Our Partners

PIER collaborates with a number of multidisciplinary groups and initiatives throughout the region.
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​Clink the links below for more information.

Wessex Clinical Networks

There are a number of Clinical Networks operating in the Wessex Region which include:

• ​Allergy and immunology - Stephanie Cross and Cherry Alviani - Stephanie.Cross@uhs.nhs.uk and Cherry.Alviani@uhs.nhs.uk
• Diabetes - Chris Anderson - Chris.anderson@salisbury.nhs.uk
• Emergency Medicine - David James - david.james@uhs.nhs.uk
• Endocrinology - Justin Davies - justin.davies@uhs.nhs.uk
• Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition - Nadeem Afzal - nadeem.afzal@uhs.nhs.uk
• Infectious diseases - Steve Wadams - steve.wadams@uhd.nhs.uk 
• Nephrology - Shuman Haq - shuman.haq@uhs.nhs.uk
• Oncology and haematology - Juliette Gray - juliet.gray@uhs.nhs.uk
• Paediatric surgery - Steve Parker - steve.parker@nhs.net
• Respiratory - Julian Legg - julian.legg@uhs.nhs.uk
• Rheumatology - Alice Leahy - alice.leahy@uhs.nhs.uk
• Sleep medicine - Cathie Hill - catherinemary.hill@uhs.nhs.uk

Wessex and Thames Valley Children and Young People Operational Delivery Networks ​​

South of England Children's ODN networks, including the Critical Care Network, Neurosciences Network, Surgery in Children Network, Children and Young Adults Cancer Network and Children's Cardiac Network:

• Neonatal ODN Lead - Victoria Puddy - victoria.puddy@uhs.nhs.uk
• South Neuroscience ODN Lead - Andrea Whitney - andrea.whitney@uhs.nhs.uk
• ​Critical Care ODN Leads - Iain MacIntosh and Rachel Oliver - iain.macintosh@uhs.nhs.uk and rachel.oliver3@nhs.net
• Cardiology ODN Lead - Aisling Caroll - aisling.caroll@uhs.nhs.uk

Southampton Children's Hospital

Southampton Children’s Hospital is part of University Hospital Southampton NHS foundation trust – one of the largest teaching trusts in the country - providing general and specialist paediatric services in the south of England.
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Find out more: www.uhs.nhs.uk/for-visitors/southampton-childrens-hospital

Healthier Together

This project aims to align the various providers of paediatric care across Wessex in order to ensure that children receive high quality care irrespective of where they present and that parents receive consistent healthcare messages. The website includes clinical pathways for pathologies that straddle primary and secondary care, as well as Wessex-wide secondary care guidelines and dedicated material for young people.

Find out more: www.what0-18.nhs.uk

NHS Health Education Wessex - School of Paediatrics

The Wessex school of paediatrics provides hands on postgraduate education programmes designed to create our future leaders in general paediatrics and a wide range of sub-specialties.
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Find out more: https://wessex.hee.nhs.uk/

​SORT (Southampton and Oxford Retrieval Team)

The Southampton Oxford Retrieval Team (SORT) is a collaboration between two paediatric intensive care units delivering expert paediatric critical care to hospitals throughout the south of England. Its website hosts a dosage calculator and useful guidelines for children with acute severe illness. 

Find out more - www.sort.nhs.uk

SONeT (Southampton and Oxford Neonatal Transport)

The Southampton Oxford Neonatal Transport service (SONeT) is a collaboration between  two neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) in Oxford and Southampton. It provides emergency neonatal retrievals, planned transfers and repatriations in Thames Valley and Wessex neonatal network.

Find out more: www.sort.nhs.uk/SONeT

Ready, Steady, Go

The Ready Steady Go transition programme, developed by the Transition Steering Group and led by Dr Arvind Nagra, provides the necessary tools to successfully transfer children with chronic medical conditions onto adult services.
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Find out more: www.readysteadygo.net