Podiatry 2023: Speakers F - N

Lisa trained at the School of Podiatry in Eastbourne (Brighton Polytechnic) and later completed her part-time degree there. She worked for a number of years in North Nottinghamshire as a diabetes specialist podiatrist where she completed an MSc in Health Studies. Her PhD which she finished in 2006 was entitled The function and purpose of core podiatry.

She is a Clinical Research Podiatrist and Research Lead at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. She leads the empowerment podiatry team, chairs the community patient experience and engagement group and audit group. Her main research interests are: peripheral arterial disease, core podiatry, patient empowerment and motivational interviewing.

Martin works in the first NHS-commissioned, podiatry-led, community lower limb vascular service in Manchester providing early identification, diagnosis and best clinical management of people with peripheral arterial disease, in partnership with primary care, vascular teams and others.

He presents lectures and workshops locally, nationally and internationally on podiatry and peripheral vascular disease, is active on social media and writes journal articles and book chapters on these themes.

He is currently serving a second term as an elected Council member with the Royal College of Podiatry (RCPod), and chairing the Clinical Senate committee. He has been awarded fellowships by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow and by the RCPod for his role in developing, delivering and promoting vascular podiatry within the profession and with other key vascular stakeholders.

Professor Fran Game has been a consultant Diabetologist at the University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust since 2011. She is the Clinical Director of R&D and the Derby Clinical Trials Support Unit, and Honorary Professor at the University of Nottingham. Her main clinical and research interest is the Diabetic Foot, leading a number of multicentre/multinational trials in this field. She chaired both the Classification and Wound Healing subgroups of the International Working Group of the Diabetic Foot for the 2023 guidelines and is a member of the Editorial Board of this organisation.

She is the current Clinical Lead for the National Diabetes Foot Audit of England and Wales and has been one of the NHS England Co-Clinical Directors for Diabetes, East Midlands since May 2018. She was awarded the Edward James Olmos Award for Amputation Prevention by the American Limb Preservation Society in 2021.

Krishna Gohil is Senior Lecturer in Prescribing and Podiatry at the University of Northampton. She is a member of Council, Fellow of Podiatric Medicine with the Royal College of Surgeons (Glasgow), and Royal College of Podiatry, an executive member of the Foot in Diabetes UK Committee and Medicine Management committee.

Nick Haddlington is Pharmacy Dean for NHSE Workforce Training and Education in the South West.

Nick’s role is that of an expert educationalist, responsible for the commissioning and quality management of pharmacy workforce training. He holds the positions of Lead Visitor with the Health and Care Professions Council and External Examiner at two schools of pharmacy, is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, Fellow of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society and is annotated as an Independent Prescriber.

With previous roles as Director of Taught Postgraduate Programmes at a UK university, and as an active prescriber in the clinical area of bone and joint infections, he has a particular interest in education reform and workforce transformation, with a focus on prescribing training.

Professor Beverley Harden is the Deputy Chief Allied Health Professions Officer for England, National Lead for the Allied Health Professions and multi-professional Advancing Practice for NHS England’s Workforce, Training and Education Directorate. Beverley was awarded an MBE in the King’s New Years Honours list for services to healthcare and is a Fellow of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy.

Since 2018 she has led work across England to enable employers to realise the full workforce potential of the 15 Allied Health Professions, secure and grow the future workforce, and develop the skilled allied health support, assistant practitioner and technician workforce.

Beverley also leads the national Multi-professional Advancing Practice programme, establishing the Centre for Advancing Practice to bring together clinical and education experts from across professions to develop educational and career pathways for enhanced, advanced and consultant-level practice. This is enabling more highly skilled staff to pursue more inclusive clinical career opportunities as advanced and consultant practitioners.

With extensive senior NHS leadership experience, Beverley has managed a variety of large multi-professional cross-healthcare services and led Trust Education Services. She has led complex service and workforce transformation across systems and as part of the national NHS England New Models of Care team. Beverley has worked as an Allied Health Professions Lead for over a decade across local, regional and national portfolios.

As a Physiotherapist she worked as an expert clinician in critical care and with patients with chronic respiratory failure requiring home ventilation and rehabilitation to optimise person-centred quality of life outcomes. Beverley has volunteered extensively across the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy, most notably in establishing safe and effective national on-call standards and guidance.

As a Visiting Professor at the University of Winchester, she continues her research activity and is committed to the development of education and training to optimise workforce capability across the workforce. Outside of the NHS Beverley is a Board Trustee for Carers UK and, as a carer herself, is a passionate advocate for unpaid carers across the UK.

 

Katie qualified as a podiatrist in 2002 and has worked both in the NHS and private practice. 

She has worked for the Royal College of Podiatry since 2012 and is currently one of the College's Professional Support Officers.  

