At Helping Hands, we’re proud of our home care experts and clinical professionals who help us to deliver the best possible care to our customers, every day.
Our team of experts have a combined clinical experience of over 40 years. With so much expertise on hand, we regularly tap into their specialist knowledge and extensive hands-on experience so we can share information and guidance we think will be useful to people looking for care and support.
Having an expert team also means you can be sure the information you read is accurate and reliable.
Our Expert Professionals
Meet Honor Chalmers
An experienced nurse, Honor is the Clinical Manager at Helping Hands, responsible for overseeing all clinical care delivered by our team and managing our excellent nurses.
Meet Helen Thompson
Helen is one of the Learning and Development Specialists at Helping Hands, working in the healthcare sector since 2012, and is passionate about making a difference.
Meet Kathryn Mahon
Kathryn Mahon achieved her Diploma in Adult Nursing in 1996. In 2005, she obtained her BSc (Hons) in Specialist Community Public Health and then worked as a Health Visitor until 2015.
Meet Kerry Whittingham
Kerry has worked in many health settings since qualifying as a nurse, including the pharmaceutical industry, as a support worker and as a nurse advisor. As the future of nursing changes, she aims to k…
Meet Rebecca Bennett
Rebecca has worked and studied within care for the past six years but was involved with personal care for relatives for many years prior to this. She always endeavours to make patient safety her top p…
Meet Carmen Dussoye
Carmen has worked within care and nursing in various roles for 24 years. She considers being part of a person’s care and health journey a privilege and is passionate about supporting people to remai…
Meet Ali Pipe
I have a background of leadership within end-of-life settings, including Marie Curie Cancer Care and hospice work. She has a particular interest in ensuring end-of-life care can be delivered well in t…
Meet Vanessa Ogiesewu
Vanessa’s varied and extensive career has been driven by her passion for nursing and a deep commitment to making sure that every individual she supports receives exceptional, safe care.
Meet Samantha Grabham
Samantha has worked for Helping Hands for 27 years, joining as a live-in carer before progressing through the roles to Live-in Care Manager. Samantha has worked with an array of conditions, including …
Meet Wendy Sear
Wendy has worked in the healthcare sector for over 28 years in a range of different roles, such as an administrator for a group of care homes including drug and alcohol dependency, nursing and residen…
Meet Denny Bruce
As our Area Care Manager for the Central region, Denny has experienced Dementia in both a personal and professional capacity, providing her with a fundamental understanding of the condition, from both…
Meet Sarah Franklin
Sarah has a Bachelor of Arts in History and English, as well as a post-16 teaching qualification (DTLLS) and a Postgraduate certificate in professional education studies. She loves combining her passi…
External Medical Authors
It is our privilege to have had medical experts who specialise in their respective fields contribute to the content that we publish.
Meet Mark Dallas
Dr Dallas joined the School of Pharmacy at the University of Reading in 2013. He began his scientific career at the University of Dundee, before moving south to carry out a PhD at the University of Le…
Meet Brendan McCormack
Professor Brendan McCormack is Head of The Susan Wakil School of Nursing and Midwifery (inc. Sydney Nursing School) and Dean Faculty of Medicine and Health at the University of Sydney.
Meet Raj Senniappan
Raj trained as an occupational therapist in India and moved to UK in 2005, starting his career as a junior occupational therapist at the Royal Berkshire Hospital in Reading. When he initially qualifie…
Meet Snorri Rafnsson
Dr. Snorri Bjorn Rafnsson BSc (Hons.), MSc (Edin), PhD (Edin), PGCHE, FHEA, FRSPH (UK) currently serves as Associate Professor of Ageing and Dementia in the Geller Institute of Ageing and Memory, Scho…
Meet Judith Sixsmith
Judith Sixsmith is currently Professor of Health-Related Research in the School of Health Sciences at the University of Dundee. Her research focuses on ways of improving the health and wellbeing of ol…
Meet Baroness Ilora Finlay
Baroness Ilora Finlay is a Consultant in Palliative Medicine at Velindre Cancer Centre and Honorary Professor of Palliative Medicine, Cardiff University. Established the Marie Curie Hospice in 1987 and the Diploma/MSc in…