Safe Vaccine Administration

Helen Donovan is a Specialist Nurse in Immunisation and Health Protection, she currently works as an independent nurse consultant delivering education on vaccination and advising on policy and more widely on public health. She has had a varied career across general nursing, midwifery, practice nursing, health visiting and specialist health protection, she has a special interest in immunisation and vaccination. She is a senior lecturer at the university of Hertfordshire, delivering vaccination courses and was the Professional Lead for public health nursing at the Royal College of Nursing (UK).  Helen Bedford is Professor of Children’s Health at University College London’s Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health and has a background in health visiting. Helen’s role at UCL includes child public health research particularly into childhood vaccine uptake, and teaching. In her research she has looked at the factors which determine whether children are immunised as well as parents’ and health professionals’ attitudes and knowledge to immunisation. This research has influenced policy and practice. Helen lectures on immunisation to a wide range of audiences including primary health care staff.