Executive Board

President 

Dr Mary E. Braine – Senior Lecturer in Nursing
School of Health and Society
University of Salford
Allerton Building
Salford M6 6PU

  • Vision and leadership for BANN
  • Establish links with other National associations e.g., SBNS, RCN, WFNN
  • Represents BANN
  • Promotes BANN at all times

Treasurer/ Unit Representative Co-ordinator

Joanne Outtrim – Research Nurse
Addenbrooks Hospital, Cambridge

  • Deals with all monies
  • Budget control
  • Recruits new members
  • Maintains membership records
  • Maintains accounts and arranges for auditing
  • Manages Travel / Research awards
  • Promotes BANN at all times
  • Establish a method of recruiting all units into BANN
  • Establish the unit representative role

Benchmark Link

Cath Waterhouse – Lecturer Practitioner
Royal Hallamshire Hospital
Glossop Rd
Sheffield, S10 2JP

  • Represents BANN at NNBG
  • Publicises NNBG activities
  • Project work for NNBG

Membership and merchandise secretary

Mrs.Claire Lynch – Lecturer in Nursing
Birmingham City University

  • Maintains membership records
  • Promotes BANN at all times
  • Recruits new members
  • Markets BANN merchandise

Webmaster

Dr Mary E. Braine – Senior Lecturer in Nursing
School of Health and Society
University of Salford
Allerton Building
Salford M6 6PU

  • Communicates and liaises with Neuroscience Benchmarking group
  • Manages the organization of the web site
  • Designs and edits the web pages
  • Manages information for accuracy, appropriateness and currency
  • Recruits new members
  • Promotes BANN at all times

Marketing

Professor Neal Cook – Head of School
School of Nursing and Paramedic Science
University of Ulster
Magee Campus Northland Road
Londonderry BT48 7JL
Northern Ireland

  • Represents BANN on EANN Board
  • Publicize EANN Congress
  • Project work for EANN
  • Designs posters for units
  • Support Webmaster
  • Supports Unit Representative Co-ordinator
  • Recruits new membersAnne Preece – Head Injury Nurse Specialist

Meeting Secretary

Lynsay Creighton – Interim Associate Chief Nurse – Regional Services 
Institute of Neurological Sciences. The Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Glasgow G51 4TF

  • Record minutes and agendas of all meetings
  • Promotes BANN at all times
  • Recruits new members

RCN Representative

To be confirmed

  • Represents BANN on the Neuroscience forum
  • Publicizes RCN Congress
  • Project work for EANN
  • Recruits new BANN members

BJNN Representative

Dr Julie Derbyshire
Northumbria University
Newcastle Upon Tyne

  • Represents BANN on the BJNN Editorial Board 
  • Organise and submit articles for the BANN pages in BJNN bi-monthly
  • Encourage and actively seek articles for publication to the journal
  • Attend BJNN board meetings as required
  • Feedback to BANN board at each committee meeting

Committee Members

Anne Preece – Head Injury Nurse Specialist
Neuro Critical Care Unit, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Edgbaston, Birmingham B13 2TH

Ciara O’Rouke – Patient Advisory Manager
Beaumont Hosptial, Dublin

Deirdre Nolan – Research Development Nurse
Neuroscience Directorate, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin

Emily Ashcroft – Clinical Educator
Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Edgbaston, Birmingham B13 2TH

Dr Julie Derbyshire – Director of Apprenticeships and Assistant Professor in Nursing
Northumbria University, Newcastle Upon Tyne

Sam Weaver – Advanced Nurse Practitioner Neurosurgery
Ninewells, Dundee

Andrea Shepherd – Lecturer
School of Nursing, Ulster University

Diane Lyttle – Lecturer
School of Nursing, Ulster University

Lisa Cutsey – Ronald Dahl Transition Neuromuscular Nurse Specialist
Leads General Infirmary