The Clinical Negligence team is made up of:

Partner
Associates
Solicitors
Trainee Solicitors
Paralegals
Administration and management
Medical adviser
Health Records Analysts

Partner

Jennifer Scowen
Partner and head of the Clinical Negligence team
Jenny joined the firm in 2004 to manage the Clinical Negligence team and is responsible for co-ordinating clinical negligence claims for all of the firm's other offices. She qualified as a Solicitor in 1987 and was appointed a member of the Law Society Clinical Negligence Referral Panel in 2002. As such, she is a nationally recognised expert in clinical negligence claims. Jenny has experience in dealing with all aspects of funding claims. She has extensive claimant and defendant experience in personal injury/clinical negligence, which gives perspective and balance when considering the health issues that arise in claims against health professionals. She has a special interest in birth injury work. Prior to joining the firm, Jenny managed a Birth Injury Unit and several of her cases have received media attention. She has settled claims of £1.5 million and £3.4 million in damages recently and has a number of ongoing cases of a similar nature.

Jenny also heads the provision of a Health Record Analyst (HRA) Service, which compliments the services provided within the Clinical Negligence department. The Health Record Analysts assist in the review of medical records and in establishing prospects of success in relation to the Clinical Negligence claims. They have been recruited for their experience in a wide range of specialist areas, the majority having worked within the NHS as health care professionals. Please click here for a list of our current Health Records Analysts.

Jenny can be contacted on 0117 904 6257 or by emailing jscowen@lyonsdavidson.co.uk

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Associates

Joanna Laidlaw
Joanna is an Associate
Joanna qualified in 1997 and joined Lyons Davidson in 2008. She has specialised in clinical negligence for many years, is a member of the Solicitors Regulation Authority Clinical Negligence Accreditation Scheme and is a nationally recognised specialist. Joanna is experienced in dealing with a whole range of cases, including high-value birth injury claims, brain injury cases and spinal damage cases. She also has experience of fatal claims; oncology; cardiology; orthopaedic; neurological; gynaecology; obstetric and other surgical claims.

Joanna can be contacted on 0117 9045980 or by emailing jlaidlaw@lyonsdavidson.co.uk

Mark Lane
Mark is an Associate
Mark was called to the Bar in 2002 and cross-qualified as a solicitor in 2008. Mark has experience in costs litigation and insurance litigation. Mark currently runs a caseload with a very wide range of cases including fatal claims.

Mark can be contacted on 0117 9042363 or by emailing mlane@lyonsdavidson.co.uk

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Solicitors

Robert Aldridge
Robert is a Solicitor
Rob qualified as a solicitor in March 2011. Prior to commencing his legal studies, Rob was a qualified nurse and so brings a whole wealth of hands-on nursing experience to dealing with clinical negligence claims.

Rob can be contacted on 0117 904 6173 or by emailing raldridge@lyonsdavidson.co.uk

Laura Carry
Laura is a Solicitor
Laura qualified as a solicitor in May 2011, following a seat in the clinical negligence department of another law firm. Laura runs a caseload covering a wide range of specialisms.

Laura can be contacted on 0117 904 5068 or by emailing lcarry@lyonsdavidson.co.uk

Faye Michie
Faye is a Solicitor
Faye qualified as a solicitor in March 2011. She handles claims at various stages, in addition to assisting senior members of the team on larger claims.

Faye can be contacted on 0117 904 5993 or by emailing fmichie@lyonsdavidson.co.uk

Kelly O’Brien
Kelly is a Solicitor
Kelly qualified as a solicitor in March 2011, having previously worked for 18 months as a Paralegal in the department. She runs her own caseload, with claims covering a wide ranging area of specialisms and at various stages.

Kelly can be contacted on 0117 394 5072 or by emailing kobrien@lyonsdavidson.co.uk

Tina Pike
Tina is a Solicitor
Tina qualified as a solicitor in September 2009. Tina runs a wide-ranging caseload of varying volume and complexity.

