Contacts

TIER is a huge team effort led by Dr Arvind Nagra. Please find the contact details for anyone in the Network Team below.

Dr Arvind Nagra (TIER lead)

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Dr Nagra is a Paediatric Nephrologist at Southampton Children's Hospital and the founder of TIER. She is the driving force behind the Ready Steady Go and Ask 3 Questions Programmes and has worked tirelessly to develop the programmes to ensure that any child with a long term condition is given the best opportunity to take control of their own health and decisions as they move through the health system.

Dr Yincent Tse

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Yincent Tse is a children's and young people kidney consultant in Newcastle Upon Tyne. He also represents paediatricians in Yorkshire, Humber and North East of England as RCPCH Area Officer. His interest is making information more accessible for patients and has made short animation of complex kidney conditions to help.

Dr Evgenia Preka (Translations)

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Dr James Edelman (Website)

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Dr Edelman is a Paediatric High Dependency Consultant in Southampton and educational lead for the Paediatric Innovation, Education and Research Network. He has helped to develop the TIER website and manages the site's content.

Kath Evans

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Kath is the director of Nursing at Barts Health and is passionate about providing excellent transition pathways throughout healthcare. She has played an integral role in the dissemination of the Ready Steady Go Programme and in developing it's resources.

Neeta Patel

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Neeta is a Paediatric Consultant and allergy lead for the Whittington Hospital and Community allergy service. The number of young people with allergies is increasing dramatically and Neeta is committed to ensuring that they leave children’s allergy services with the confidence and knowledge to manage their allergies well, so that they are able to lead full lives as they move onto becoming independent adults. She also has first-hand experience, having a son with multiple food allergies who is now at University.

Rosemary Thwaites

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Dr Rosemary Thwaites I am a consultant paediatrician with interest in Gastroenterology and clinical lead for transition at South Tees NHS foundation trust. I am currently on a 12-month project with CHWBN as a clinical advisor for healthcare transition. I am passionate about getting care right for adolescents and young adults. I have developed a trust wide transition steering group and hosted annual transition conference at South Tees for the last five years

Jacqueline Sit

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Dr Jacqueline Sit is a paediatric nephrology trainee. Having learnt about and seen the positive outcomes of the Ready Steady Go programme she is keen to be part of TIER so she can continue to learn and help improve experiences and outcomes of children and young people as they move through the healthcare system.

Amanda Harris (Autism and Learning Disability Lead)

Amanda has been part of the Ready Steady Go team since its inception and is one of the five original members. She led early patient focus groups, from which patient-initiated ideas for Ready Steady Go Hello for both children and adults emerged. Amanda is also a member of the BEAT-PCD international network, which provided several of the programme’s translators, and she co-chairs its Transition Project, aimed at improving transition and transfer for young people with PCD, regardless of their country of residence or healthcare system.

Amanda is passionate about improving outcomes for patients with learning disabilities and autism (LDA). She is both an Autism Ambassador and a Learning Disabilities Champion, raising awareness of the special considerations required for these patients throughout the transition period (up to 25 years). Working with the local Accessibility Team and LDA Nursing Team, she has developed a range of patient-centred resources to support young people and their families as they move to adult services.

Deborah Moloney (Partnerships Manager)

Deborah brings people, ideas and opportunities together to help Ready Steady Go Hello grow and make things happen. As Partnerships Manager, she builds strong relationships with hospitals, NHS trusts and partner organisations, helping RSGH reach and support more children, young people and families.

Whether she is developing a new partnership, coordinating a project or exploring a new idea, Deborah brings energy, warmth and a positive, can-do approach. She enjoys turning conversations into partnerships and ideas into action, and is passionate about helping RSGH extend its reach and make a real difference.

Having been part of Ready Steady Go Hello from its early stages, Deborah is proud of how far the charity has come and excited to continue playing a part in its future – building new relationships, developing new projects and helping RSGH reach even more children, young people and families.

Sohni Malde (Website & Content Coordinator)

Sohni brings creativity, fresh ideas and a strong communications background to Ready Steady Go Hello. She supports the charity’s website and digital communications, helping us bring our work to life and share our resources in ways that are warm, engaging and accessible to children, young people and families.

Sohni studied Liberal Arts, majoring in Philosophy, at the University of Bristol and has experience across marketing, communications and editorial work. She is passionate about using clear, thoughtful communication to help people feel informed, included and connected.

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