This information provided on this website was written using
the best available published evidence and, where this was limited, expert
consensus. The guideline team consists
of five health professionals with experience treating patients with TB and
MDR-TB; a TB pharmacist, a TB consultant physician, two respiratory registrars
and a TB nurse.
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Jessica L Potter [1]
Dr Jessica Potter (née Keal) is a Clinical Research Registrar at Barts Health NHS Trust. She is a respiratory medicine trainee with a research interest in Tuberculosis. She sits on the UK Advisory Committee for TB Alert and is the trainee representative for the British Thoracic Society TB Specialist Advisory Group. @DrJessPotter |
Toby Capstick [2]
Toby Capstick is the Lead Respiratory Pharmacist at St. James’s University Hospital, Leeds, and is currently Joint Chair of the UK Clinical Pharmacy Association (UKCPA) Respiratory Group, and a member of the BTS MDR-TB Clinical Advice Service. His areas of interest include tuberculosis, difficult asthma, COPD and inhaler technique. He has recently completed his PhD exploring the role of pharmacists in asthma control. @TCapper78 |
William M Ricketts [3]
Will Ricketts is a respiratory registrar in NE London. He has developed an interest in TB over many years, with a special interest in TB epidemiology, and has sat on the British Thoracic Society TB Specialist Advisory Group. He is also an active member of TB-NET, the BTS MDRTB Advisory Service and the London TB Control Board. @tb_doc |
Nuala Whitehead [4]
Nuala Whitehead is the Lead Nurse and Service Manager for Portsmouth Enhanced TB Service. She qualified in 1984 and initially worked on a respiratory ward before specialising in Critical Care. In 1994 she took on the role of Respiratory Nurse Specialist working within the respiratory department of Portsmouth Hospitals taking the lead specifically for the development of TB services. She is the nurse representative in the British Thoracic Society TB Specialist Advisory Group. |
Onn Min Kon [5]
Professor Onn Min Kon is Lead Clinician for the TB service at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust and also for the North West London TB sector. He is chair of the British Thoracic Society TB Specialist Advisory Committee and member of the National MDRTB advisory service. He is Adjunct Professor and Reader in Respiratory Medicine at Imperial College London. |
With thanks to:
British Thoracic Society (BTS), UK MDR Advisory Group, TB Specialist Advisory Group (BTS), Veronica White [1], Ehsan Hanzaree [1], Hasanin Khachi [6], Samantha Chance [7], Teddy Cheng [7], Richard Schilling [8], Mark Gilchrist [9], Adele Gothard [10]
1 Barts Health NHS Trust, TB Service, London, United Kingdom
2 Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Department of Medicines Management and Pharmacy Services, Leeds, United Kingdom
3 The Whittington Hospital, Department of Respiratory Medicine, London, United Kingdom
4 Queen Alexandra Hospital, Department of Respiratory Medicine, Portsmouth, United Kingdom
5 Imperial College London, Chest and Allergy Clinic, London, United Kingdom
6 Barts Health NHS Trust, Department of Pharmacy, London United Kingdom
7 Barts Health NHS Trust, Department of Audiology, London United Kingdom
8 Barts Health NHS Trust, Department of Cardiology, London United Kingdom
9 Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, Department of Pharmacy & Infectious Diseases, London, United Kingdom
10 The Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust, North Manchester Hospital, Department of Pharmacy, Manchester, United Kingdom