Our editors
Flavia Munn
Editor
Flavia has more than 15 years' experience as a health journalist, writing for newspapers and specialist publications aimed at the public, patients, nurses and doctors.
Flavia is responsible for overseeing all the editorial content published daily on the Nursing Standard website and app, and its curation into our monthly print journal.
An award-winning journalist, she was twice a judge on the prestigious Women in the City awards (healthcare category) and enjoys meeting and networking with frontline NHS staff and health leaders. She would love to hear from you on any of the ways below.
Email: flavia.munn@rcni.com
Tel: +44(0)20 8872 3181
Twitter: @NSeditor
Sarah Lydall
Head of audience engagement
Sarah joined Nursing Standard in 2002 as a news reporter. Since then she has held a variety of roles including news editor and deputy editor. In July 2018, Sarah was appointed head of audience engagement. She is in charge of the social media output for Nursing Standard and helps determine what nurses want to read most through the use of data.
Email: sarah.lydall@rcni.com
Tel: +44(0)20 8872 3144
Twitter: @SarahLydall
Elaine Cole
Editor RCNi projects
Email: elaine.cole@rcni.com
Tel: +44(0)20 8872 3110
Twitter: @prideinnursing
Digital team
Amanda Carter
Head of digital publishing
Amanda has worked in digital media for more than 15 years. At RCNi she oversees all our digital content and looks for opportunities to enhance, improve, or expand our digital portfolio.
Email: amanda.carter@rcni.com
Rachael Hannan
Web editor
Rachael is a web editor at RCNi who is currently working on a variety of digital products. She joined RCNi permanently in August 2016, but has worked at the company in a freelance capacity on numerous online projects since 2010, and has witnessed the digital branch of the company grow exponentially into what it is today.
Her two decades of digital experience have given her the skills to be a solution-orientated creative editor, able to see the bigger picture to achieve strategic business goals.
When she isn’t at RCNi, you’ll find Rachael in her allotment or plowing her way through a platter of good cheese.
Email: rachael.hannan@rcni.com
Gurvinder Kaur Sondh
Web editor
Gurvinder is a web editor at RCNi. She joined RCNi in October 2018, with more than 10 years’ experience in digital marketing.
Gurvinder is responsible for scheduling evidence and practice articles online, ensuring a good flow of fresh content is available for the end-user. She also maintains and updates the nurse awards site, as well as the student section of the RCNi website.
Gurvinder previously worked for a health nutrition company. She enjoys playing table football and is an avid follower of the Indian national cricket team.
Email: gurvinder.sondh@rcni.com
Evidence and Practice team
Dr Richard Hatchett
Senior nurse editor, Nursing Standard
Richard is a registered nurse who specialised in intensive care and cardiac nursing. He was one of a small group of nurses involved in setting up and opening in 1998 the Heart Hospital, now University College Hospital at Westmoreland Street, London. He has had a long career in higher education as a principal lecturer before working as the deputy head of school at the Royal Marsden Hospital, London, and head of education and standards at the Nursing and Midwifery Council. He has published widely and edited two editions of Cardiac Nursing: A Comprehensive Guide, with David Thompson, and Nurse-led Clinics: Practice Issues. He holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in nursing and a doctorate in social history. He recently qualified as a psychodynamic counsellor.
Email: richard.hatchett@rcni.com
Tel: +44(0)20 8872 3413
Twitter: @RCNi_Richard
Tanya Fernandes
Evidence and practice editor
Tanya has worked in healthcare publishing for over 14 years, commissioning, editing and publishing high-quality clinical and educational content aimed at promoting lifelong learning, professional development, excellence in care and improved patient outcomes.
Tanya is responsible for the peer-reviewed content published on the Nursing Standard website and in our monthly print edition. She is interested to hear from authors considering writing clinical and continuing professional development articles. For advice on how to contribute to the evidence and practice section of Nursing Standard, please email Tanya.
Email: tanya.fernandes@rcni.com
Tel: +44(0)20 8872 3164
Alex Bainbridge
Senior clinical editor
Alex worked as a mental health nurse before joining RCNi in 2015. She is passionate about publishing high-quality clinical articles that nurses can use to support their practice and continuing professional development.
She would love to hear from you.
Email: alex.bainbridge@rcni.com
Tel: +44(0)20 8872 3143
Twitter: @rcni_alex
Jason Beckford Ball
Senior clinical editor
Jason has extensive experience in healthcare journalism, having worked on various magazines and journals over the past 20 years. He was previously a mental health nurse.
Jason is a member of the clinical team responsible for the evidence and practice section of Nursing Standard.
Email: jason.beckford@rcni.com
Tel: +44(0)20 8872 3158
Twitter: @rcni_jason
Anne-Claire Bouzanne
Senior clinical editor
Anne-Claire worked as a sub editor and editor for a range of media outlets in France before moving to the UK in 2007, where she specialised in editing healthcare, medical and nursing content. She joined the evidence and practice team at RCNi in 2019 and is passionate about providing nurses with high-quality clinical content that meets their practice and continuing professional development needs.
Email: anne-claire.bouzanne@rcni.com
Tel: +44(0)20 8872 3406
Twitter: @rcni_anneclaire
News and views team
Kat Keogh
Head of news and features
Kat has more than a decade’s experience as a health journalist for titles including Nursing Standard, the Mail on Sunday and the Birmingham Post and Mail, and has served as a contributing editor on a number of health-related books. She oversees news, features and comment for Nursing Standard and all RCNi journals and is keen to hear any suggestions for articles.
Email: kat.keogh@rcni.com
Tel: +44(0)20 8872 3425
Twitter: @katkeogh
Kimberley Hackett
Senior news reporter
Kimberley is a senior news reporter on Nursing Standard and has several years’ experience in healthcare journalism. Contact Kimberley if you have a story idea.
Email: kimberley.hackett@rcni.com
Tel: +44(0)20 8872 3140
Twitter: @kj_hackett
Stephanie Jones-Berry
Features editor
Stephanie has more than a decade’s experience as a health journalist, writing for newspapers and specialist publications. She has also worked for titles such as USA Today, Washington Times, and the Observer Magazine. She has twice been ‘highly commended’ by the Medical Journalists’ Association Awards and recently rejoined Nursing Standard as features editor.
Email: stephanie.berry@rcni.com
Tel: +44 (0)191 903 0942
Twitter: @StephJonesBerry
Clare Lomas
Career development editor
A former nurse, Clare joined Nursing Standard in 2011 as the opinion editor. After qualifying in 1998 she specialised in cardiac nursing and thrombosis research, and also has a degree in sociology and social psychology. Clare is responsible for the careers content of all RCNi journals and also heads up our student product, NS Student. She is always keen to hear from new authors, both nursing students and registered nurses, so please do get in touch with your ideas.
Email: clare.lomas@rcni.com
Tel: +44(0)20 8872 3161
Twitter: @RCNi_clarelomas
Production and Design team
Julie Hickey
Editorial production manager
Anita Kowalczyk
Editorial production administrator
Kathryn Hogan
Senior sub editor
Bernie Deehan
Sub editor
Joyce McKimm
Sub editor
Michael Watson
Copy editor
Duncan Tyler
Technical production editor
Philip Brecht
Art and design manager
Sujata Aurora
Designer
Helen Jones
Picture editor
Annette Taylor-Anderson
Art and design assistant