Meet the team
Professor Sir George Castledine - Consultant Editor
After training as a general nurse, Professor Sir George Castledine won a scholarship to Oxford University to study physiology and philosophy; he also went to Liverpool University to study social sciences.
Sir George then worked at a couple of hospitals as a staff nurse before moving to Manchester Royal Infirmary (MRI). At MRI he became the first clinical joint appointment between the hospital and the medical school, where he became a clinical lecturer and charge nurse working on a trauma unit.
From Manchester Sir George moved to Wales, setting up the first nursing degree course linked to Cardiff Medical School and founding the Department of Nursing at the North East Institute of Higher Education. He then moved to Birmingham as Professor of Nursing and Community Health at the University of Central England, where he held the post of Assistant Dean. Sir George now holds a joint Clinical Professorship and Consultant of Nursing between the University and Dudley Group of Hospitals NHS Trust. He has also been a visiting professor at many universities around the world and has worked in the Middle East and Africa for various aid agencies.
Sir George was made a fellow of the Royal College of Nursing in 1980 for his outstanding contribution to clinical nursing and was knighted for a lifetime of service to the health care profession in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List in June 2007.
Asa Bailey - Editor
Asa Bailey studied marine environmental science at Portsmouth University, graduating in 2003. Since joining MA Healthcare Ltd shortly after leaving university he has worked on a number of different healthcare journals for the company, including most recently as assistant editor of British Journal of Nursing and editor of Gastrointestinal Nursing. Asa became editor of British Journal of Nursing in March 2007.
Editorial board
Russell Ashmore - Lecturer in Mental Health Nursing, University of Sheffield
Steve Ashurst - Critical Care Nurse Lecturer, Maelor Hospital, Wrexham
Jill Aylott - , Lecturer/Researcher, Learning Disabilities, Sheffi eld Hallam University
Christopher Barber - Residential Nurse
Ruhi Behi - Head of School, Nursing, Midwifery & Health, University of Wales, Bangor
Martyn Bradbury - Clinical Skills Network Lead, University of Plymouth
Sue Davies - Senior Lecturer in Nursing, University of Sheffield
Carol Dealey - Research Fellow, University Hospital Birmingham NHS Trust
Bridgit Dimond - Emeritus Professor, University of Glamorgan
Willie Doherty - CNS Continence Care, Park Drive Health Centre, Baldock, Hertfordshire
Kimmy Eldridge - Deputy Head of Department and Director, Health and Human Sciences, University of Essex
Andy Farringdon - Assistant Head of Nursing, Counselling and Psychotherapy, University of Derby
Jane Fox - Senior Quality Assurance Coordinator (North), Skills for Health
Alan Glasper - Professor of Child Health Nursing, University of Southampton
Angela Grainger - Assistant Director of Nursing, King's College Hospital NHS Trust, London
Phil Harper - Senior Lecturer, Oxford Brookes University
Jo Hesketh - Chief Executive, Shropshire Crossroads
Helen Holder - Senior Lecturer, Nursing Studies, University of Central England
Phillip Hufton - Independent Nurse Consultant
Mina Karamshi - Radiology Research Sister, Royal Free Hospital, Hampstead
John Keady - Professor of Admiral Nursing, Northumbria University, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Lesley Lowes - Research Fellow/Practitioner Cardiff University, University Hospital of Wales
Elizabeth McElkerney - Directorate Manager, Women & Child Health, Ulster Community & Hospitals Trust
Richard McMahon - Director of Clinical Governance, NHS Professionals
Andrew McVicar - Director of Research, Anglia Polytechnic University, Essex
Clare Morris - Tissue Viability Advisor, North East Wales NHS Trust
Mervyn Morris - Director, Centre for Mental Health Policy, University of Central England
Cyril Murray - Senior Lecturer, University of Salford
Aru Narayanasamy - Senior Health Lecturer, University of Nottingham
Mike Nolan - Professor of Gerontological Nursing, University of Sheffield
Ann Norman - RCN Adviser for Prison Nurses & Learning Disability Nurses
Joy Notter - Professor, Community Health Care Studies, University of Central England; Lecturer, Health and Welfare, Academie Gezondheidszorg, The Netherlands
Lynn Parker - Independent Educational Advisor, Infection Control, Sheffield
Hilary Paniagua - Senior Lecturer, School of Nursing & Midwifery, University of Wolverhampton
Ian Peate - Associate Head of School, Health & Human Sciences, University of Hertfordshire
Bernadette Porter - Nurse Consultant, Multiple Sclerosis, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, UCLH NHS Trust
Karen Rea - Barrister, London
Vicky Robinson - Consultant Nurse, St. Christopher's Hospice, London
Jo Sharman - Nurse Adviser, Birmingham New Hospitals Project
Antony Sheehan - Joint Head of Mental Health Services, NHS Executive, West Midlands, Birmingham
Pam Smith - Professor of Nurse Education and Director of the Centre for Research in Nursing Midwifery Education, University of Surrey
John Tingle - HRS Reader in Health Law, Nottingham Law School, Nottingham Trent University
Bernice West - Academic Director, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen
John Wilkinson - RCN Officer, Royal College of Nursing, Eastern Region
Caroline Williams - Head of the Medical Defence Education Unit, University of Central England
Kate Williams - Research Fellow in Nursing, University of Leicester
Jo Wilson - Director, Wilson Associates, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Sue Woodward - Lecturer, Specialist in Palliative Care, Florence Nightingale School of Nursing and Midwifery, King's College London