Streamlining Children’s Care in the Community

Sarah Hulme is Head of CYP and Family Services for CNWL in Inner London.  A Speech and Language Therapist by background, Sarah has almost 30 years’ experience working with children with complex and additional needs and their families. 

Sarah established the alliance known as ‘Camden Integrated Children’s Service’ in 2014. Her role affords her the opportunity to lead community children’s services across 4 NHS providers and the local authority, working in partnership to deliver the best outcomes for CYP and families.

Sarah is particularly interested in co-production at both personal and strategic levels, using shared knowledge and skills to improve performance and outcomes.

Until her appointment to this role in December 2014, Sarah was Head of Speech and Language Therapy for a neighbouring trust. She graduated from UCL with a BSc in Speech Sciences, and more recently gained an MSc in Clinical Leadership.

Rianne Steele is the Programme Coordinator for Connecting Care for Children, an innovative integrated child health programme based at St Mary’s Hospital and covering the majority of North West London. Her role focuses on the continued development of the GP Child Health Hubs in collaboration with the variety of clinicians who attend. This ensures we are continually providing a strong service for Children & Young people as well as a place for on-going learning for all.

Rianne also works closely with junior doctors who rotate through the CC4C Integrated Paediatrics role to give them an insight into working in a different way to provide more holistic care for patients.Rianne Steele is the Programme Coordinator for Connecting Care for Children, an innovative integrated child health programme based at St Mary’s Hospital and covering the majority of North West London. Her role focuses on the continued development of the GP Child Health Hubs in collaboration with the variety of clinicians who attend. This ensures we are continually providing a strong service for Children & Young people as well as a place for on-going learning for all.

Rianne also works closely with junior doctors who rotate through the CC4C Integrated Paediatrics role to give them an insight into working in a different way to provide more holistic care for patients.

Mary Salama works as a consultant paediatrician at Birmingham Women's and Children's Hospital. She has a leadership role in human factors and improving care for children with medical complexity.

She is a quality improvement enthusiast and has been a member of the Q community since 2017. Projects have included improvements in systems surrounding children with medical complexity, communication with young people in the co-produced #teentalk initiative and the incorporation of parental escalation in paediatric early warning scores. She is a clinical entrepreneur, an executive member of the Colab partnership and an advisor for the Wellchild Charity.

Rachel is currently working as Sister and nursing lead for The Children with Medical Complexities Team based at Birmingham Children's Hospital. She has worked within the acute sector for the past 17 years within Birmingham. Rachel has worked within a variety of different roles working with children with medical complexities, working as a CNS for EB and a Discharge Liaison for Children with Complex Needs. Rachel was also part of the founding team of The Hospital @ Home service within Birmingham Children's Hospital.

Rachel’s current role is her biggest achievement as she has been part of developing an innovative and unique service from the beginning. Rachel is passionate about trying to make a difference, by navigating barriers, working with families and trying to ensure that they get the right service at the right time. Rachel finds this role immensely rewarding and she is so proud to be part of a team of like-minded, determined, passionate professionals. 

Lisa is currently the Service Lead for a Specialist Children’s Community Nursing Service in Devon, which includes Specialist Nurses, Children’s Community Nurses, Special School Nurses, Complex Health Care Nurses and a Children’s Palliative Care Nursing Team. 

Lisa has worked in the community setting for over 20 years initially as a Community Oncology Nurse, CCN and Children’s Community Matron, then latterly as a Nurse Manager and Service Lead. 

Lisa completed a specialist practice qualification in 2000 and non-medical prescribing qualification in 2006. She has a special interest and MSc qualification in palliative care and set up the Devon Palliative Care Nursing Team in 2012. Lisa was awarded the Queen’s Nurse Award in 2019.