We aim to deliver consistently high standards of care. We are always pleased to hear of anything you have to say and any suggestions you might have to help us continuously improve our services.
Management team
Elaine McNamara, Directorate Manager Tel: 0191 213 7661
Nicola Forster, Assistant Directorate Manager
Emily Wallace, Directorate Administration Manager
Senior Nursing Staff
Julia Ibbotson, Matron for Urology, Renal Services and Institute of Transplantation
Glenda Bestford, Deputy Matron – Renal Services
Senior Sister Carina Taylor, Ward 31 Sister
Senior Sister Lisa Batchelor, Ward 32 Sister
Sister Pauline Statt, Renal Clinical Investigation Unit
Sister Alison Malone, Renal Clinical Investigation Unit
Sister Glenda Bestford, Nurse Practitioner – Dialysis Care Pathway
Senior Sister Jennifer Steedman, Specialist Nurse Home Haemodialysis
Sister Victoria Lloyd, Specialist Nurse Home Haemodialysis
Sister Toni Poole, Specialist Nurse Peritoneal Dialysis
Charge Nurse Daniel O’Donnell, Specialist Nurse Peritoneal Dialysis
Sister Catherine Pearce, Vascular Access Co-ordinator
Sister Jessy Mathew, Vascular Access Co-ordinator
Sister Lisa Athey, Specialist Nurse Active Supportive Care/Dialysis Care Pathway
Sister Julie Williams, Specialist Nurse Active Supportive Care/Dialysis Care Pathway
Jan Halliday, Specialist Nurse Renal Anaemia
Yuqing Ye, Specialist Nurse Renal Anaemia
Verity Pinkney, Renal Clinical Educator
Helen Ritson, Young Adult Kidney Care Co-ordinator
Julie Wardle, Live Donor Transplant Co-ordinator
Helen Dobson, Live Donor Transplant Co-ordinator
Trish Smith, Abdominal Transplant Co-ordinator
Georgina Wilkinson, Abdominal Transplant Co-ordinator