Jan is a Consultant Paediatric Nephrologist, at the Bristol Royal Hospital for Children. Jan’s career began in 1996 when she was Chef de Clinique Assistant, Néphrologie Pédiatrique, Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades in Paris. Following two years as a senior registrar and locum consultant in paediatric nephrology, Jan completed her PhD in Transplantation Sciences.

For KQuIP, Jan is a Board member and our link to the British Association for Paediatric Nephrology where she is Co-chair of the Quality Improvement and Innovations Group. Regarding quality improvement Jan’s interests are as follows –

1. Clinical Standards: Chair of BAPN Clinical Standards committee 2013-
2. Chair of the Clinical Standards Committee (CSC) of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH; 2009-13)
3. Chair of the Clinical Effectiveness (CE) Committee at University Hospitals Bristol (UHB; 2009-14)
4. Executive (chair) of Health Foundation funded ‘Headsmart’ Quality Improvement national campaign 2010- 2012

Jan is also Chair of infoKID (a high quality, web-based information programme for parents and carers of children with kidney conditions with information standard accreditation).

In any spare time Jan has she likes to watch and epic tennis match in the heat with a glass of Pimm’s and if she had more time she would like to play the guitar well. Jan can manage without her smart phone but only when she is on holiday, so presumably if she visited the destination at the top of her bucket list, she could manage quite well in Myanmar.