Prof. Andy Lockey MBE – RCUK President, Consultant in Emergency Medicine at Calderdale & Huddersfield NHS Trust and Visiting Professor in Emergency Medicine at the University of Huddersfield
Prof. Andy Lockey is a Consultant in Emergency Medicine at Calderdale & Huddersfield NHS Trust and a Visiting Professor in Emergency Medicine at the University of Huddersfield. He first became involved with Resuscitation Council UK (RCUK) in 1993, when he became an ALS Instructor, and is now President of RCUK. Andy was awarded an MBE in the King’s inaugural New Year’s Honours list in 2023 for services to resuscitation training.
Jo Lawrence, MBA – RCUK Executive Committee member, Senior Lecturer at Brighton and Sussex Medical School, Fellow of the Higher Educations Academy, CEO Back to Life Limited
Jo Lawrence has a background in critical care, business management and is a Senior Lecturer and module lead for Debriefing and Feedback at BSMS. Educator for RCUK and ALSG. Educates across cultures in Bethlem, Uganda and Malaysia. She is currently working with the Innovation team at New Buckinghamshire University to develop Midwifery Educators in simulation for optimisation of the preterm birth pathway. Jo believes reflection is pivotal to how we all develop and learn, and the challenge may be less about 'do we reflect' and more about 'understanding how'.
Dr Vix Monnelly – RCUK Executive Committee and NLS/ARNI subcommittee member, Consultant Neonatologist at Simpson Centre for Reproductive Health in Edinburgh
Dr Vix Monnelly has been an active member of RCUK for the last decade, initially as a trainee representative on the NLS subcommittee. Now Vix is on the RCUK Executive Committee, Finance Subcommittee and the NLS/ARNI subcommittee, as well as holding roles within ILCOR and ERC. Vix is passionate about inspiring the next generation of professionals for RCUK, and has jointly been responsible for the inception of the Early Careers Forum. Vix also has professional interests in the care of the surgical neonate and staff wellbeing. Outside of work, Vix likes to run, cook and spend time with her family.
Prof. Gavin Perkins – RCUK Vice President and chair of CARe subcommittee, Dean of Medicine at Warwick Medical School
Prof. Gavin Perkins is Dean of Medicine at Warwick Medical School, Vice President of the Resuscitation Council UK and Chair of the Community and Ambulance Committee. He also serves as co-chair of the International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation and Director of Science and Research for the European Resuscitation Council.
Dr Joyce Yeung – RCUK Executive Committee member and chair of ILS subcommittee, Consultant in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care at University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust and an Associate Professor at University of Warwick
Dr Joyce Yeung is a Consultant in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care at University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust and an Associate Professor at University of Warwick. She chairs the Immediate Life Support and led the development of e-ILS as well as e-ALS updates. Joyce is also a member of the ALS Subcommittee, a Fellow of European Resuscitation Council, and an Expert systematic reviewer and Scientific Advisory Committee member for International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation (ILCOR).
Dr Siba Paul - Consultant Paediatrician, Yeovil District Hospital
Dr Siba Paul is a medical director for NLS and EPALS courses. Siba is passionate about inspiring the next generation of professionals for RCUK, especially colleagues from international medical graduate backgrounds and to minimise differential attainments amongst them. Siba has professional interests in paediatric gastroenterology and is the chair of the BSPGHAN Coeliac Disease working group. Siba has published books to guide colleagues in their preparation for the MRCPCH exams. Outside of work, Siba enjoys cricket, experimenting with cooking fusion dishes, and spending time with his family.
Dr Chris Thorne - ST6 Anaesthesia and ICM, Royal United Hospital, Bath
Dr Chris Thorne is a registrar in anaesthesia and intensive care medicine from Bristol. He has a longstanding interest in both resuscitation and medical education related to Basic and Advanced Life Support. He has been a trainee representative on the ALS subcommittee since 2017 and has been involved with guideline writing, course material development and has led several pedagogic research projects relating to the ALS course, particularly investigating candidate factors that influence course outcomes.
Prof. Katherine Woolf – Professor of Medical Education Research, UCL Medical School
Prof. Katherine Woolf has spent 20 years finding the causes of ethnic inequalities in medical education and training and working with medical schools, medical Royal Colleges and the General Medical Council to address these problems. Her research now encompasses all healthcare workers, exploring their health, wellbeing and career outcomes, including how to improve the retention of minoritised staff within the NHS.
Kevin Mackie – RCUK Executive Committee member and Lead Educator
Kevin Mackie is Lead Educator for RCUK. He has been teaching resuscitation skills for over 20 years and has been a GIC educator since 2003. He has written and directed undergraduate and postgraduate programmes, holding academic positions at Portsmouth and Birmingham City Universities.
