{"id":285,"date":"2026-06-05T14:32:43","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T14:32:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hef.bda.uk.com\/?page_id=285"},"modified":"2026-09-09T22:54:17","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T22:54:17","slug":"project-outputs","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hef.bda.uk.com\/?page_id=285","title":{"rendered":"ASCEND champions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Welcome to the ASCEND community. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Please meet our ASCEND Champions from across all four UK nations and the Republic of Ireland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our Champions are an invaluable part of the ASCEND project, connecting the study with dietetic teams and professional networks across England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. They raise awareness of ASCEND, encourage eligible colleagues and services to engage and contribute, and help ensure that the project reflects the realities of community paediatric home enteral tube feeding practice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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By sharing local insight, identifying practical considerations and supporting clear communication and engagement, our Champions strengthen the quality, reach and relevance of the study. Their contribution is helping ASCEND build the robust evidence needed to develop meaningful safer staffing and workload recommendations for this specialist field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Please find your regional and national Champions below. The list is organised by nation and region in alphabetical order. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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England<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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East Midlands<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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Pediatric Dietitian<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Paediatric Dietitian<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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East of England<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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Paediatric Dietitian | Clinical lead<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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London<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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Paediatric Dietitian<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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South East of England<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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Denise Kennedy<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Snr Children’s Dietitian<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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West Sussex | East Sussex<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Paediatric Dietitian<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Hampshire | Isle of Wight | Surrey<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Paediatric Dietitian<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Berkshire | Buckinghamshire | Oxfordshire<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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South West of England<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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Clinical Lead | Paediatric HETF Dietitian<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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West Midlands<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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Sue Meredith<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Professional Lead | Paediatric Dietetics<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Yorkshire and The Humber<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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Clinical Lead Paediatric Dietitian<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Northern Ireland<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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Paediatric Dietitian<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Paediatric Dietitian<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Republic of Ireland<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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Interim Dietitian Manager Children\u2019s Disability Services<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Scotland<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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Paediatric <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dietitian<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Team Lead Paediatric HETF<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Wales<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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Paediatric Dietitian<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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ASCEND champions Welcome to the ASCEND community. Please meet our ASCEND Champions from across all four UK nations and the Republic of Ireland. Our Champions are an invaluable part of the ASCEND project, connecting the study with dietetic teams and professional networks across England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. They raise […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-no-title","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-285","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hef.bda.uk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/285","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hef.bda.uk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hef.bda.uk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hef.bda.uk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hef.bda.uk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=285"}],"version-history":[{"count":111,"href":"https:\/\/hef.bda.uk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/285\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2639,"href":"https:\/\/hef.bda.uk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/285\/revisions\/2639"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hef.bda.uk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=285"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}