Infection Control - Confirmed speakers

Home



PENNIE TAYLOR (CHAIR) *Journalist and Broadcaster*	Pennie Taylor is a freelance journalist and broadcaster who specialises in health matters. A former BBC Scotland Health Correspondent, she has also worked for a number of newspapers including The Sunday Herald and Scotland on Sunday. Pennie has a particular interest in public involvement in NHS development, and has led national and local consultations on a range of issues. Having worked as Head of Communications for the-then Lothian University Hospitals NHS Trust between 2000 and 2002, she knows how things operate inside the health service as well as on newsdesks. This gives her a uniquely informed perspective from which to approach, and stimulate, debate.


ROS MOORE Chief Nursing Officer and Chair HAI Taskforce	Ros Moore took up the post of Chief Nursing Officer for Scotland in January 2010. In this role she advises the Cabinet Secretary and Ministers on all matters relating to nursing, midwifery, and the allied health professions and is Director with lead responsibility for Person-Centred Care, Healthcare Associated Infection and Regulation of Healthcare professionals Ros commenced her nursing career in 1981. She held posts in clinical practice and in nurse education before becoming professional development manager and then assistant director in an acute trust. After that she went to NHS Direct as Lead Nurse, helping to establish the service nationally. She then went on to become Professional Officer in the office of the CNO (England) where she led on a range of issues, including acute care, research and Modernising Nursing Careers. Immediately prior to taking up the post of CNO, Ros was Director of Nursing, NHS Connecting for Health. This strategic role saw her working closely with the Department of Health, Health Authorities and professional organisations in England to provide executive level leadership on nursing, midwifery and AHP issues inside and outside the organisation. Ros is married with three children. She teaches part time for the Open University and has been a school governor for over 10 years.


PROFESSOR HUGH PENNINGTON Emeritus Professor of Bacteriology University of Aberdeen	Hugh Pennington trained in medicine and obtained his PhD at St Thomas's Hospital Medical School, London. After 10 years at the MRC Institute if Virology, Glasgow, in 1979 he was appointed Professor of Bacteriology at the University of Aberdeen. He became Emeritus in 2003. He chaired the Public Inquiry into the 2005 South Wales E.coli O157 outbreak. He was a Desert Island Discs Castaway in 2009 and currently writes and blogs for the London Review of Books.


DR DENISE COIA Chair Healthcare Improvement Scotland	Dr Denise Coia, Chair of Healthcare Improvement Scotland and Board Member of Social Care and Social Work Improvement Scotland. Honorary Consultant Psychiatrist, former Principal Medical Officer (Mental Health) Scottish Government, Vice-present Royal College of Psychiatrist (UK), Chair of the Royal College of Psychiatrist (Scotland), Secretary of Academy of Royal Colleges in Scotland. Previously Mental Health Advisor for Greater Glasgow Health Board, member of the Clinical Standards Board/NHS Quality Improvement Scotland, Board Member of the Allied Health Professions Council (UK) and Board Member Medical Research Scotland. In the past I have also been Medical Advisor to the National Schizophrenia fellowship and Glasgow Association of Mental Health.


DR. IAN GOULD Consultant & Service Clinical Director Medical Microbiology, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary	Ian graduated in Medicine in 1976 from Edinburgh and now holds the position of Consultant Clinical Microbiologist and Director of Medical Microbiology at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary. He is the Honorary Professor of Public Health, Epidemiology and Microbiology at the University of Trnava and trained in Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases in UK, Canada and Africa. He is also Editor or Board member of several international journals and Chairman of various national/international working parties, learned societies and advisory boards on Antibiotic Policies and Resistance. He advises on antibiotic resistance and prescribing to the Scottish and UK Departments of Health, Alliance for the Prudent Use of Antibiotics, The International Organisation for Epizoonosis, European Commission, WHO, and Government agencies abroad. He has over 300 published scientific papers on antibiotic resistance in peer-reviewed journals, standard texts and specialist books.


DR. BOB MASTERTON Director Policy and Practice, Institute of Healthcare Associated	Bob Masterton is the Executive Medical Director & a Consultant Microbiologist in NHS Ayrshire and Arran, where he retains an interest in infection control and antibiotic usage. In addition he is the Professor and Director of Hospital Acquired Infection at the University of the West of Scotland. Bob is a Fellow of 3 Royal Colleges in the UK. A strong advocate of evidence based medicine Bob has sat on 6 United Kingdom (UK) guideline groups and Chaired the UK Working Party that published guidelines on Hospital Acquired Pneumonia in 2008.


