Yvonne Locke

Yvonne qualified as a General Nurse in Blackpool and currently works for the Sheffield Teaching Hospitals Trust NHS Foundation Trust, based at the Northern General Hospital.

Yvonne’s background is in the Intensive Care setting – both general and cardiac as a staff nurse and then a sister. She has certificates in General Intensive Care, transplant nursing and Health care research. In 2003 , Yvonne gained her M.Med.Sci in Palliative Care from Sheffield University. She worked as the Senior Recipient Co-ordinator within the Heart and Lung transplant Unit in Sheffield for 12 years.

At present Yvonne works full time in the Adult Cystic Fibrosis Unit providing care and support for the Cystic Fibrosis patients and their families. She is able to utilise her skills obtained in the palliative care setting and throughout the transplant process to provide expert specialist care for these chronically sick young people. Yvonne can also use her research skills for several research projects within the unit.