Child
- About
- Meet The Team
- Dr Fiona Willcoxson
- Dr James Oliver
- Dr Elspeth Brown
- Dr Shuba Barwick
- Dr Antigoni Deri
- Dr Helen Michael
- Dr James R. Bentham
- Dr John D.R Thomson
- Dr Dominic Hares
- Mr Osama Jaber
- Miss Carin Van Doorn
- Mr Giuseppe Pelella
- Mr Imrie Kassai
- Kathryn Ashcroft
- Jo Quirk
- Emma Duffy
- Sam Brooks
- Elaine Woolley
- Mike Fresson
- Lyndsay Bamford
- Marie Wray
- Sarah Hibbert
- Alix Dunlop-Jones
- Jan Forster
- John Hobbs
- Hannah Shaw
- Rosie Brakefield
- Michael Moore
- Sara Moore
- Sam Bainbridge
- Dr Sara Matley
- Jayne Slack
- Dr Rachel Avison
- Bianca Mhlanga
- Conditions
- Coronavirus Advice - Activities Ideas for Children and Young People
- Coronavirus Advice - Play Ideas at Home - From Emma, Play Specialist
- Coming for an echocardiogram
- Outpatient Appointments
- Attending your Local Hospital
- Preparing to Come into Hospital for Surgery
- On Admission to the Children's Ward
- Visiting
- Operation Day
- Children's Intensive Care
- Daily Routine on Intensive Care
- Managing your Child's discomfort
- Going Home
- Cardiac Catheter
- Reveal Device
- Ablation Procedure
- Pacemakers
- Looking after your child’s oral health
- Dentists Information Section: Dental care in children at risk of Infective Endocarditis
- Information about local facilities
- Bullying - Advice
- Lifestyle and Exercise Advice
- School Advice
- Attachment
- Psychology & Counselling service
- Yorkshire Regional Genetic Service
- Your Pictures
- Video Diaries
- Support Groups
- Further Advice
- Your Views
- Monitoring of Results
- Second Opinion
Jo Quirk
Lead Nurse - Yorkshire and Humber Congenital Heart Disease Network & Adult Congenital Nurse Specialist
Area of expertise
Adult & Paediatric Congenital Heart Disease
Biography
Registered adult & paediatric nurse, registered health visitor
Qualified as a nurse in 1987
Worked in paediatric cardiology from 1990
Paediatric specialist nurse in cardiology 1996-2005
Qualified as a Health Visitor 2006
Completed post-graduate diploma in public health 2006
Team Leader for Nurse Specialists (adults and children) since 2006
Works clinically with the Adult Congenital Heart patients since 2006
Specialist interests within your profession
Transition for young people with congenital heart disease
Lifestyle advice
Teaching & education of staff
See Publications
- Kendall, L & Quirk, J – Service evaluation of an adult congenital heart disease healthy lifestyle group. British Journal of Cardiac Nursing (April 2011)