STPN Core Team
Joint Clinical Director & Surgery in Children Clinical Lead
Feilim Murphy
I am a Consultant Paediatric Urologist in St George’s University Trust since 2007 after coming to London temporarily for 6 months in 2005 from Dublin. Prior to that I trained in Australia, New Zealand and Ireland.
I have been fortunate to work as a clinical director for paediatrics in SGUH and being the Secretary to the British Association of Paediatric Urologists prior to joining the network as the clinical lead for children’s surgery in 2018. Since then it has the a privileged to work with so many talented and caring individuals both within the STPN and at members trusts. Together we have been able to improve services for children with forearm fractures, spinal issues, tonsillitis, appendicitis and testicular torsion, to name both a few. Over the years the STPN has shown itself to be sensible, fair and apolitical with our only interest in enabling better care and outcomes for the children.
As an organisation we have grown and matured and thus we will meet the new challenges together with dedication and focus. As always I am here to serve the network, every member of staff who cares for children in every hospital and our children, young people and families.
Joint Clinical Director
Ryan Watkins
I am a Consultant Neonatologist at University Hospitals Sussex NHS FT, working on the Trevor Mann Baby Unit since 2004. I have been fortunate to have a leadership role on behalf of children’s services in Brighton since 2007 when the new Royal Alexandra Children’s Hospital opened. I have enjoyed working closely with neighbouring Trusts, Evelina London and Kings to establish and develop a range of specialised services for children across Sussex and beyond.
I was joint Clinical Director of the Maternity, Children and Young People’s strategic clinical network from 2013-2016 where we worked on plans for transition to adult services and community paediatric nursing. I am currently Chief of Specialised Services at University Hospitals Sussex. I have been a Board member of the STPN since its inception and represented Sussex providers as well as those I have led in Brighton and Haywards Heath. I am looking forward to building on the legacy of Marilyn’s leadership and working with Feilim and everyone involved with the network to champion the cause of children, young people and their families.
Network Manager
Sally Watts
Sally is a Registered General Nurse with a Masters Degree in Leadership & Management. After a 20 year clinical career mostly as a Genetic Counsellor, an NHS CASS Business School course in 2013 ignited a passion for service improvement leading to a change of career direction into strategy and transformation in 2016.
AHP Clinical Lead - Tony Hudgell Rehabilitation Programme
Samantha Randall
Sammy is the AHP Clinical Lead for the Tony Hudgell Rehabilitation Programme. Sammy is a Highly Specialist Occupational Therapist by professional background, with over 11 years of experience working in paediatrics, including community, in-patient and educational settings.
Sammy’s passion for paediatric rehabilitation has flourished over the course of her personal and professional development. Her knowledge and skills have been developing and consolidating through practice in recent years. Sammy is currently undertaking a Masters degree in Advanced Professional Practice in Neurorehabilitation with Plymouth university.
Critical Care Lead Nurse
Sarah Levitt
Sarah is our Lead Nurse for Critical Care and completed her PgDip in Paediatric Nursing at City University following the completion of a Bachelor of Medical Science Degree at Birmingham University. She has worked in both District General Hospital an Tertiary Centres in a variety of fields including PICU. Combining these experiences to improve healthcare for children and young people across the region is where her passion lies, particularly when it comes to critical care and the deteriorating patient. She has also recently completed a Senior Leader Masters Degree Apprenticeship with Henley Business School.
Before this post she worked as a Clinical Nurse Educator and also supported Governance, multidisciplinary working and recruitment within the team. Professionalism, supporting and developing a resilient workforce for the changing paediatric landscape along with education and training has always been a priority and is something she will continue to focus on within the Network.
Surgery in Children Lead Nurse
Laura Snow
Laura Snow is the Lead Nurse for the Surgery in Children ODN. She is familiar with the hospitals across the region, having worked with STRS for many years. Laura is particularly keen to support nurses, and the wider MDT, looking after children on any surgical journey and hopes to share learning between specialist services and the rest of the network.
Clinical Nurse Educator
Rebecca Whiting
Becky is a registered children’s nurse and a qualified teacher in medical education. She has spent most of her career working with children with complex needs – both in rehabilitation and palliative care settings. Becky moved from nurse management to education after realising she had a passion for supporting clinical staff in their learning and development. Becky has an interest in simulation training and has published work on embedding simulation training in a paediatric palliative care setting.
Becky has joined the network to continue her own learning and with a passion to support others in theirs. She is keen to support the network by continuing to deliver high quality training and learning opportunities.
Deputy Clinical Nurse Educator
Karen Wallace
Karen is Our Deputy Clinical Nurse Educator, supporting the delivery of the STPN education programme.
Educator Administrator
Kazeem ReavesOdunsi
Kazeem is our Educator Administrator, working alongside our clinical and deputy nurse educator in supporting the delivery of the STPN education programme.
Data Analyst
David Taylor
David is the STPN Data Analyst, splitting his time between Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Trust and the STPN.
Project Manager
Emma Davis
Emma has joined the team as a Project Manager, on placement with the Graduate Management Training Scheme. She has previously been working operationally with the Service Management team within Women’s Services at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust and has recently returned from a secondment at the Department of Health and Social Care, where she worked in a policy team on the new Tobacco and Vapes Bill. She is also studying part-time towards a Healthcare Leadership Masters with the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Programme.
Business Support Manager
Christina Forrester
Christina is the Business Support Manager working for the South Thames Paediatric Network
Project Coordinator
Mary Aklog
On Maternity Leave
Senior Project Manager
Joanne Arenas
On Maternity Leave
STPN Clinical Leads
Critical Care Clinical Leads
Jatinder Singh Jheeta
Jatinder is a Consultant Paediatrician at Darent Valley Hospital who has worked in paediatric and neonatal critical care, retrieval and general paediatric services across the South Thames Network. He has been appointed as Clinical Lead for Paediatric Critical Care Levels 1 and 2.
Jatinder says ‘I hope to collaborate with colleagues from the full multidisciplinary team, to collectively share experiences, learnings and innovative practices, particularly whilst the pressures on our services continue to rise, with higher numbers of sick and more complex children presenting at our doors requiring our service. Providing high standards of paediatric critical care closer to home with improved patient safety and working towards more sustainable models of care whilst considering staff wellbeing are of great interest to me.’
Critical Care Clinical Leads
Nick Prince
Nick is a Consultant Paediatric Intensivist at St Georges Hospital who has an interest in education and training having held the roles of both College Tutor and Training Programme Director. Nick has been appointed as the Level 3 Critical Care lead for STPN. Nick says ‘I am passionate about developing the full breadth of STPN critical care services for the benefit of our patients and also our teams, with a strong focus on culture, wellbeing, inclusivity and engagement. I want all of our units to continue to develop the reputations for excellence they deserve through a positive approach to meeting the needs of our patients and families at all times.’
Epilepsy Tertiary Care Clinical Lead
Elaine Hughes
Elaine is the Epilepsy Clinical Lead for Tertiary Care . She is also a Consultant Paediatric Neurologist specialising in complex Epilepsy based at Evelina Children’s Hospital & King’s College Hospital, Chair of SETPEG, Lead for Regional Paediatric Epilepsy Services & Surgery and a member of Children Epilepsy Surgery Service National Steering Group.