Tina can be contacted on 0117 904 5730 or by emailing tpike@lyonsdavidson.co.uk

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Trainee Solicitors

Claire Boddy
Claire is a Trainee Solicitor
Claire is a trainee solicitor who handles claims at various stages, in addition to assisting senior members of the team on larger claims.

Claire can be contacted on 0117 904 3530 or by emailing cboddy@lyonsdavidson.co.uk

Katy Gammon
Katy is a Trainee Solicitor
Katy has a law degree and has completed the Legal Practice Course. She is a trainee solicitor who runs a wide-ranging caseload investigating claims concerning failed surgery, delays in diagnosis, dental claims and infection cases, in addition to assisting senior members of the team in larger cases.

Katy can be contacted on 0117 9045773 or by emailing kgammon@lyonsdavidson.co.uk

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Paralegals

Sana Akram
Sana is a Paralegal
Sana has a law degree and has completed the Legal Practice Course. She currently runs a mixed caseload of claims at the investigative stage.

Sana can be contacted on 0117 9046435 or by emailing sakram@lyonsdavidson.co.uk

Victoria Baldwin
Victoria is a Paralegal
Victoria has a law degree. She currently runs a mixed caseload of claims at the investigative stage.

Victoria can be contacted on 0117 3945056 or by emailing vbaldwin@lyonsdavidson.co.uk

Rhodri Davies
Rhodri is a Paralegal
Rhodri has a law degree and has completed the Legal Practice Course. He currently runs a mixed caseload of claims at the investigative stage.

Rhodri can be contacted on 0117 904 6376 or by emailing rdavies@lyonsdavidson.co.uk

Rebecca Elliott
Rebecca is a Paralegal
Rebecca has a degree in economics and law, and has completed the Legal Practice Course. She currently runs a mixed caseload of claims at the investigative stage.

Rebecca can be contacted on 0117 904 7739 or by emailing relliott@lyonsdavidson.co.uk

Helen Franklin
Helen is a Paralegal
Helen obtained a degree in history before going on to complete a Graduate Diploma in Law and the Bar Vocational Course. She currently runs a mixed caseload of claims at the investigative stage.

Helen can be contacted on 0117 904 8253 or by emailing hfranklin@lyonsdavidson.co.uk

Laura Karpinski
Laura is a Paralegal
Laura has a law degree and has completed the Legal Practice Course. She is currently studying for a Masters in Legal Practice. She runs a caseload of claims at the investigative
stage.

Laura can be contacted on 0117 904 5850 or by emailing lkarpinski@lyonsdavidson.co.uk

Rebecca Massey
Rebecca is a Paralegal
Rebecca has both a history and a law degree. She has also completed a Graduate Diploma in Law, in addition to the Legal Practice Course. She currently runs a mixed caseload of claims at the investigative stage.

Rebecca can be contacted on 0117 904 2350 or by emailing rmassey@lyonsdavidson.co.uk

Katie Millett
Katie is a Paralegal
Katie has a law degree and has completed the Bar Vocational Course. She currently runs a mixed caseload of claims at the investigative stage.

Katie can be contacted on 0117 394 5032 or by emailing kmillett@lyonsdavidson.co.uk

Jill Saggers
Jill is a Paralegal
Jill has a law degree and has completed the Legal Practice Course. She runs a caseload of claims at the investigative stage.

Jill can be contacted on 0117 394 5053 or by emailing jsaggers@lyonsdavidson.co.uk

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Administration and management

Jade Dixon
Jade is a Legal Secretary
Jade is a secretary who has been with the Clinical Negligence Department since 2007.

Michelle Foulstone
Michelle is a Legal Secretary
Michelle is an experienced legal secretary and has been with the Clinical Negligence Department since February 2007.

Cristiana Ruocco
Cristiana is the Performance Manager
Cristiana manages the performance of all staff members in the team. She ensures that service standards are met and that claims are run as smoothly and proactively as possible.

