Mrs Lesley Kennedy
Paediatric Asthma /Allergy Nurse Specialist (RGN/RSCN)
Diploma Asthma Studies
Modules in Asthma, Allergy and Health assessment
Masters Module in Optimising Asthma Management
Independent Prescriber (IP)
Lesley works as a Paediatric Asthma /Allergy Nurse Specialist in the Northern Health and Social Care Trust (NHSCT) Northern Ireland and as part of her remit is responsible for setting up the Safe Asthma Discharge Pathway in the Causeway Hospital area. In the Northern Trust she also runs nurse led Asthma and Allergy clinics as part of the Safe Asthma Discharge Pathway, and monthly adolescent clinics.
In 1992, Lesley was the first N. Ireland hospital based paediatric asthma nurse.
In her previous employment Lesley set up the Adolescent Asthma Service in the Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children (RBHSC) and carried forward the Safe Asthma Discharge Pathway, winning awards at the Ulster Paediatric Society, Irish Thoracic Society and Northern Ireland Healthcare Awards.
In the RBHSC Lesley was part of the Difficult to Control Asthma team working at Tertiary Level
Regionally, Lesley is involved with the Northern Ireland Paediatric Respiratory and Allergy Network Group (NIPRANG). Nationally Lesley is the Vice-Chairperson of the National Paediatric Respiratory and Allergy Nurses Group (NPRANG), she is also a member of the Education Sub-committee. Recently Lesley has been involved with BSACI helping to update the allergy competencies.
Lesley has been author and co-author of a variety of published papers.
Within education, Lesley is a Visiting Lecturer at QUB; she is also regularly involved in the teaching of medical and nursing students within the NHSCT and has presented at regional and national conferences.