She is qualified in Employment Law and as an Expert Witness.  

She is also a Board Director of the Labour Research Department.

Having qualified from Birmingham in 1982 I have had a long career in the NHS, initially in Buckinghamshire, then for the last 30 years in various leadership roles in Yorkshire. 

In the early 1990s we were funded by Yorkshire Regional Health Authority to develop standards and an audit tool for Chiropody notes. I believe this and subsequent developments in audit have lead to improvement in both the quality of podiatry notes and subsequent patient care.

I retired from the NHS in 2022 and for the last year I have worked as Professional Support Officer for the Royal College of Podiatry.

Christopher Joyce currently works as an extended scope podiatrist in rheumatology at Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. He completed his undergraduate degree in podiatry at NUI Galway and subsequently went on to complete an MSc in Rheumatology from University of South Wales. Aside from his clinical role, he is the chair of the EULAR Foot and Ankle Special Advisory Group, one of the co-chairs of the Homerton Allied Health Research Network, which to date has seen several AHPs successfully apply for research funding from both local and national competitions. Christopher is also near the completion of his CASE accredited foot and ankle sonography training.

Christopher is involved in multiple foot and ankle rheumatic and musculoskeletal projects including being a working member of the British Society of Rheumatology (BSR) Standards, Audits and Guidelines working Group and working with the Royal College of Podiatry in improving rheumatology foot health education and provision through education and research.

He is a guest lecturer in the UK and Ireland covering podiatric rheumatology to universities both in Ireland and the UK. He has a strong focus on podiatry role in the early detection of rheumatic disease as well as the inequalities in service provision in rheumatology foot health and loves to impart this passion on those who listen.

Nicky is the author of Health hormones and human potential: A guide to understanding your hormones to optimise your health and performance. Nicky is an Honorary Clinical Lecturer in the Division of Medicine University College London. She lectures and researches in areas of exercise endocrinology, with publications in this field.

Nicky’s clinical endocrine work is mainly with exercisers, dancers and athletes, with a focus on relative energy deficiency in sport (RED-S) and athletes navigating perimenopause/menopause. Nicky works to provide a more personalised approach for female hormone health.

Nicky authored the British Association of Sports and Exercise Medicine Health4performance.co.uk online resource. Nicky is medical advisor to Scottish Ballet and a keen dancer herself taking four ballet classes per week.

Paul is a leadership coach, speaker and author specialising in developing senior executives and top teams.

He is a retired Army Lieutenant Colonel who commanded elite teams in 44 countries across five continents. Having led Elite Army Commandos in the most challenging environments imaginable his leadership skills are second to none.

He focuses on self, team, and strategy, centring on the idea that great leadership comes from a position of care. Operating with the confidence expected of one with his background but also with an unexpected sensitivity, quickly building rapport and an emotional bond with clients.

Unwaveringly committed to getting the best from leaders he is adept at developing strategically aligned teams, removing toxic and dysfunctional behaviours and accelerating organisational performance.

Nick is a podiatrist based in Hampshire and runs NK Active, a dedicated podiatry and MSK rehab service with a focus on getting results and putting research into practice.

He has an interest in plantar plate injuries, 3D gait analysis and MTSS. He has published some research into MTSS in runners and wants to bridge the gap between research and clinical practice. Research forms an integral part of the NK Active clinic, helping to form and mould services offered.

Nick has been fortunate enough to be on the Salomon think tank. He was also part of the 2012 Podiatric Medical Team at the Olympics and is a visiting lecturer at the University of Southampton.

Marie qualified as a podiatrist in 2005 and has worked both in the NHS and independent practice.

Marie is currently working at the College as Professional Support Officer.

Chris has been a consultant at King’s College Hospital, London, since 2016. But even while undertaking his specialist training, he has been involved in several service improvement projects within the South East London (SEL) area, and setting up new footcare pathways. He has research interest in peripheral arterial disease and has undertaken an MD on vascular risk stratification of people presenting with foot complications.

He has been proactive in the setting up and running of the SEL MDfT Network, and the Clinical Lead for their Amputation Root Cause Analysis.

In his role as Diabetes UK Clinical Champion, Chris led on developing an improved access to diabetic foot surgical procedures, a problem that has become even more critical post COVID-19 pandemic. This aims to deliver prompt “one-stop” assessment and “day-case” surgical procedures within a clinic setting and to improve on waiting lists, avoid hospital admissions, and decrease hospital length of stay.

Having graduated from the University of Ulster with BSc Podiatry in 2004, Ryan completed his Podiatric Surgery training at West Middlesex University Hospital, London in 2014 and soon after was appointed Consultant Podiatric Surgeon. He is currently the Podiatric Surgery Lead at Homerton Hospital, London and is a registered surgical tutor for the Faculty of Podiatric Surgery. Ryan’s clinical interests include the surgical management of hallux valgus, flat foot deformity and diabetic limb salvage.