Amongst his other responsibilities, Kevin is an educational advisor to the ARNI course, developing innovative new courses like ALS recertification (short course), and leading the development of the fourth edition ‘Blue Book’. His particular interest is in the debriefing of candidates engaged in medical simulation.
Dr Nicki Morgan – Consultant in Emergency Medicine, North Bristol NHS Trust
Dr Nicki Morgan is a Consultant in Emergency Medicine with a keen interest in education and training and the non-medical clinical workforce.
She has developed simulation and training programmes locally and nationally, and across all healthcare groups with a focus on human factors and non-technical skills. She is an RCUK Educator and the education lead for the European Trauma Course (ETC). Her research is in simulation and inter-professional training for healthcare professionals.
Dr Jasmeet Soar – RCUK Executive Committee member and chair of ALS subcommittee, Consultant in Intensive Care Medicine at Southmead Hospital Bristol
Dr Jasmeet Soar is a Consultant in Anaesthetics and Intensive Care Medicine at Southmead Hospital Bristol. He chairs the RCUK ALS Subcommittee. He is the ERC ALS Science and Education committee co-chair, past chair of the ILCOR ALS Task Force, and an editor of the journal Resuscitation. He has an interest in ensuring people who require resuscitation receive evidence-based care to achieve the outcomes that matter to them.
Prof. Anil Hormis - Consultant in Anaesthesia and Critical Care Medicine at The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust, Consultant in Pre-hospital Emergency Medicine (PHEM), Lincs & Notts Air Ambulance
Prof. Anil Hormis sits on the ALS sucommittee of the Resusitation Council UK and has been leading the development of the Out of Hospital ALS Course (OH-ALS).
He has been working in Pre-hospital Emergency Medicine since 2000. He has worked as a Flight Physician for several HEMS organisations including the Yorkshire Air Ambulance (YAA), London’s Air Ambulance (LAA) and currently as one of the Consultants at the Lincs & Notts Air Ambulance (LNAA). Professor Hormis was the Training Programme Director (TPD) for PHEM with HEE Yorkshire and the Humber from 2014-2018.
Emily Le-Gallienne – ALS subcommittee member, Resuscitation Officer at East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust
Emily Le-Gallienne is a Paramedic and Resuscitation Officer at East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust, with a special interest in debriefing and reducing health inequalities in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. Speaking as a member of the ILS Subcommittee, she will be supporting an interactive presentation on the power of effective skills teaching, with a focus on safe defibrillation.
Catriona Fleming - ILS subcommittee member, Lead Resuscitation Practitioner/ReSPECT lead at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Catriona Fleming is Lead Resuscitation Practitioner/ReSPECT lead for Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, with a special interest in psychomotor skills teaching. She is Educator to the ILS subcommittee and as part of the ILS subcommittee enjoys developing the educational tools within the ILS and ILS I courses. Alongside ILS committee colleagues she will be inviting the audience to consider how preparatory task analysis, immediate error correction and repeated skill practice distributed over time can help learners to achieve and maintain competence.
Isabelle Hamilton-Bower – Clinical Lead, Resuscitation Council UK
Isabelle Hamilton-Bower has been a Clinical Lead at RCUK for over six years. Formally the Lead Nurse for Resuscitation Services in a large London teaching hospital, she is particularly interested in skills acquisition and assessment strategies in clinical education. Isabelle was involved in the development of RCUK BLSi course and the ALS recertification (short course). She works with a variety of partners across the UK on the wider promotion of CPR awareness and skills.
Dr Sophie Skellett – RCUK Executive Committee member and chair of EPALS and PILS subcommittee, Consultant Intensivist Medical Director of Resuscitation at Great Ormond Street Hospital
Dr Sophie Skellett is a Consultant in Paediatric intensive care at GOSH since 2002. She joined EPALS and PILS subcommittees in 2009 and has been chair of the subcommittee since 2011. Medical Lead for Resuscitation at GOSH, paediatric member NCAA steering group, member ERC PLS SEC. Part of the resuscitation team at GOSH, joined PediresQ international QI team in 2016 and continues to be part of this collaborative developing evidence in the field of paediatric resuscitation.
Denise Welsby - EPALS subcommittee member, Head of Resuscitation Services at Great Ormond Street Hospital
Working in Great Ormond NHS Hospital Trust as Head of Resuscitation, Denise Welsby is responsible for the effective development and delivery of a comprehensive service. Her 38 years of nursing experience in Cardiology and Resuscitation has taken her from Northern Ireland to Scotland to London. As a member of the EPALS subcommittee, she is privileged to be part of a team that strives to create the right conditions and opportunities, for all staff to thrive and push the boundaries of their skills, through scientific, quality-driven change.
