Meet the team
Emma Croghan, RGN, RSCN, RSPHN, BSc(Hons), Spec. Pract (School nursing) MPH, PhD (sub) - Consultant editor
Emma is an independent consultant and advisor to health and social care organisations. She chairs the West Midlands Tobacco Control in Young Persons group and has been a member of the expert advisory group for school health chaired by the chief nursing officer.
Emma qualified as an RGN and worked at Birmingham's Children's Hospital before gaining the RSCN qualification. She has studied in the United States and was awarded a Department of Health fellowship to study school health and tobacco control policies as part of both a Master's in Public Health and a PhD programme.
Caroline Voogd - Editor
Caroline graduated from the University of Exeter with a BA in History with European Studies and an MA. She focused her research on early modern medical history. She joined MA Healthcare in 2007. She worked as assistant editor on the British Journal of Neuroscience Nursing before becoming editor of the British Journal of School Nursing.
Editorial board
Yinglen Butt - Nurse Consultant, Department of Health, London
Gill Coverdale - University Lecturer, University of Leeds
Peter Coverdale - Education Adviser, School Workforce Adviser, Education Leeds
Elizabeth Cox - Paediatric Continence Nurse Specialist (retired)
Helen Ellerby - Senior School Nurse, Southampton
Stephen Hackney - Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (School Health, Deputy Team Leader), Cheshire
Kath Lancaster - Independent Nurse Consultant, West Yorkshire
Liz Plastow - Independent Consultant and independent Adviser to the Association for Nurse Prescribing
Catherine Powell - Consultant Nurse Safeguarding Children, Portsmouth City Teaching PCT
Barbara Richardson-Todd - School Nurse Co-ordinator and Practice Teacher, Suffolk PCT
Sarah Sherwin – Course Leader, SCHPN School Nursing, University of Wolverhampton
Sharon White - UK Professional Officer, School and Public Health Nurses Association
Barbara Young – Independent Nurse Adviser, Children and Young People's Public Health, Kent
Helen Ross – Locality Team Leader for Children’s Services
