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Palliative care team

Information about our palliative care team.

  • Dr Ella Aidoo – consultant in children’s palliative medicine and head of service
  • Dr Emma Heckford – locum consultant in children’s palliative medicine
  • Dr Gillian Hughes – consultant in children’s palliative medicine
  • Dr Joanna Laddie – consultant in children’s palliative medicine and deputy clinical director
  • Dr Hannah Linford – locum consultant in children’s palliative medicine
  • Dr Carolina Perez – consultant in children’s palliative medicine
  • Beth Abraham – matron
  • Ella Curtis – children's palliative care clinical nurse specialist (CNS)
  • Diana Frietas – children's palliative care clinical nurse specialist (CNS)
  • Kathy Gilbert – children's palliative care clinical nurse specialist (CNS)
  • Jo Goddard – children’s palliative care specialist nurse (CNS)
  • Luci Hargreaves - children’s palliative care specialist nurse (CNS)
  • Julia Hodges – children’s palliative care specialist nurse (CNS)

  • Priya Panesar – specialist pharmacist
  • Dana Aryan-Warren – administrator
  • Imran Hussain-Miah – administrator
  • Mike Leonard – service manager
  • Sampras Banumoorthy – assistant service manager