Meet the team
Adrian M Ashurst, RGN, DMS, MHSM, CHSAP - Consultant Editor
Adrian Ashurst has worked as a qualified nurse and manager for over 35 years within the National Health Service and the Independent care sector. Currently Adrian is an independent care management consultant working with a leading provider of intensive psychiatric rehabilitation.
Having worked as an Operations manager for a number of leading care providers he is well placed to comment and provide readers with advice and guidance based upon his vast clinical and managerial experience. Adrian has written extensively for NRC and he is an author with three successful books currently in print. Adrian is responsible for supporting the NRC Editor in developing the journal to meet the needs of carers and managers working in care today. Adrian said, "NRC remains a very special journal as it captures the true essence of nursing and care, it's easy to read and provides everyone with a variety of up to date knowledge base and relevant information. NRC is written by a team of people that are passionate about care."
Laura Dean-Osgood - Editor
Laura graduated from the University of Sussex in 2003 with a BSc in Experimental Psychology. She worked in healthcare recruitment for 3 years before joining MA Healthcare as editorial assistant. She worked across several MA Healthcare titles before moving on to become editor of NRC in May 2007.
Editorial board
Katerina Clarke - Communications Manager, Action on Elder Abuse, London
Carol Dimon - Nurse, Eckington Court Care Home
John Evans - Curriculum Manager, Career Development Centre, Essex
Ian Ireland - Head of Quality & Development, BUPA, Leeds
Nick Johnson - Chief Executive, Social Care Association, Surrey
Des Kelly - National Director, National Care Forum, Coventry
David Miller - Nurse, RGM, RMN, Area Manager (East of England) Anchor Trust
Linda Nazarko - OBE, FRCN is visiting research fellow London South Bank University, and visiting lecturer King's College London
Pauline Newson - Senior Lecturer, Nursing and Midwifery, Suffolk College, Ipswich
Ian Pomfret - District Continence Advisor, Chorley and South Ribble Primary Care Trust District
Simon Rodway OBE - Ex-Director, Social Services, London
Julie Swann - Independent Occupational Therapist
Tom Sweeney - Senior Partner, TMS: NVQ Guidance and Support, Nottingham
Chia Swee Hong - Lecturer in Occupational Therapy, University of East Anglia, Norwich
Helen Yonwin - DCC/NVQ Care Coordinator & Lecturer in Care, Bournemouth & Poole College of Further Education, Dorset