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Medical Adviser

Dr Stephanie Chadwick
Medical Adviser
Dr Chadwick has been a qualified General Practitioner since 1990. She is also a General Practitioner Trainer at the University of Bristol, which involves training doctors to become GPs. She joined the team in June 2010 and provides advice and assistance on medical issues to support the case handlers.

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Health Records Analysts

The Health Records Analysts (HRAs) are a 30-strong team working mainly in the nursing profession. The analysts have been specially trained to sort and review health records if Case Handlers require this service when preparing their cases. The main role of the HRAs is to paginate and index medical records, and also complete chronologies relating to the relevant issues of a claim. HRAs can also guide Case Handlers and experts through clients’ medical records, providing general advice and confidential comments about specific questions on matters within their area of

expertise. Because of the good relationship we have with our HRAs, in certain Clinical Negligence cases, we can use their extensive medical experience to assist in evaluating the merits of a new claim at an early stage. The HRA service is headed by Clinical Negligence Partner Jenny Scowen, managed by Debra Fox, and assisted by Jodie Peters.

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Robert Aldridge
Specialism: theatre, anaesthetic and recovery nurse; solicitor
Robert joined Lyons Davidson in 2007. He trained as an RGN in 1994 and specialised as an anaesthetic nurse in 1997. He has worked in the NHS and spent three years working as a Staff Nurse in Bermuda, where he started his law degree. On returning to the UK, Robert completed his degree at Kent University and then attended the University of the West of England to complete the Legal Practice Course. Robert qualified as a Solicitor in March 2011 and works for Lyons Davidson’s Clinical Negligence Department.

Training, skills and qualifications

• Qualified as a solicitor (2011);
• Legal Practice Course (2006);
• LLB Hons (2005);
• ENB 182 Anaesthetic and recovery Nurse (1997);
• Registered General Nurse (1994).

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Maxine Bentley
Specialism: orthopaedics; neurosurgery
Maxine joined Lyons Davidson in 2007. He worked as an RGN in various settings, in both NHS and private hospitals. She specialised in orthopaedic nursing and also worked in preoperative assessment clinics and the wards. Maxine also spent a year as a paralegal in the personal injury department of a Bristol solicitors.

Training, skills and qualifications

• Registered General Nurse;
• Diploma in orthopaedic nursing;
• Diploma in Nursing Practice and Theory (2006);
• LLB (Hons) including Medicine and the Law (1997).

Alison Bowen
Specialism: pharmacy dispenser; dietician
Alison joined Lyons Davidson in 2008. She has experience in gastroenterology; respiration; cardiology; parental nutrition; oncology; orthopaedics; strokes; diabetes; cystic fibrosis and surgery from a variety of work placements. She also has outpatient experience of gestational and specialist diabetes; cystic fibrosis; paediatric, Coeliac and general clinics. Alison worked as a student support worker note-taker and befriender at the University of Wales Institute Cardiff (UWIC), taking notes for disabled students. She also worked for three years as an educational missionary in South Africa, teaching classes of primary school children core subjects.

Training, skills and qualifications

• BSc (Hons) in Human Nutrition and Dietetics;
• Dietetic Assessments and interventions;
• Trained school catering staff and health professionals for NVQs in nutrition.

Elizabeth Brimble
Specialism: dental surgeon; qualified solicitor; medical
Elizabeth joined Lyons Davidson in 2005. She qualified as a dental surgeon in 1985. She worked both in the community and as an oral and maxillofacial SHO in hospitals between 1985 and 1993. In 1995, she was also admitted as a solicitor and worked for the Clinical Negligence department at Hempsons Solicitors in London, doing defendant work until moving to Nottingham with her (then young) family in 1999. Elizabeth has a unique perspective that combines legal understanding of the issues involved in negligence claims with the practical experience of having worked as a dentist for many years.

Training, skills and qualifications

• Bachelor of Dental Surgery (1985);
• Vocational Dental Trainee Certificate (1986);
• Common Professional (Law) Examination with Commendation (1992);
• Law Society Finals (Honours) (1993);
• Qualified as a Solicitor (1995).

