Kevin is a GP in Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, and is the Royal College of General Practitioners and Crohn’s and Colitis UK Inflammatory Bowel Disease Spotlight Project Clinical Champion and Chair of the Primary Care Society for Gastroenterology. He has an interest in the interface between Primary and Secondary Care and how pathways, communication and relationships between these key areas of medicine can be improved.

Fiona Donovan started work as an IBD Nurse at Kingston Hospital in 2015 setting up a successful Nurse-Led IBD Service.
Since August 2019 she has taken on a new challenge as the Lead IBD Nurse Post at St George’s in South West London.
Fiona has been Secretary for the RCN IBD Network Group for London and the South East for the last three years and has just accepted the role of Chair.

Aileen Fraser leads the IBD nursing service University Hospitals Bristol, where she has been in post as the IBD CNS since 2001. In addition to her clinical practice, Aileen has also made contributions to IBD research, co-authoring papers on mortality rates in ulcerative colitis patients from a 6-year retrospective case review, real-world data on the clinical experience of methotrexate in Crohn’s disease .

Since taking up post as the IBD CNS for the trust Aileen has been active within the IBD nurse community, chairing the Severnside regional IBD nurse group and having been secretary for the national group and former RCN IBD Forum representatives on the BSG IBD Section Committee . Alongside this she has undertaken an MSc in advanced practice, completing this with a dissertation on sexual dysfunction in pouch patients . Her other interests include managing patient expectations and the effect of insomnia on fatigue levels in the IBD community.

Consultant General and Colorectal Surgeon at Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust (Wythenshawe). IBD Surgical Lead.
Member of ACPGBI Executive Committee, Chair of ACPGBI Education and Training Committee, member of ACPGBI IBD Clinical Advisory Group and IBD sub-committee. Member of the UK IBD Genetics Consortium.

Emma Levell is a Clinical Research Nurse for Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Emma manages the portfolio of IBD and hepatology studies at the Royal Hampshire County Hospital, Winchester, having previously worked at Southampton Universities NHS Foundation Trust also managing their IBD research team there. She was educated as a nurse at the University of Southampton, and graduated with an MSc (Nursing). She has worked in clinical research for 6 years, and is particularly keen on promoting the nexus of clinical practice and clinical research in order to embed the provision of clinical research as a fundamental part of care.

She tweets on behalf of HHFT R&D @HHFTResearch and also at @EmmaHHFT.

Isobel Mason works as a Nurse Consultant in Gastroenterology, at the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust leading gastroenterology nursing services. The department is the busiest nursing service in the Trust and involves 16 nurse specialists and practitioners working as part of the multidisciplinary team in all areas of gastroenterology and nutrition nursing.

Isobel leads the service, supporting and developing nurses and making strategic decisions about improving and advancing nursing practice.

Her clinical role previously included busy inflammatory bowel disease nursing service which is now run day-to-day by three other nurse specialists. Isobel also runs clinics for patients with dyspepsia, coeliac disease iron deficiency anaemia and a family history of colorectal cancer.

Isobel was chair of the RCN Crohn’s and Colitis special interest group until January 2009 and in this role represented the RCN in the development of the original Quality Care Standards for IBD care.
She became chair of the RCN Gastrointestinal Nursing Forum in May 2011 and led the first national audit into IBD nursing, roles and activity.

In 2016, she started a secondment with Crohns and Colitis UK, to lead and shape their IBD Nursing Campaign ‘More IBD Nurses – Better Care.’ Launched in May with an impactful supporter e-action, the campaign recognises the invaluable impact IBD nurses have on patient experience and outcome. The aim is that, across the UK 95% of charity supporters, have access to IBD specialist nursing services.

Gemma Winsor works as a Patient Engagement Officer within the Health Service Development Team at Crohn’s and Colitis UK. Recently appointed, she has worked in several patient/client facing roles, most recently for the Department of Work and Pensions, as a Mental Health Community Partner. Gemma has co-produced numerous resources, facilitated patient groups and worked on a helpline, bringing practical skills and examples to the session. Gemma is currently working on the IBD Patient Survey, a large-scale piece of work, focussed on learning from IBD patients and she hopes to provide you with the information and support to engage patients in your service.