Dr Ben Stretch – EPALS subcommittee member, Anaesthesia ST5 at Royal London Hospital
Dr Ben Stretch's interest is resuscitation sciences and how these are applied to clinical practice. He completed a year-long Intensive Care fellowship at Barts Heart Centre and here he developed an interest in innovation and novel techniques including endovascular and extracorporeal resuscitation.
Mandy Brailsford - EPALS subcommittee member, Head of Education, Transformation and Commissioning at NHSE in the North East and Yorkshire
Mandy Brailsford is passionate about education and ensuring a workforce for a healthier nation and amazing NHS. She is a GIC Educator and sits on the RCUK European Paediatric Advanced Life Support (EPALS) subcommittee using her strong clinical academic background to contribute and guide the development of educational content and course materials supporting the growth of the health and care workforce in paediatrics.
Dr Joe Fawke - RCUK Executive Committee member and chair of NLS/ARNI subcommittee, Consultant Neonatologist at University Hospitals Leicester NHS Trust and an Honorary Senior Lecturer at the University of Leicester
Dr Joe Fawke is a Consultant Neonatologist at University Hospitals Leicester NHS Trust and an Honorary Senior Lecturer at the University of Leicester. Joe was one of the originators of the ARNI course, co-editor of the ARNI course manual and Chair of the ARNI working group. He became chair of the NLS subcommittee in 2018. As part of a wider interest in medical education, Joe is a Paediatric Training Programme Director for Health Education East Midlands. His clinical interests include resuscitation, simulation-based training and neonatal neurodevelopmental follow-up. He was a NICE Guideline Committee member for the Developmental Follow up of Children and Infants born Preterm, and he is Chair of the NICE Neonatal Parenteral Nutrition Guideline Committee.
Dr Rob Tinnion - Consultant Neonatologist, Medical lead for the Northern Neonatal Transport Service, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle upon Tyne
Alongside neonatal transport medicine, Rob's interests include stabilisation and resuscitation of the newborn (both in and out-of-hospital) and quality and safety. He is a member of the NLS/ARNI subcommittees at RCUK and also chairs the working group for the new RCUK Out-of-Hospital NLS course, about which he is presenting an update at this event.
Michael Bradfield – Director of Clinical and Service Development, Resuscitation Council UK
Michael Bradfield joined Resuscitation Council in 2023. Michael’s team has responsibility for a broad range of clinically related activities across the chain of survival, including developing national resuscitation guidelines, quality standards, life support courses and support for implementing the ReSPECT process. Michael is a paramedic and began his career in the NHS ambulance service in 2005, and has worked in a variety of patient-facing, education and service-development roles in the field of out-of-hospital emergency care, with a focus on critical care and resuscitation.
Adam Benson-Clarke – Deputy Director of Clinical and Service Development, Resuscitation Council UK
Adam Benson-Clarke is the Deputy Director of Clinical & Service Development for RCUK and was previously a Clinical Lead. Adam’s background is in resuscitation and critical care outreach with an interest in education and preventing patient deterioration. Adam has been involved in several key projects within RCUK since he joined the organisation in 2017, namely the delivery of the eILS, ePILS and recently the out-of-hospital courses programme.
Naomi Reeves – Clinical Lead, Resuscitation Council UK
Naomi Reeves has been a Clinical Lead at RCUK for just over a year, having formally worked as a Senior Resuscitation Practitioner in the Midlands, she is particularly interested in course development and strategies to improve bystander CPR. Naomi was involved with the development of the upcoming anaphylaxis module and new out-of-hospital ALS course. She supports the EPALS and CARe subcommittees.
Dr Christopher Smith - NIHR Clinical Lecturer in Emergency Medicine
Chris Smith is an NIHR Clinical Lecturer in Emergency Medicine, dividing his time equally between clinical practice and academia. He completed a PhD in Health Sciences in 2021. His research interests concern improving the community response to out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, particularly the use of public-access Automated External Defibrillators.
His interest in resuscitation began at medical school where he taught and later chaired a peer-led BLS/AED course. He is now involved in efforts with Resuscitation Council UK to facilitate peer-led resuscitation training in medical students across the UK. He is also a member of the CaRE subcommittee and instructs ALS and EPALS.
Tom Wood – Clinical Lead, Resuscitation Council UK
Tom joined RCUK last September as a Clinical Lead. His role involves oversight of the ReSPECT process, NLS and ARNI courses as well as other courses and projects. He is an ALS, EPALS and GIC Instructor and is passionate about supporting the development of new instructors. Prior to joining RCUK, Tom’s nursing career encompassed roles as a resuscitation officer, university lecturer and senior nurse in emergency medicine.