Marie-Lucie Brooks
Specialism: practice nurse; research nurse
Marie-Lucie joined Lyons Davidson in 2010 qualified as a Registered General Nurse in London. Following various hospital posts in the public and private sector, she began a career in primary care as a practice nurse in a rural practice, a city practice that supported the vulnerable and homeless, and at the University of Exeter. Marie-Lucie worked as a research nurse in diabetes at the Peninsular Medical School, Exeter and is currently working as a Palliative Care Research Nurse in Oxford.

Training, skills and qualifications

• Good Clinical Practice (2011);
• Return To Practice, Oxford Brookes University (2010);
• BSc Heath Studies, Plymouth University (2004);
• ENB Practice Nurse Course (1994);
• ENB 928 Diabetes course (1993);
• Diploma in Asthma Care (1992);
• ENB 998 Teaching and Assessing Clinical Practice (1991);
• Registered General Nurse, The London Hospital (1981).

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Elizabeth Carter
Specialism: Dental
Elizabeth joined Lyons Davidson 2008 is a dental nurse, who is experienced in taking radiographs and assisting with surgery. She also worked as a helpdesk adviser for a dental insurance company and has worked as a pensions administrator for a large pensions firm.

Training, skills and qualifications

• Radiography for Dental Nurses;
• NVQ level 3 in Oral Health Care and Dental Nursing.

Caroline Coltart
Specialism: Midwifery
Caroline joined Lyons Davidson in 2008. She began her training as a nurse in New Zealand, where she was born. She worked as a midwife for the NHS in Bristol, London and Edinburgh and has also worked as a Registered Nurse in the UK and Australia.

Training, skills and qualifications

• Diploma in nursing (1990);
• Comprehensive Nurse (1991);
• ENB 997 Teaching and Assessing in Clinical Practice (1995);
• BSc in midwifery (1995);
• Registered Midwife (1995).

Karen Cornish
Specialism: opthalimic; ent; maxillofacial
Karen joined Lyons Davidson in 2005. She has specialised in opthalmics since 1984, and has worked in a variety of eye hospitals and opthalmic wards around the South and South West of England as a student, nurse, sister and senior sister. She also worked as an independent practitioner in a glaucoma clinic. She has also worked in endoscopy, and head and neck units. For the past six years, Karen has been working in the gastrointestinal area of nursing.

Training, skills and qualifications

• ENG General Nursing level 2 (1984);
• Certificate in Opthalmic Proficiency (1986);
• RGN General Nursing level 1 (1991);
• ENB 346 in Opthalmic Nursing (1992);
• ENB 998 in Teaching and Assessing;
• City & Guilds in Assessing (1997);
• Diploma in Professional Studies in Nursing (1998);
• NURB 363P Gastro-Intestinal Endoscopy and related procedures for nurses: 20 credits (2009);
• HEAB 370T Mentorship: 20 credits (2010);
• Currently studying BSc (Hons) Health Studies Stage 3 at Plymouth University.

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Mary Douglas-Jones
Specialism: palliative care; oncology; orthopaedics; community nursing
Mary joined Lyons Davidson in 2011. She is an RGN with considerable experience of the public and voluntary sectors, including 20 years spent in the NHS. As well as working as an HRA, she also works part-time as a court recorder. Over the course of her career, she has been a Village Agent, supporting isolated elderly people in rural areas, has supplied training to NHS nursing staff and worked as a Macmillan Palliative Care Nurse Specialist at Frenchay Hospital. Mary also volunteers in the community in various roles.

Training, skills and qualifications

• Certificate of Higher Education in Social Sciences: Counselling Skills (2003);
• MSc in Social Policy: Health (1991);
• BSc Sociology and Social Administration with RGN Nursing (1980);
• Diploma in Professional Studies in Nursing (1998);
• RGN.

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Christopher Evans
Specialism: dental surgeon
Christopher joined Lyons Davidson in 2008. He has worked as a dental surgeon, a hygienist and a community dental officer at various practices in England and Wales. He has also been a dental associate in both NHS and private practices. Christopher is due to qualify as a solicitor in February 2012. He currently works for SJ Edney Solicitors in Swindon. He speaks French.