DR. JASON LEITCH National Clinical Lead for Quality The Scottish Government	Following the publication of the Scottish Government’s Quality Strategy in May 2010, Jason was appointed as National Clinical Lead for Quality. From November 2007 until then he was the National Clinical Lead for Safety and Improvement. He is part of the senior team responsible for implementation of the NHSScotland Quality Strategy. Jason was the 2011 HFMA UK Clinician of the Year. Jason is on secondment from his academic post as an Honorary Consultant in Oral Surgery at the University of Glasgow Dental School in Scotland. He is a non-executive Board member of AQuA in the North-East of England. He was a 2005-06 Quality Improvement Fellow at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, in Boston, sponsored by the Health Foundation. Jason is also a trustee of the UK wing of the Indian Rural Evangelical Fellowship which runs orphanages in southeast India. He has a doctorate from the University of Glasgow, an MPH from Harvard and is a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow and the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. He is also a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. He chairs the Conduct and Health Committees of the General Dental Council, the regulatory body for dentistry in the UK.


DR. STEPHANIE DANCER Consultant Microbiologist NHS Lanarkshire and Editor of the Journal of Hospital Infection	Dr Stephanie Dancer BSc, MB.BS, MSc, DTM&H, MD, FRCPath is a Consultant Microbiologist in NHS Lanarkshire, and the current editor of the Journal of Hospital Infection. She trained at St Bartholomew’s Hospital in London (1977–83), followed by postgraduate studies in Pathology at Guy’s Hospital, where she gained a thesis on the epidemiology and biochemistry of toxin-producing staphylococci. She has worked in various remote areas of the world, including Papua New Guinea, Thailand, Vietnam and the Canadian High Arctic, and published her experiences, albeit with a microbiological slant. She spent six years as the Control of Infection Officer for Argyll before moving to Health Protection Scotland as their inaugural microbiologist (2002–05). At present, she balances clinical and editorial duties with research projects on the control of MRSA, specifically the role of cleaning.


DR. MARGARET MCGUIRE Nurse Director NHS Tayside	Qualified Nurse and Midwife and has held varied clinical, academic, policy and leadership posts. Worked in as professional advisor for maternal and child health and then as DCNO in Scottish Government from 2004 to April 2011. She took up the post of Nurse Director in NHS Tayside in April 2011. Areas of special interest include vulnerable families, older people, HAI, professionalism and accountability, patient and carer experience and creating a caring environment


PROFESSOR JUDITH TANNER *University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust*	Judith is the Professor of Clinical Nursing Research at De Montfort University. Her main area of research is surgical site infections and her work has had a direct impact on patient care and on policy at a local, national and international level. This includes World Health Organisation guidelines and national guidelines in the UK, USA and Australia. She is a former Editor of the Journal of Perioperative Practice and was given an award by the Association of Perioperative Practice for her contribution to research within operating room practice. Judith has published widely and spoken at conferences all over the world.


PAULA HOWARD Key Account Manager Healthcare, TORK	Paula Howard has been Healthcare Manager since 2007 for SCA Hygiene UK Limited, in the Away from Home Tissue division. Paula is responsible for hygiene paper sales to all Healthcare related markets in the UK, encompassing NHS, private healthcare and residential care homes for the elderly and disabled through a variety of distribution routes.


MILE ROLLINS Healthcare Consultant Osprey Deepclean and Patron, Association of Healthcare Cleaning Professionals (AHCP)	Michael Rollins is an independent consultant specialising in validation and implementation of healthcare hygiene technology, environmental Infection prevention and integration in quality improvement of patient safety. He joined the UCLH Infection Directorate in 2004 as Project Manager for DH Research studies into emerging cleaning technologies (Microfibre and Dry Steam Vapour) and took part in a study of enhanced patient environment cleaning and impact on HCAI within the ICU. Michael’s sponsored R&D studies include: Investigation of novel antimicrobial compounds; Enhanced hygiene surface modification; Validation of proprietary dry steam vapour tools designed for healthcare applications. He has spoken at several international conferences on environmental hygiene, technologies and role of cleaning in patient safety. He is a Patron of the Association of Healthcare Cleaning professionals (AHCP) UK.


DR. AILEEN HELPS Renal Registrar Western Infirmary Glasgow	Aileen Helps is a Renal Registrar in the West of Scotland. She is in the process of completing an MD with the theme of “Infection in Renal Patients” with Glasgow University and currently works in the Western Infirmary, Glasgow. She studied medicine at the University of Glasgow and graduated in 2004.