Nasogastric Safety: Past present and future

John has been in the medical device industry for 12 years. In that time, he has had the privilege of working with a team of dedicated professionals who share his passion for improving patient safety and positively impacting those who care for patients. The development and launch of NGPod is the pinnacle of their achievements, taking a simple concept to a device now used in the UK and in 7 other international markets.
He began his move into senior leadership roles in 2000, taking over as CEO of a multinational manufacturing business that served major European retailers. This journey culminated in the sale of his business in 2012, after which he transitioned into the Medical Device Industry.
The common theme throughout his career has been customer focus and satisfaction, a formula for success no matter which industry he’s been in.

Qualified as a nurse in 2002 and has held the position of Lead nutrition nurse for the last 8years covering both enteral and parenteral nutrition. Has a specialist interest in NG safety and eating disorders.

Natalie trained at De Montfort University and after qualifying in 2001 returned home to Devon where she began her career as a staff nurse on a colorectal surgical ward. Natalie has experience as a prison nurse as well as working for Fresenius Kabi and Calea as a home nutrition nurse. This was where Natalie really found her passion for nutrition support. The role, although geographically challenging, was rewarding as Natalie experienced the difference she was able to make by supporting people at home. A secondment opportunity soon arose to work with the nutrition support team at the prestigious St Marks in Harrow in which Calea and Fresenius Kabi released Natalie for nearly 3 years to continue to build her portfolio of experience in caring for some of the most complex patients requiring nutritional care.

A relocation to the north west of England took Natalie back to the NHS where her roles have required clear leadership and decision making to improve the nutritional care for all patients.

Since taking up the role of Chair of the NNNG Natalie continues to strive to ensure the nurse’s voice is heard and valued when decisions are made that will affect the nutritional care of all patients receiving health care from any establishment across the UK.

· Registered General Nurse – NHS 34 years
· Health Foundation GenerationQ fellow
Nichola is a registered nurse trained in healthcare incident investigation. She joined HSSIB in March 2017.
She has worked at a strategic level in a variety of healthcare settings spanning primary and secondary care. Her roles have included professional nurse leadership and mentoring of nursing teams, mobilisation of new services including service and workforce redesign, and training and education in incident investigation.
Nichola has developed clinical governance systems in both primary and secondary care, established systems for identifying patient safety risks and has worked collaboratively with local and national bodies relating to healthcare.
Nichola has completed The Health Foundation’s GenerationQ leadership and quality improvement programme and holds an MSc in Leadership (Quality Improvement). She also has significant experience in coaching, action learning and wellbeing.
During the peaks of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, Nichola worked in intensive care at an NHS trust in the Midlands.

I have worked at Salford for 34 years with 13 years Intestinal failure unit (IFU) experience before setting up the Nutrition Nurse Service 15 years ago. Our remit is a large cohort of parenteral nutrition patients outside of the IFU, and enteral feeding tube patients across the organisation.