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

Inverness: Raigmore Hospital

IRELAND

Dublin: Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital

Bridget Freyne Consultant Paediatrician in Infectious Diseases

Michelle Goode Clinical Nurse Specialist

NORTHERN IRELAND

Belfast: Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children

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

Sheffield Children’s Hospital

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

Great Ormond Street Hospital

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

Evelina Children’s Hospital

Dr Julia Kenny Consultant in Paediatric Infectious Diseases and Immunology

Angela Callaghan HIV Nurse Specialist, Evelina Children’s Hospital

King’s College 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