Dr Ben Ivory

Consultant Intensivist and Anaesthetist and NHSBT

Ben is a consultant in intensive care and anaesthesia at Torbay Hospital, South Devon.  He has been the national education lead for organ donation with NHS Blood and Transplant for the last 7 years, delivering, alongside the education team, the acclaimed national Deceased Donation Simulation Course.  The team won the inaugural ICS education award in 2020 and deliver education around donation, ethical decision making and end of life conversations to national and international audiences.  In his spare time he enjoys landscape photography and slow running.

: @bennoivory

Dan Harvey

Professor of Intensive Care Medicine , UK

Dr Dan Harvey is a Consultant in Intensive Care Medicine at Nottingham University Hospitals, Hon. Professor at the University of Nottingham, and a member of the UK Intensive Care Society Legal & Ethical Advisory Group. Dan has an active research interest as National Lead for Innovation & Research in Organ Donation for NHS Blood and Transplant, and joint Chief Investigator for the SIGNET study, the world's largest interventional study in organ donation.

Kathryn Somers

Practice Development Specialist Nurse, South West Organ Donation Services

Kat is a Practice Development Specialist Nurse with the South West Organ Donation and Transplantation Team. She previously worked as a Specialist Nurse for Organ Donation in both the South West and South East regions, bringing a strong background in Intensive Care to her role

Jill Featherstone

Specialist Nurse in Organ Donation, NHSBT

I joined NHSBT’s Professional Development Team following time as a Specialist Nurse Organ Donation with the Northern Region at James Cook University Hospital, Middlesbrough. This was following a long career in critical care with a wide range of critical care experience with leadership experience both in critical care and in the volunteer and charity business sector.  

I work collaboratively with national and regional medical leads to develop and deliver training opportunities for NHSBT partners in the clinical areas both in the UK and internationally. This includes the highly regarded and award winning National Deceased Donation Course. This course provides donation education to both adult and paediatric trainees becoming our next generation of consultants. Induction programmes for CLODs and Trust/Health board Organ Donation Committee Chairs are core to local donation service leadership and conference opportunities achieve a wider audience reach. My role also supports a more cohesive multidisciplinary approach across the package of education programmes the Professional Development Team deliver.

Our aim is to build confidence and excellence in donation practice, train in multidisciplinary ways and remain world class by providing a high level of engagement, interest and academic rigour whilst complementing specialist nurse training for a cohesive approach.

I am passionate about the family end of life experience, teamwork, simulation, service improvement and innovation using a wide variety of forums to have the greatest impact and reach as possible.

: @JillFeatherston

Dale Gardiner

Consultant Intensivist and NHSBT, UK

Dr Dale Gardiner is a Consultant in Adult Intensive Care Medicine at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust and the Associate Medical Director – Deceased Organ Donation at NHS Blood and Transplant.

His professional interests are medical ethics, the diagnosis of death and deceased organ donation.

Dale is a Board Member of the Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine and Chair of the Professional Affairs and Safety Committee. He is co-chair of the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges task and finish group to update the 2008 Code of Practice for the Diagnosis and Confirmation of Death.

Originally, Dale came from Australia but migrated to the UK in 2002.

: @dalecgardiner