Launching the First Guide for Building a Nurse-Delivered Venous Intervention Service

Louise Allen is the Lead Vascular Nurse Specialist at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, and an Honorary Lecturer at London South Bank University. She managerially oversees the venous patient pathway, as well as clinically providing an independent nurse-led clinic for patients with varicose veins. She has an interest in the development of nursing roles, studying ‘The Clinical Skills and Services provided by the Vascular Nurse Specialist‘ for her Master’s Degree, and delivering a national Vascular Course for Allied Healthcare Professionals.

Gail Curran has been a Vascular Specialist Nurse since 2008, having commenced her initial role at Cambridge University Hospital, at which time Cambridge was developing as a regional arterial centre.  She developed the vascular specialist nurse service before moving into a research role within vascular surgery for a time and then returning to a specialist nurse role in another arterial centre.  Gail has now moved into a non-arterial centre that feeds into Cambridge and has been developing this service for the last 2 years.  She also currently holds the role of President of the Society of Vascular Nurses and is very proud to see the launch of this document.

Benjamin Cooper has been autonomously delivering a venous service at NHS Grampian for 10 years, including Endothermal ablation (EVLT/RFA) and Sclerotherapy treatments. Throughout his clinical career, Ben has been driven to improve the quality and efficiency of how we deliver our vascular services through developing and advanced nursing roles, quality improvement methodology and research pathways. 

Mr James McCaslin is a consultant vascular surgeon and clinical lead at the Freeman Hospital, Newcastle. He specialises in endovascular treatment of complex aneurysms, peripheral arterial disease and varicose veins. He is the current treasurer of BSET, TPD for vascular in the Northern Deanery and cofounder of UKETS.