Training, skills and qualifications

• Bachelor of Dental Surgery (1994);
• Vocational Dental Trainee Certificate (1995);
• MSc in Dental Radiology (2002);
• Diploma in Law, Common Professional Examination (2005);
• LPC (2008).

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Nancy Goddard
Specialism: doctor; A&E; haematology; oncology; cardiology; intensive care; paediatrics; rheumatology; gynaecology; dermatology
Nancy joined Lyons Davidson in 2011. She is a doctor who has worked in hospitals throughout the whole of the United Kingdom, including Nottingham, Hartlepool and Perth. She has worked in general medicine, general surgery and A&E, as well as geriatrics, cardiology, gynaecology and paediatrics. Nancy intends to study for the Graduate Diploma in Law. She is fluent in Arabic and speaks intermediary French.

Training, skills and qualifications

• Diploma of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecology (2008);
• Membership of the Royal College of General Practitioners Part One (2008);
• Membership of the Royal College of Physicians qualification (2006);
• Bachelor of Medicine; Bachelor of Surgery: BMBS (2003);
• Degree of Biomedical Sciences: intercalated BMedSci (2001).

Teresa Gnani-Todd
Specialism: nurse; midwife; infections; resus
Teresa joined Lyons Davidson in 2011. She is a Registered Nurse and Midwife with broad experience of clinical as well as managerial roles. She is also a Generic Resuscitation Council instructor who teaches resuscitation to neo-natal doctors, nurses, paramedics and midwives around the UK. Teresa has worked as a nurse, midwife and ward manager at hospitals in Bristol and South Wales.

Training, skills and qualifications

• Registered Nurse (1988);
• Registered Midwife (1990);
• Teaching and assessing in clinical practice 997 (1996);
• Infection Control Certificate (2004);
• Resus Council registered generic resuscitation trainer (2008).

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Jane Hale
Specialism: A&E; practice nurse
Jane joined Lyons Davidson in 2008. She began her nursing career as mature student, enrolling in training and then converting to an RGN. She worked in A&E for 19 years, and is experienced in all aspects of emergency care, including medical and surgical emergencies. She was particularly interested in running diabetic clinics (converting patients from tablet control to insulin control). She was also involved in running travel clinics, and general treatment room duties.

Training, skills and qualifications

• Diploma in Accident and Emergency Nursing;
• Diploma in Travel Medicine;
• Diploma in Primary Care Diabetic Management;
• ENB Certificate in Teaching and Assessing in Clinical Practice;
• City & Guilds Stage 1 teaching certificate;
• Triage Practitioners Course;
• Various courses in wound management, cervical screening, child protection
  counselling;
• Open University courses in Understanding Human Nutrition and Understanding Children.

Linda Haste
Specialism: opthalmic nurse; nurse practitioner
Linda joined Lyons Davidson in 2011. She is an RGN and Midwife with considerable experience of working in the NHS, in roles which have included practice nurse, staff nurse and Sister. She has expertise in management of chronic diseases such as asthma, COPD and diabetes, and working with elderly patients.

Training, skills and qualifications

• Registered General Nurse;
• Registered Midwife;
• BSc (Hons) Nurse Practitioner;
• Ophthalmic Nursing Diploma;
• Independent Non-Medical Prescribing;
• Teaching and Assessing in Clinical Practice;
• ENB7012 Practice Nurse Course;
• N80 Chronic Disease Management (Asthma);
• HEA267 Research Methods, Applications and Critiques;
• NURB243T Leadership in Practice;
• NURA239T Nursing People with Diabetes;
• HEA346 Advancing Care and Clinical Practice;
• PMS616 Portfolio of Teaching and Learning;
• HEAB301T Engaging in Evidence Based Practice and Clinical Effectiveness;
• COPD 228.

