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Name
Alison Armstrong
Title
Nurse Consultant (Long-term Ventilation)
Bio
Alison is the Nurse Consultant within the regional North-East Assisted Ventilation Service. She began her career within a neuro trauma intensive care setting and has now worked within the long term ventilation service for over 20 years.
Alison is current Chair of the British Thoracic society Education and Training Committee, and one of her main interests lies in education. She represents nursing on a number of groups nationally. Until recently she was co-chair of the BTS Nurse Specialist Advisory Group and. She is also Chair of HMViP; a collaboration of clinicians and patients to provide support and education to those receiving and using home mechanical ventilation.
She has been the host of the Specialists in Long-term Ventilation at Home (SiLVaH) national network for the last 16 years. The focus of this non-medical group is to promote the sharing of ideas which assists with the creation of new innovations and service improvement in this specialist area of practice.
She has been part of the group involved in developing the home mechanical ventilation medical curriculum and has led on the further development of this to provide a Long Term Ventilation Educational Framework for multi-professional use.
Alison hosts flight assessment clinics for her long-term ventilation patients and recognises the importance of holidays, including airline travel, for this patient group. As a member of the British Thoracic Society, she has recently been involved in the development of a clinical statement for Managing Patients with Respiratory Diseases planning Air Travel.
Alison has an MSc in Practice Development and is an independent prescriber. She is passionate about promoting independence and ensuring an enhanced quality of life for her complex patient group.
Alison is current Chair of the British Thoracic society Education and Training Committee, and one of her main interests lies in education. She represents nursing on a number of groups nationally. Until recently she was co-chair of the BTS Nurse Specialist Advisory Group and. She is also Chair of HMViP; a collaboration of clinicians and patients to provide support and education to those receiving and using home mechanical ventilation.
She has been the host of the Specialists in Long-term Ventilation at Home (SiLVaH) national network for the last 16 years. The focus of this non-medical group is to promote the sharing of ideas which assists with the creation of new innovations and service improvement in this specialist area of practice.
She has been part of the group involved in developing the home mechanical ventilation medical curriculum and has led on the further development of this to provide a Long Term Ventilation Educational Framework for multi-professional use.
Alison hosts flight assessment clinics for her long-term ventilation patients and recognises the importance of holidays, including airline travel, for this patient group. As a member of the British Thoracic Society, she has recently been involved in the development of a clinical statement for Managing Patients with Respiratory Diseases planning Air Travel.
Alison has an MSc in Practice Development and is an independent prescriber. She is passionate about promoting independence and ensuring an enhanced quality of life for her complex patient group.
