Debi Allcock

Name:	Debi Allcock
Email:	D.M.Allcock@ljmu.ac.uk
Telephone Number:	0151 231 4433
Room/Location:	Room 3.10, Tithebarn Street.
Team:	Child Advanced Practice
Role	Senior Lecturer Lead in Advanced Paediatric Practitioner Ambulatory
Biography:	I am a registered nurse (Child Branch Diploma); a BA (Hons) Specialist Nursing Practice health visitor and an Msc Advanced Paediatric Nurse practitioner. My background is predominantly in paediatric community nursing where I have done a variety of roles over the last 12 years in the community. I qualified in 1996 and worked in Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital, before moving into the field of neonates. For the last 12 years or more I have worked in the community in complex care, health visiting and in my current role as an Advanced Paediatric Nurse Practitioner. I currently work with the university half time, and continue in my role 14 hours a week as a paediatric community matron, looking after children with respiratory needs to work towards keeping them out of hospital. I have been a sessional and honary lecturer for LJMU for the last 3 years on the MSc Advanced Paediatric Nurse Practitioner pathway. I have also taught at Chester University on the Child Health branch and at Stafford University on the Health Visiting pathway as a sessional lecturer.
Teaching Interests:	Child Health Health Visiting Advanced Paediatric Nursing
Research Interests:	My research interest to date is looking at evidence based practice as an effective form of assessment to aiding towards changing clinical practice. I also have an interest in reducing emergency admissions in children with respiratory conditions.
Publications:	Allcock D (2009). Community respiratory service to reduce hospital admissions. Nursing Times. 105. 4. 22-23 Allcock D (2010). Role of the paediatric community matron. Nursing in practice.