Crispin Hebron Editor

Professor Pauline Heslop (RGN, RSCN, PhD) is a nurse by background and is currently based at the University of Bristol’s Norah Fry Centre for Disability Studies. She is recognised nationally and internationally for her expertise in understanding mortality and causes of early death of people with intellectual (learning) disabilities, and publication of her work has led to her being awarded the International Association for the Scientific Study of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (IASSIDD) Distinguished Achievement Award in 2016. Pauline has been the University of Bristol Programme Lead for the national Learning Disabilities Mortality Review (LeDeR) Programme in England since 2015.
Crispin Hebron (RNMH. Dip.SW. BSc (Hons). MSc.) works as an Independent Consultant Learning Disability Nurse. He has held a range of roles across the public, private and voluntary sector including work with NHS England as a Clinical Lead to reduce health inequalities for people with learning disabilities and NHS Digital to create a Reasonable Adjustment Flag on patients’ electronic records. Crispin has contributed as an investigator to the Confidential Inquiry into premature deaths in people with learning disability published in 2013, run by the Norah Fry Centre for Disability Studies University of Bristol and the 2016 review into using information technology to improve the NHS. Crispin has published various articles and book chapters focusing on equality, health issues and the delivery of effective services for people with learning disabilities.