Tracey, Specialist NF Nurse

We are exceedingly lucky to have a Specialist NF Nurse on the Nerve Tumours UK team with Tracey's background, knowledge and experience.

Tracey initially trained as an Adult and Paediatric Nurse, and after many years in Paediatric Nursing, building up a wide and diverse range of experience, she then moved into Health Visiting, before moving into Child Development and Disability Services, initially as a Specialist Health Visitor and latterly as a Nurse Consultant.

Tracey then decided to change directions and moved into teaching nursing, and medical students before then moving again to work for the Department of Work and Pensions supporting and training staff on working with young people with disabilities.

During lockdown, amidst working from home, Tracey realised that she wanted to return to working with people, and luckily for the NF community, she joined the team, in a post jointly funded by NTUK and the Specialist NF2 Service.

She is based in the Wessex Clinical Genetics Service at the Princess Anne Hospital in Southampton, and looks after approximately 1000 patients with NF1, NF2 and Schwannomatosis across her region, which encompasses Hampshire, Dorset, West Sussex (part), Wiltshire and the Isle of Wight.

Tracey is also Vice Chair of the Community Practitioners & Health Visitors Association and provides invaluable insight into working with one of our target audiences, as these healthcare professionals are sometimes the first point of contact for children with NF.