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Tracey Martin
Specialism: midwife
Tracey joined Lyons Davidson in 2001. She has worked as a midwife in hospitals around the South West, and has also worked as a family planning nurse and in cooperation with the Pregnancy Advisory Trust to provide pretermination counselling, ultrasound scanning, pre-operative screening and advice on contraception. She was also a staff nurse for the Frenchay Health Authority. Before training as a nurse, Tracey worked as a clerical officer in the pensions department at Sun Life Assurance.

Training, skills and qualifications

• Registered General Nurse (1985);
• Registered Midwife (1988);
• ENB 901 in Family Planning in Society (1994);
• Level 1 diploma in Cytology Practice (1998);
• Level 2 diploma in Care and Management of Persons with AIDS and HIV-related conditions (2000);
• Level 2 diploma in Returning to Midwifery Practice (2002).

Sian McLaughlin
Specialism: midwife; neo-natal; obstetrics
Sian joined Lyons Davidson in 2011. She is a midwife who has experience of working in maternity units around Wiltshire and London. She has been a labour ward coordinator and is experienced in working on ante and post-natal wards. Sian also worked as a community midwife, which involved caring for women out in the community, in addition to hospitals. She is currently studying for a BA in history with the Open University.

Training, skills and qualifications

• MSc Health Studies (2007);
• Dip HE Midwifery Studies (1997);
• ENB 997 Teaching & Assessing Course (2000);
• Advanced Life Support in Obstetrics Course (2002 and 2007);
• Neonatal Life Support Course (2005).

Anne Moffatt
Specialism: midwife
Anne joined Lyons Davidson in 2009. She is a midwife who is experienced in neonatal intensive care and the examination of the new born. She has lived and worked abroad, most recently in a small community hospital in the Eastern Region of Ghana. She currently works in a busy Consultant Maternity Unit in the South West.

Training, skills and qualifications

• RGN (1983);
• Registered Midwife (1986);
• Return to Midwifery Practice (1997);
• Teaching and Assessing in Clinical Practice Course (2004);
• Course in examination of the new born (2008).

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Kelly O’Brien
Specialism: qualified solicitor
Kelly has a degree in law and has also taken the Legal Practice Course, during which one of her specialisms was Personal Injury and Clinical Negligence. She recently returned to work as a solicitor in Lyons Davidson’s Clinical Negligence Department, having completed her training contract at a law firm in Cheltenham. Prior to her training contract, Kelly worked at Lyons Davidson as both a Clinical Negligence and road traffic accident paralegal. She has also worked as a road traffic accident personal injury paralegal at a firm in Bath.

Training, skills and qualifications

• Qualified as a solicitor (2011);
• Legal Practice Course (2007);
• LLB Hons (2006).

Linda O’Connell
Specialism: Medicine; forensic and biological anthropology
Linda joined Lyons Davidson in 2008. After completing a first degree in Physiology and Biochemistry, Linda qualified as a doctor. Following an Master of Science degree in Osteology, Palaeopathology and Funerary Archaeology, Linda joined Bournemouth University where she developed and directed the institution’s internationally acclaimed postgraduate provision in Forensic Archaeology and Anthropology, along with Prof. Margaret Cox. For more than a decade, Linda was Programme Leader for the MSc in Forensic and Biological Anthropology and MSc in Forensic Archaeology programmes, contributing extensively to their design, development and delivery, along with the MSc in Osteoarchaeology. She has lectured extensively in anatomy (soft and hard tissue), developmental biology (including detailed juvenile osteology), biological anthropology, palaeopathology and forensic anthropology. In addition, she has also delivered short courses to professionals and the public. With 17 years’ experience of working with human remains, her consultancy work incorporates analysis and reporting from archaeological sites, as well as assisting the police and related professionals internationally with individuals recovered from modern contexts.

Training, skills and qualifications

• BSc (Hons) Physiology and Biochemistry with Subsidiary Chemistry (1987);
• BM Medicine (1993);
• MSc Osteology, Palaeopathology and Funerary Archaeology (1996);
• PhD Biological Anthropology (2004).

