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Martin Galligan - Forum Chair

Lecturer Practitioner Royal Marsden School 

Martin completed his nurse training and early years as a qualified nurse in Edinburgh were he worked within main theatre recovery, it was here that he developed his interest in the management of acute and complex pain. From this role he moved to London and developed into a clinical nurse specialist role in complex cancer pain at the Royal Marsden Hospital. From here he then moved onto the role of lead nurse for pain services at a busy district general hospital caring for patients with acute and chronic pain. 

He has now moved into the academic setting and working as a lecturer practitioner at The Royal Marsden School with a focus on advanced practice and symptom management. 

He continues to work clinically within the pain management team at the Royal Marsden and is involved in pain management on a local and national level, he is the current  vice chair of the London Pain Interest Group and committee member of the British Pain Society Pain Education Special Interest Group and Association of Advanced Practice Educators. 

Martin has a special interest in pain education and in particular the knowledge and attitudes of health care professionals during the assessment and management of pain in all settings. 

Olajumoke Isaiah - Vice Chair

Olajumoke is currently a specialist nurse in palliative care in Bart Health NHS trust, which serves the East London population, one of England's most ethnically diverse communities. She completed her training as a nurse in Nigeria, West Africa, in 2005. As a nurse with over a decade of experience within the NHS in different specialities such as surgery, oncology and palliative care. Olajumoke is passionate about patient care and satisfaction being at the centre of service improvement. 

Olajumoke's interests are health inequalities, patient satisfaction, and the mental wellbeing of specialist nurses in palliative care. She is passionate about the education and empowerment of nurses to be advocates for patients through knowledge, mentoring and experiential learning.

Rachael Barton

Senior Lecturer in Healthcare Education and Clinical Professional Development at Edge Hill University in West Lancashire

Rachael graduated as an Adult Nurse from Edge Hill University in 2007 and began her career in primary care, working across a wide range of clinical environments in rural and inner鈥慶ity settings. It was during this time that she developed a strong interest in pain management and palliative care.

Rachael went on to study for an MSc in Pain Management at Cardiff University while diversifying her clinical experience by moving to a tertiary centre for Neurology and Neurosurgery in the Northwest of England. During this period, she completed her MSc and subsequently gained a position as a Clinical Nurse Specialist in chronic pain management. She became a non鈥憁edical prescriber and developed specialist interests in neuropathic pain and opioid management.

During her years in this role, Rachael established a well鈥憆espected nurse鈥憀ed service for the delivery of high鈥慶oncentration capsaicin patch treatments, as well as contributing to the development of local policies and protocols for inpatient opioid detoxification.

In 2021, Rachael transitioned into Higher Education, where she is now a Programme Lead and teaches across several pre and post registration programmes. She has also achieved Fellowship of Advance HE.

Rachael is particularly passionate about high鈥憅uality pain education for nurses and continues to work hard to ensure that contemporary pain management themes are embedded within undergraduate 汤头条污料 curricula. Her work places a strong emphasis on advocacy and improving patient outcomes.

Rachel Desai

Lead Nurse, Pain Management

Rachel qualified from the University of Birmingham in 1996 and has worked at Birmingham Children’s Hospital ever since. Initially working on a Trauma unit Rachel enjoyed caring for children following major orthopaedic surgery and head injury rehabilitation. The hospital moved site and the unit took on plastics, ENT and spinal surgery and Rachel became the Educational Practitioner for the ward.

Rachel joined the Pain Team in 2007 and took on the Lead Nurse role in 2012, expanding the service to cover the whole Trust for acute pain and ensure closer links with the palliative care service. She completed her Master’s in Pain Management in 2019.

Rachel’s passion is providing holistic pain management to children and young people believing they should all have access to effective and supportive pain assessment and management, wherever they are in their patient journey.

By joining the Pain and Palliative Care steering group Rachel has been able to link in with other members and share expertise and ensure a paediatric perspective is considered in ongoing projects.

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