Alongside his clinical work, Ryan holds an Honorary Fellow position at Ulster University and is an external examiner for the professional podiatric surgery exams at Huddersfield University.

Biography to follow

Helena graduated in 2011 from the University of Huddersfield and since then, has spent most of her career working in limb salvage. Within this role she gained a raft of experience in delivering advanced assessments and interventions, as well as progressing her education by completing the National Institute for Health and Care Research Integrated Clinical and Practitioner Academic (NIHR ICA) research internship, as well as an MSc in podiatry. She has been fortunate to have also maintained a role as clinical coordinator with Leeds Clinical Trials Research Unit (CTRU) for the NIHR funded Multiple Interventions for Diabetic Foot Ulcer Treatment (MIDFUT) study.

More recently, working in a trainee Advanced Clinical Practitioner role in an integrated service for the diabetic and high-risk foot, Helena completed a Masters module in advanced adult assessment and examination with the University of Northampton to complement the role.

Helena is an advocate for improving undergraduate and postgraduate practice-based clinical education, as well as integrating research into routine clinical care to improve patient outcomes.

She is currently Clinical Lead for Podiatry in University Hospitals Birmingham (Solihull) where she hopes to work towards an integrated pathway to help raise the profile of podiatry.

Scotty Mills has led a life that he could never have dreamt of. From the backstreets of South London, he went on to serve his country and lead Britain’s Commandos around the globe as a Commando ‘Green Beret’ Officer. In 2003, operating alongside the US Navy Seals, he led a team of Marines into Iraq as ‘first on the ground’ theatre entry troops and has deployed on missions all around the world.

As Commanding Officer, he led a team of recovery specialists who were responsible for rebuilding the lives of hundreds of battle-scarred physically and mentally broken injured service people across all four armed forces.

A world record breaker, he was selected as an Olympic Flag Bearer at the London 2012 Olympic Games. As Head of Performance for all 6500 Commandos, he has worked closely alongside multiple elite sports teams worldwide including Olympic Gold medallists and World Cup winners.

More recently, as an advisor to the FA, he inspired the England Manager, Gareth Southgate OBE, Captain Harry Kane MBE and the England football team to develop their culture through innovative leadership and team cohesion training that saw them come together and perform when the pressure was on.

Known as 'Gareth’s Secret Weapon', a term coined by the renowned TV presenter Lorraine Kelly, Scotty has built up a very strong reputation internationally for being able to inspire others to reach their full potential. In 2018 he was voted the most inspirational serviceman across the entire armed forces community receiving a national award.

Scotty’s incredibly compelling story is filled with exceptional stories of the power of human inspiration. Now an accomplished motivational speaker, and as a performance leadership and culture specialist, Scotty is highly sought-after across multiple industries to continue his life’s work to ‘Inspire people and teams’ to achieve their impossible dreams.

Scotty is married to Suzanne and they have four grown-up children. His first book, Never Give In was published in Autumn 2022.

More about Scotty:

• How Scotty inspired England Football Team https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEUvUevmS4U&t=101s#
• Lorraine Show with Harry Kane https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kxu11AG2Dvo&t=151s
• Breaking 19-year World Record https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3M5nB-5TaUM&t=13s
• Building resilience with Wales FA   (1) Watch | Facebook

Maria started her career journey by completing a BSc (Hons) Podiatry at the University of Brighton.

She worked in Kent as an NHS Podiatrist for over 12 years and was the musculoskeletal podiatry lead. She worked across the four pillars of practice: leadership, education, clinical and research. During this time she was funded via the NIHR to complete a MRes clinical research and explored the fear of falling in the elderly. Shortly after completing the MRes she started a new role as the Kent and Medway AHP faculty lead. This role involved creating a collaboration between health and social care providers and educational institutes to enable system wide working.

In 2021, Maria joined the South East AHP team at the former Health Education England. Her role involves ensuring there is an effective supply of AHPs with the right skills in the right place to deliver high quality care across the South East region. She is currently studying for an MPhil at Canterbury Christchurch University and her research is exploring how AHPs transition from education into employment.

She is passionate about raising the awareness of the podiatry profession and encouraging leadership at all levels.

Victoria North is a Director of Zest Podiatry and Physio in Oxford.

She completed her Masters in 2022 and has published a paper, Do MOXFQ scores change over time? A retrospective study of podiatric surgery outcomes.

During Covid Victoria was able to join and support the Oxford NHS team, building on long-term relationships and helping to support all Oxford podiatrists (NHS and private). A new branch was formed from this in 2021, and Victoria took up the Secretary role.

Victoria enjoys creating learning opportunities and linking fellow podiatrists. In 2022 the team took on their first apprentice.