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Sarah Pearce
Specialism: physiotherapist; orthopaedics
Sarah joined Lyons Davidson in 2011. She is a physotherpaist who has experience in both the private and public sectors. She has worked in hospitals in London and around the South West, including the Harley Street Clinic, the Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases in Bath and Children’s Hospice South West.

Training, skills and qualifications

• MCSP Graduate Diploma in Physiotherapy (1993);
• Mobilisation of Nervous System (1994);
• Update Paediatric Physio (1995);
• Advanced Shoulder Course (1996);
• Frustration of Chronic Pain (1999);
• Clinical Educator’s Course (2000);
• Level 1 Hydro Course (2000);
• Critical Appraisals Skills (2001);
• Respiratory Update Course (2008).

Terri Powell
Specialism: medical photographer
Terri joined Lyons Davidson in 2009. She is a medical photographer at the United Bristol Healthcare Trust. After leaving school, she followed a three-year training course within the University of Bristol, working in several of its main departments, including Electron Microscopy, Pathology, Histology, Cryogenics, and Photography. She also worked in the morgue. In her last year, Terri specialised in heart research and she continued to work there until the BRI asked her to train as a medical photographer in December 1991. Terri has also worked as a customer adviser for Hill House Hammond insurance.

Training, skills and qualifications

• BTEC National Diploma in science.

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Sarah Rhodes
Specialism: health visitor
Sarah joined Lyons Davidson in 2008. After graduating, she trained as a nurse in London. She worked in hospitals, as a research nurse and as assistant matron in an elderly persons’ home. As a health visitor, Sarah has worked in Central London and inner-city Bristol, and has also worked in family planning and asthma clinics. From 1994-2007 she was Team Leader of the Travellers Health Project, providing outreach health care to Gypsies and Travellers throughout the whole of Avon. Since leaving the NHS, she has gained a professional diploma in law and a computer qualification. Sarah now works part-time at Avon and Bristol Law Centre, and also volunteers there.

Training, skills and qualifications

• BA (Hons) Social Science (1974);
• RGN (1977);
• RHV (1980);
• Family planning nurse certificate (1984);
• HV assessor (1985);
• Nurse prescribing (2000);
• ECDL: European Computer Driving Licence (2007);
• ILEX Professional Diploma in Law.

Felicity Roberts A.Inst.L.Ex
Specialism: practice nurse; mental health
Felicity joined Lyons Davidson in 2005. She trained at The Royal London Hospital and then moved to Exeter, where she has worked as a practice nurse for a number of different practices. She has also worked as a research nurse, undertaking maturity indexing of schoolchildren for Exeter University and has contributed to Key Stage 3 Sex Education at a local school. After taking a year out to follow a secretarial course, Felicity returned to work, this time in the mental health field. She first worked as a Community Support Worker and then managed a project for women with mental health problems, where she specialised in severe self-harming. Felicity joined Lyons Davidson as an HRA in 2005 and also undertakes similar work for other solicitors’ firms. She is studying for ILEX 6 through distance learning, having completed HND in Legal Practice (gaining a distinction) at Plymouth University. Felicity is also Secretary of the Exeter and Devon Medico-Legal Association.

Training, skills and qualifications

• Registered General Nurse (1981);
• HND Legal Practice (2011).

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Jane Storey
Specialism: Nurse; midwife; oncology; cardiology; plastics; vascular
Jane joined Lyons Davidson in 2011. She is a Registered Nurse and Midwife who has experience of working on wards ranging from general medicine to paediatric oncology. She has worked in hospitals in Bristol, South Wales, London and Oxford. Jane also has experience of working overseas: she spent a year as a midwife at the Matilda Hospital in Hong Kong and also worked as a nanny in Toronto.

Training, skills and qualifications

• Registered General Nurse (1985);
• Registered Midwife (1990);
• ENB 997 Teaching and Assessing in Clinical Practice for Midwives (1994);
• National Council for Vocational Qualifications Certificate. Mentor and Assessor for HCAs (1995).

