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- Dr John D.R Thomson
- Dr Elspeth Brown
- Dr Antigoni Deri
- Dr Shuba Barwick
- Dr Dominic Hares
- Dafni Charisopoulou
- Dr James R. Bentham
- Dr Helen Michael
- Dr Fiona Willcoxson
- Jo Quirk
- Emma Duffy
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- Mr Giuseppe Pelella
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- Mr Osama Jaber
- Sarah Hibbert
- Kathryn Ashcroft
- Jan Forster
- Michael Moore
- Sara Moore
- Dr Sara Matley
- Jayne Slack
- Dr Rachel Avison
- Bianca Mhlanga
- Lyndsay Bamford
- Mike Fresson
- Elaine Woolley
- Marie Wray
- Conditions
- Psychology & Counselling service
- Looking after your child’s oral health
- Dentists Information Section: Dental care in children at risk of Infective Endocarditis
- Attachment
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- Yorkshire Regional Genetic Service
- Outpatient Appointments
- Attending your Local Hospital
- Preparing to Come into Hospital for Surgery
- On Admission to the Children's Ward
- Information about local facilities
- Visiting
- Coming for an echocardiogram
- Cardiac Catheter
- Ablation Procedure
- Reveal Device
- Pacemakers
- Operation Day
- Children's Intensive Care
- Daily Routine on Intensive Care
- Managing your Child's discomfort
- Going Home
- School Advice
- Bullying - Advice
- Lifestyle Advice
- 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)