Katie edited the first paediatric advanced practice text in the UK and developed the first (exclusively) paediatric MSc advanced practice programme. Her service re-design projects are often at the forefront of innovation and excellence – in 2013 her team won Clinical Team of the Year (Children) at the General Practice Awards and they were also a finalist for two additional Health Services Journal (HSJ) awards.
Her work in developing and implementing paediatric advanced practice in the UK earned her a place as a finalist in the 2012 Nurse of the Year Awards and then in 2014 she was honoured by the Columbia University School of Nursing Alumni Association with their Award for a Distinguished Career in Nursing Education, Practice and Health Care Policy.
She is currently building a paediatric advanced practice workforce in the Northwest and working with Health Education England to develop the curriculum that will underpin these new roles . Her clinical practice as an APNP is based in the Emergency Department at Alder Hey Children’s Hospital, NHS Foundation Trust.
Katie does all this while holding down the fort in her Liverpool home where she lives with husband, three children and lively Patterdale terrier.