Dr Andrew Murdock is a Consultant Gastroenterologist & Deputy Clinical Information Officer for Southern Trust NHS Northern Ireland. Chairperson Northern Ireland IBD Interest Group and Co Chair Northern Ireland GI Small Working Group both groups helping to advance IBD care in both Primary & secondary care. He has represented the Northern Ireland region on the IBD UK Standards Review Group. In his spare time he enjoys boring people rigid with his encyclopaedic knowledge of the Star Wars universe.

Kath qualified in 2001 (Nottingham University) and worked as a senior staff nurse on a gastroenterology medical ward for 7 years. During this time, she cared for patients with various gastroenterological/liver conditions including exacerbations of IBD. In 2008 Kath was successfully appointed as the IBD nurse practitioner at Chesterfield Royal Hospital. She was tasked with setting up a nurse led IBD service. Since then she has developed a service which she is very proud of. Kath is the Advanced IBD Clinical Nurse Specialist and the IBD clinical lead. She has an excellent working relationship with all her colleagues and was successful in securing an IBD nurse specialist role in 2014. She is also involved in caring for some patients with other GI conditions such as coeliac disease and some liver conditions.

In 2014 Kath successfully completed the non-medical prescriber’s module. Kath is the Chair for the East Midlands RCN IBD nurses network and organises 3 meetings a year which are educational and provide support to the new IBD nurses in the area. She has been privileged to be involved in previous IBD nurse meetings and symposiums. Kath is passionate about IBD nurse education and support and she is currently a trainer for an IBD nurse education programme (LOGIC) which she thoroughly enjoys and gains an immense amount of both professional and personal satisfaction. Kath says she may lack in academic credentials however she makes up for this with her passion, dedication and commitment to delivering high quality IBD care.

Mark Radford is Deputy Chief Nursing Officer ‐ Delivery and Innovation for NHS England and NHS Improvement with a portfolio that covers workforce, quality improvement and governance.
Mark has worked in Perioperative, Emergency and Intensive Care in the UK and Europe. He was previously been a Chief Nurse of a University Teaching Hospital and Consultant Nurse in Emergency & Trauma care. Mark is Professor of Nursing at Birmingham City and Coventry Universities, and has published research on staffing, advanced practice, perioperative and trauma care.

Graeme Syme is a Specialist Gastrointestinal Dietitian with a particular interest in Inflammatory Bowel Disease and functional gastrointestinal disorders. He currently works at the Royal London Hospital where he is a senior Inflammatory Bowel Disease Specialist Dietitian.

Tracey qualified as a Registered General Nurse in 1986 and began an interesting career spending the first 20 years predominantly in the operating theatre environment. Initially she began working as a scrub nurse, progressing to set up and manage the operating theatre in a Day Case Unit before becoming a Surgical Care Practitioner specialising in laparoscopic surgery. During this time she completed an Open University degree and Surgical Care Practitioner modules. In 2006 her career changed direction to develop the role of the IBD Clinical Nurse Specialist during which time she completed a Masters in Gastrointestinal Nursing and the Non- Medical Prescribing course. More recently Tracey set up an IBD nursing service in her present role. She is currently chair of the RCN South Central Regional Nurses Group.

Uma is an experienced science communicator and has worked for a variety of non-profit organisations and causes, including in international development, in education, and in community action. Uma is particularly passionate about reducing educational inequalities, having recently worked at the National Science Museum and then for a global health education charity before joining Crohn’s and Colitis UK in June 2019 as Education Programme Manager.

Currently working on expanding the Programme’s reach, she is hoping to help provide accurate, high-quality information to as many people affected by the conditions, and values all the help and effort that IBD Nurse Specialists put into the Programme.