ILAE Nursing Section British Branch

Tolu Olaniyan – Chair

Tolu Olaniyan, Chair of ILAE Nursing Section British Branch & Co-lead Nursing Section Europe region

Programme Lead, LeDeR Programme, NHS South East London ICB

Tolu is a registered learning disability nurse with a special interest in epilepsy. She has BSc (Hons) Learning disability Nursing and a Masters in Epilepsy.

She is passionate about epilepsy nursing workforce development nationally and Internationally.

Clare McCooe – Vice-Chair

Clare McCooe, Vice Chair of ILAE Nursing Section British Branch

Clare is registered Nurse for people with learning disability. She has a BSc honours in Health Sciences. PG certificate , Epilepsy studies,  Napier University, Non-Medical prescribing PG certificate, Queens University Belfast.  Clare currently manages the Community Adult Epilepsy Nursing Service in the Southern Trust Northern Ireland.

Jenny Edwards – Secretary

Jenny Edwards, Secretary of ILAE Nursing British Branch.

Epilepsy Specialist Nurse in Swansea Bay University Health board

Her background is in Intellectual Disability and Mental health.

She is passionate about service development, women’s health in epilepsy and promoting top quality care for people with Epilepsy when they need it.

Joanne Hammett – Treasurer

Joanne Hammett, Treasurer of ILAE Nursing Section British Branch

Clinical Lead Nurse for Epilepsy Specialist Service – Learning Disabilities in Swansea Bay University Health Board.  

Joanne is a Registered Nurse for People with Learning Disability.  Bachelor of Science with Honours (BSc Honours).  

Clinical Nurse Specialist in Epilepsy – Learning Disabilities.  Joanne provides input to national research in epilepsy and intellectual disability.