London Neonatal MDT Conference
This year’s theme – ‘From Surviving to Thriving’ – focuses on how we can move beyond stabilising our tiniest infants to truly optimising their long-term health and development. We will have some ground-breaking speakers covering FiCare, quality improvement, health inequalities and much more! Through expert insights, case discussions, and innovative approaches, we’ll explore how collaborative, family integrated care transforms long-term outcomes for babies and families.
Whether you’re an Allied Healthcare Professional, Psychological Professional, Pharmacist, Nurse, Doctor, or part of the wider neonatal team, this is your opportunity to connect, learn, and be inspired.
Together, we can make thriving the new standard.
Our
Keynote Speaker Biographies
Neil Marlow is Emeritus Professor of Neonatal Medicine at University College London. His major academic interests have been in long-term outcomes following prematurity and he is the Director of the MRC-funded EPICure studies (www.epicure.ac.uk). He studies brain and cognitive development following very preterm birth, outcomes following asphyxia, communication in neonatal care, and continues a co-investigator on a range of UK and international cohort and randomised studies.
Neil was appointed Chair of the NHS England National Neonatal Review and subsequent Implementation Board. He was elected a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences in 2007, is an emeritus NIHR Investigator and awarded a Bliss Lifetime Achievement Award in 2019.
Author of Surviving Prematurity
Nadia Leake is mother to twin boys born 17 weeks early in 2012. She and her family spent 20 weeks on four different neonatal units following the premature birth of their babies. Since then, she has educated healthcare professionals on the importance of Family Integrated Care (FICare), bereavement care and communication with parents. Nadia published Surviving Prematurity in 2019 and was a sub committee member for the British Association of Perinatal Medicine Family Integrated Care framework for practice, and an advisor to the Institute of Health Visiting work stream on neonatal families.
Nadia is a PhD candidate at Newcastle University, researching the practice of Family Integrated Care in neonates and is co chair of the international FICare committee.
Speaker Biographies
Peter joined Bliss in 2018, taking the Director of Services role in 2022. Previous roles included working as Head of Information and People Development at Citizens Advice Merton and Lambeth, and senior management roles with Sova, a charity supporting people with convictions. He has an MA in International Development, and worked in volunteer programming roles at leading development charity VSO. He is the vice chair of governors at a local primary school.
The Adult Preemie Advocacy Network (APAN) was set up in January 2021, and registered as a CIC in 2023, by a group of adults who were born prematurely to share our experiences and discuss all issues relating to the long-term impact of premature birth. We hope this site will inform, support and advocate for the physical and mental health well-being of every adult preemie regardless of their gestation, health outcomes, or country of residence.
Dr Alanna Gallagher is Principal Clinical Psychologist for the South London Neonatal Hub, hosted by King’s College Hospital Neonatal. Alanna’s role is for the neonatal units across South London, focused on supporting trauma-informed care through delivering training and supporting psychologically-informed environments, using a whole system approach: this includes thinking about staff wellbeing and support, and supporting psychological professionals.
The School for Change Agents by NHS Horizons is a free, online, self-paced course designed for health and care staff at any level to build the confidence and community to unleash their inner change agent! The School for Change Agents takes place on FutureLearn. There are five interactive sessions to complete. Each session includes a range of articles and videos that feature people like you talking about their own experiences of creating change. Two of the team will be coming to give an interactive overview and taster of the program.
Rebecca Dubben, Senior Implementation Manager at UCLPartners, is the current workstream lead for Marthas Rule and is a registered nurse with an intensive care and quality improvement background. Rebecca has extensive clinical experience in critical care environments within both district general and specialist hospital settings. She has been part of the Patient Safety team at UCLP since 2018 and has predominantly been the workstream lead for managing deterioration since this time. Prior to working at UCLP she worked within a tertiary hospital redesigning specialist referrals into the trust utilising quality improvement tools and techniques. Rebecca has completed multiple relevant courses which compliments her experience, for example the Quality, Service Redesign and Improvement course, the Human Factors and Ergonomics for Patient Safety Learning Pathway led by Loughborough University and the Community of Practice Leadership Programme
Jessica Catone is an Implementation Manager at UCLPartners, the Health Innovation Network for North Central London and North East London.
She is part of the Patient Safety team at UCLPartners, and supports the Maternity and Neonatal Safety Improvement Programme (MatNeoSIP) and is the workstream lead for the Medicines Safety Improvement Programme (MedSIP). She has an MSc in Reproductive and Sexual Health Research from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, and has a varied professional background in quality improvement, project management, information services, and health-related research.
Provisional Programme
Date
- 11 Jun 2025
- Expired!
Time
- 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Location
- 250 Euston Rd, London, NW1 2PG
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