See below contacts and clinic information for multi-disciplinary teams across the UK and Ireland, detailed here to support regional paediatric and family HIV treatment networks.
This information was put together in 2006, originating in the Children’s HIV National Network (CHINN) Review published that year, recommending the development of national networks for paediatric and perinatal HIV.The information includes model forms for clinical uses, local newsletters, and local events . If you would like to add or change any information for a particular region, such as detailing newsletters, meetings or events, please email: getinvolved@chiva.org.uk.
SCOTLAND
All patients living with HIV in Scotland are managed through SPAIIN (Scottish paed & adolescent infection and immunology network).
Glasgow: Royal Hospital for Sick Children (Yorkhill)
Dr Conor Doherty Consultant in Infectious Diseases and Immunology
Dr Rosie Hague Consultant in Infectious Diseases and Immunology
Debbie Thomason Nurse Specialist
Edinburgh: Royal Hospital For Sick Children
Dr Laura Jones Consultant Paediatrician
Lindsay Brown Immunology Nurse Specialist
Royal Aberdeen Children’s Hospital
Dr Jill King Consultant Paediatrician
Lorraine Clarke Paediatric Immunology Nurse
IRELAND
Dublin: Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital
Bridget Freyne Consultant Paediatrician in Infectious Diseases
Michelle Goode Clinical Nurse Specialist
NORTHERN IRELAND
NORTH EAST
Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Dr Terry Flood Consultant in Paediatric Infectious Diseases and Immunology
Prof Marieke Emonts Consultant in Paediatric Infectious Diseases and Immunology
Ailsa Pickering Clinical Nurse Specialist
Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust
Dr Sean O’ Riordan Consultant in Paediatric Infectious Diseases
Maria Dowie Clinical Nurse Specialist
Dr Fiona Shackley Consultant Paediatric Immunology/Allergy/Infectious Diseases
Anna Ford Clinical Nurse Specialist
Lisa Ibberson Clinical Nurse Specialist
NORTH WEST AND NORTH WALES
North Manchester General Hospital
Dr Paddy McMaster Paediatrician in Infectious Diseases
Sharon Peters Clinical Nurse Specialist
Liverpool: Alder Hey Children’s Hospital
Cathryn Benson Paediatric HIV nurse specialist
Dr David Porter Consultant in Paediatric Infectious Diseases & Immunology
MIDLANDS
Birmingham: Heartlands Hospital
Dr Steve Welch Consultant Paediatrician
Yvonne Vaughan-Gordon Clinical Nurse Specialist
University Hospitals of Leicester
Dr Srini Bandi Consultant Paediatrician
Nottingham University Hospitals Trust
Shirley Southall Paediatric Nurse Specialist
SOUTH WEST AND SOUTH WALES
Bristol Royal Hospital for Children
Dr Jolanta Bernatoniene Consultant Paediatrician
Florence Manyika Clinical Nurse Specialist
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board
Dr Jennifer Evans Consultant Paediatrician
Emily Blake Clinical Nurse Specialist
University Hospital Southampton
Dr Sanjay Patel Consultant in Paediatric Immunology and Infectious Diseases
LONDON CENTRES
Lead Centres
Imperial College Healthcare (St Marys) – Family Clinic
Dr Hermione Lyall Consultant Paediatrician
Sophie Raghunanan Specialist Children’s Nurse
Imperial College Healthcare (St Marys) – 900 Youth Clinic
Dr Caroline Foster Consultant Paediatrician
Sara Ayers Clinical nurse practitioner
Dr Alasdair Bamford Consultant Paediatrician
Jacquie Flynn Clinical Nurse Specialist
St George’s University Hospital
Dr Katja Doerholt Consultant Paediatrician
Sharon Storey Clinical Nurse Specialist
Sarah Tizzard Clinical Nurse Specialist
Additional centres
Dr Julia Kenny Consultant in Paediatric Infectious Diseases and Immunology
Angela Callaghan HIV Nurse Specialist, Evelina Children’s Hospital
Dr Sally Hawkins, Specialist Paediatrician
Dr Elizabeth Hamlyn Adolescent Consultant
Claire Russell Clinical Nurse Specialist
Perinatal Virtual Clinic (PVC)
There is also a Perinatal Virtual Clinic (PVC) which is a forum for discussing complex cases involving children and young adults living with HIV, and for the prevention of vertical transmission (PVT). The clinic is held on Microsoft Teams on the first Thursday of the month, 9-10am GMT.
You may consider referring a case for discussion here in the following cases:
- Starting a child or young adult on ART
- Virological failure or resistance
- Long-acting treatments
- Co-infection
- Malignancy
- Changes in ART to simplify or update regimen
- Pregnant mothers with HIV not virally suppressed
To refer a case for discussion please complete the appropriate slidedeck below, with patient details anonymised, and email this to caroline.foster5@nhs.net.
In urgent cases, the appropriate healthcare professionals involved in the patient’s care can have a discussion with the PVC team without waiting for the next virtual clinic date, to avoid any delays. The PVC is supported by members of the Penta Training Network.
