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Jill Walker

Jill is a nurse and a midwife. She trained at Grimsby School of Nursing, and qualified as a State Registered Nurse in 1983 and a Registered Midwife in 1987. Jill has worked in antenatal and newborn screening since 2002 and in June 2003 was appointed to the post of Antenatal and Child Health Screening Manager at Yorkshire and the Humber Strategic Health Authority. This role involved implementation of new antenatal and newborn screening programmes across the region. Jill gained her Master’s Degree in Population Health at the University of York in 2008. In 2013 she was appointed to her current post of National Programme Manager for the NHS Newborn and Infant Physical Examination Screening Programme and enjoys the challenges of the role.

Standards and pathways are changing in NHS newborn physical examination screening

Jill Walker, 11 January 2021 - NHS Newborn and Infant Physical Examination

We have now published the NHS newborn and infant physical examination screening programme standards which will be valid for data collected from 1 April 2021.

Important updates to NIPE handbook

Jill Walker, 9 September 2019 - NHS Newborn and Infant Physical Examination

An updated version of the Newborn and Infant Physical Examination Screening Programme handbook has now been published.

Important changes to SMaRT4NIPE

Jill Walker and Geeta Chudasama, 4 September 2019 - NHS Newborn and Infant Physical Examination

A new version of SMaRT4NIPE for the NHS Newborn and Infant Physical Examination (NIPE) Programme will be available on Friday 6 September.

Trusts gearing up to go live with new NIPE IT system in April

Jill Walker, 13 March 2019 - NHS Newborn and Infant Physical Examination

The new national IT system for the NHS Newborn and Infant Physical Examination Programme is due to go live on 1 April.

Cascade training for new NIPE screening IT system

Jill Walker, 17 December 2018 - NHS Newborn and Infant Physical Examination

We're about to begin cascade training for the new IT system for newborn and infant physical examination screening.

Testing, testing 123 - new IT system on its way for newborn and infant physical examination screening

Jill Walker, 8 October 2018 - NHS Newborn and Infant Physical Examination

The launch of the new IT system for the Newborn and Infant Physical Examination (NIPE) is planned for spring 2019. An enthusiastic expert group met in Nottingham for 2 days of intensive testing of the new IT system, SMaRT4NIPE (S4N).

We’re developing a new and improved IT system for NIPE screening programme

Jill Walker, 15 June 2018 - NHS Newborn and Infant Physical Examination

A new and improved IT system is being developed to support the NHs Newborn and Infant Physical Examination Screening Programme.

We’re consulting on proposed changes to the NIPE hip screening pathway

Jill Walker, 30 May 2018 - NHS Newborn and Infant Physical Examination

We are asking all our stakeholders to comment on proposed changes to the newborn and infant physical examination hip screening pathway. These proposals have been put forward by an expert group following a thorough review.

New look NIPE e-learning on the way

Claire Evans and Jill Walker, 24 March 2017 - NHS Newborn and Infant Physical Examination

The NHS Newborn and Infant Physical Examination (NIPE) Screening Programme’s e-learning is being revamped.

NIPE education day well received

Jill Walker and Geeta Chudasama, 12 October 2016 - NHS Newborn and Infant Physical Examination

Delegates from universities across the country attended the first educators day held by the NHS Newborn and Infant Physical Examination Programme (NIPE).