vaccination issues in the media. https://profiles.ucl.ac.uk/6707-helen-bedford Helen is a director of the UCL master’s programme in Paediatrics and Child Health. https://www.ucl.ac.uk/child-health/study/postgraduate-taught-programmes

Janet Taylor

CPHVA Excecutive Chair

Janine Cranston

Jenny Gilmour

Legacy SCPHN Health Visitor

Judith Gillespie CBE

Kate Phillips MSc SCPHN, BN (Hons), RN (Child), RHV

North East, Yorkshire & Humberside CPHVA Executive

Kenny Gibson

Nathan Darby

Regional Digital Assistant, Unite the Union

Nicola Dyke

Registered Nurse - Child Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (Health Visitor), MSc in Perinatal Mental Health

Obi Amadi

Oonagh McDonald

Nurse Manager, South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust, Northern Ireland

Paula McLaren

Senor Adviser for Advanced Practice leading the NMCs

Prof Helen Minis

Prof Ngozi Edi-Osagie

Rhian Ogden

CPHVA Deputy Chair - NEYH

Richard Munn

Sarah Proctor

Steve Preddy

Tikki Harold

Wendy Olayiwola BEM

Yvonne Coghill

CPHVA President