Janet Ward
Specialism: community nurse; midwife; general surgery; dental
Janet joined Lyons Davidson in 2008. She is a State Registered Nurse whose long experience in the NHS included 12 years as a senior district nurse. As a sister on the Nursing Development ward in Oxford, she specialised in urology and breast, thyroid and gastrointestinal surgery. She also worked as a midwife in a regional Special Care Baby Unit and as a dental nurse. After retiring from nursing, Janet trained as a therapist in the Bowen Technique, a remedial treatment that promotes healing and rebalancing of the body. She combines her work as a therapist with HRA work.

Training, skills and qualifications

• Practitioner of the Bowen Technique (2009);
• Dental Nursing Certificate (2008);
• City and Guilds in Information Technology (1996);
• District Nursing Certificate (1986);
• State Certified Midwife (1980);
• State Registered Nurse (1977).

Susan Ward
Specialism: occupational health; orthopaedics
Susan joined Lyons Davidson in 2008. After qualifying as an SRN from the Queen Elizabeth School of Nursing, Birmingham, Susan specialised in cardiology. Involvement with the hospital chaplaincy saw her move into palliative care with the Sue Ryder Foundation in Oxon, creating an information resource centre for staff and patients. She then studied for an OHN Certificate in Edinburgh and worked as an occupational health practitioner for central and local government departments, together with national and regional organisations and companies. She gained the Certificate in Psychodynamic Counselling and Introduction to Psychotherapy and a Postgraduate Certificate in Health Sciences (evidence-based musculoskeletal care) at Warwick University’s Medical School, attending sessions in Orthopaedic Professional Development at the Department of Trauma and Orthopaedics at University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire. She studied an additional module in Ergonomics and Musculoskeletal Disorders at the Robens Centre for Public Health. Susan also has a first in archaeology and an MSc in osteology and palaeopathology. Her postgraduate interests included palaeopathology and degenerative joint disease of past populations. She now draws on this work in the field of musculoskeletal care and occupational health practice. Susan is a member of the Nursing and Midwifery Council; the Royal College of Nursing; the Institute of Ergonomics and Human Factors; the British Trauma Society and the British Association of Biological Anthropology and Osteology.

Training, skills and qualifications

• SRN (1979);
• Certificate in Occupational Health Nursing, with Credit (1987);
• Certificate in Psychodynamic Counselling & Introduction to Psychotherapy (1990);
• BSc (Hons) Archaeology (1994);
• MSc Osteology, Palaeopathology & Funerary Archaeology (1996);
• City & Guilds;
• Postgraduate Certificate in Health Sciences (evidence-based musculoskeletal care) (2008);
• Postgraduate module in Ergonomics and Musculoskeletal Disorders (2010).

Julie Watson
Specialism: practice nurse
Julie joined Lyons Davidson in 2008. She has worked as a practice nurse and has been involved in screening the over 75s. She has worked as a night sister and staff nurse around the UK and also worked as a practice nurse in doctors’ surgeries around Bristol. She also worked as a research nurse on the Helicobacter Project at Bristol University, and as a Community Support Worker for the Dementia Care Trust.

Training, skills and qualifications

• SRN (1982);
• City & Guilds in Teaching and Assessing (1998);
• Obstetrics Course (1987);
• Health Visitors Course (1987-88);
• Practice Nurse course (1992).

Roy Whitehead
Specialism: Nurse; post-anaesthetics; vascular; renal; neurosurgery; critical care
Roy joined Lyons Davidson in 2011. He has worked as a charge nurse and senior staff nurse in renal units and at the Sheffield Kidney Unit. He has also worked in a post-anaesthetic care unit. Roy also has experience as a medico-legal adviser and as an independent medico-legal paralegal for a leading law firm in the North of England and a consultancy in Middlesex.

Training, skills and qualifications

• Advanced Diploma in Adult Nursing Studies (2006);
• Acute Conditions Requiring Critical Care (2005);
• Graduate Diploma in Law (2009).

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