The International Family Integrated Care steering committee (FICare) is a multidisciplinary committee created following the completion of the International FICare study, to continue to support ongoing Family Integrated Care initiatives across all countries.
About us
We are a multidisciplinary group with passion for families, and believe in the importance of FICare
Vision
- Our vision is that all hospitals caring for newborn infants provide the highest quality of Family centered/ integrated care.
Mission
- Our mission is to both promote and to assist in the implementation of FICare.
Position Statements
Areas identified as goals
- Promote FICare
- Assist in the implementation of FICare
- Advocacy
- Support of Research and QI projects
International members of the committee are:
- Australia, Canada, China, Spain, The Netherlands, UK, US
- Parent partners CPBF< Canada
- EFCNI (Europe)
Members of the International Family Integrated Care Steering committee:
| Country | Name | Address/Affiliation |
|---|---|---|
| Australia | Kei Lui | School of Women’s and Children’s Health, Uni of South Wales |
| Australia | Renee Muirhead | Neonatal Critical Care Unit, Mater Mothers’ Hospital, South Brisbane. QLD Renee.Muirhead@mater.org.au |
| Australia | Mary Sharp | Neonatology Service, King Edward Memorial Hospital, and Perth Children’s Hospital, WA Australia Mary.Sharp@health.wa.gov.au |
| Australia | Joanne Bell | RN, Project & Clinical Lead, Family Integrated Care, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, The Royal Women’s Hospital, Melbourne Australia Joanne.Bell@thewomens.org.au |
| Canada | Fabiana Bacchini | Parent ambassador, Ex-director CPBF Canadian Premature Babies Foundation, Toronto, Canada fabiana@cpbf-fbpc.org |
| Canada | Karen Benzies | Professor, Faculty of Nursing; Adjunct Research Professor, Departments of Pediatrics and Community Health Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine, and Director Social Innovation, Vice President (Research Office), University of Calgary. 3280C – 2500 University Drive NW, Calgary, Alberta, T2n 1N4. benzies@ucalgary.ca |
| Canada | Tanya Bishop | Manager, neonatal Care Team IWK Nova Scotia Health Network tanya.bishop@iwk.nshealth.ca |
| Canada | Marianne Bracht | Department of Paediatrics, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, 600 University Ave, Toronto, ON M5G 1X5, Canada mebracht@rogers.com |
| Canada | Karel O’Brien | Professor and Staff Neonatologist Department of Paediatrics, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, 600 University Ave, Toronto, ON M5G 1X5, Canada karel.obrien@sinaihealth.ca |
| Canada | Shoo Lee | Professor Emeritus, University of Toronto; Honorary Staff Physician, Mount Sinai Hospital; 700 University Avenue, Room 8-500, Toronto, Ontario M5G 1Z Shoo.Lee@sinaihealth.ca |
| Canada | Chandra Waddington | University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada chandra.waddington@ubc.ca |
| Canada | Marsha Campbell-Yeo | Professor, School of Nursing, Dalhousie University, marsha.campbell-yeo@dal.ca |
| China | Zhang Qianshen | Hong Kong University-Shenzhen Hospital, Shenzhen city, China zhangqianshen@hku-szh.org |
| China | Xue Y | Hong Kong University-Shenzhen Hospital, Shenzhen city, China xuey@hku-szh.org |
| England | Jayanta Banerjee | Neonatal Consultant, Department of Neonatology, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust. Hon Senior Clinical Lecturer, Institute of Reproductive and Developmental Biology, Imperial College London Theme co-Lead, Origins of Child Health and Disease, Centre for Child Health, Imperial College London jayanta.banerjee@nhs.net |
| England | Aniko Deierl | Consultant Neonatologist, Deputy Head of Specialty Department of Neonatology, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust Aniko.Deierl@nhs.net |
| England | Kelly Harvey | North West Neonatal Operational Delivery Network, Alder Hey Children's Hospital. Executive committee member of the National Neonatal Nurses Association UK Kelly.Harvey@alderhey.nhs.uk |
| England | Liz McKechnie | Leeds Centre for Newborn Care, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Great George St, Leeds LS1 3EX, United Kingdom l.mckechnie@nhs.net |
| England | Clare Raiman | Care Coordinator, West Midlands Neonatal Operational Delivery Network, UK clare.raiman@nhs.net |
| Germany | Silke Mader | Parent ambassador and co-founder of EFCNI. , EFCNI, European Foundation for Care of Newborn Infants, Hofmannstr. 7A. 81379, Munich, Germany Silke.Mader@efcni.org |
| Scotland | Neil Patel | Department of Neonatology, Royal Hospital for Children, Glasgow, 1345 Govan Road, Glasgow, G51 4TF. Neil.Patel@ggc.scot.nhs.uk |
| Scotland | Judith Simpson | Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Royal Hospital for Children, Glasgow, UK Judith.Simpson@ggc.scot.nhs.uk |
| Spain | Bárbara Moreno | Department of Neonatology, La Paz University Hospital, Paseo de la Castellena 261, 28046 Madrid bmorenos@salud.madrid.org |
| The Netherlands | Nicole R. van Veenendaal | AIOS Kindergeneeskunde, Epidemioloog, Amsterdam UMC n.r.vanveenendaal@amsterdamumc.nl |
| United States | Linda S. Franck | Professor, School of Nursing, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA linda.franck@ucsf.edu |