Director of Clinical and Service Development at Resuscitation Council UK

Adam Benson Clarke is a registered nurse with extensive expertise in resuscitation, critical care outreach advanced practice, and healthcare education. He has held clinical roles at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford and University College London Hospital, contributing to the delivery of high-quality patient care to critically ill patients. He has also worked as an Associate Lecturer at Oxford Brookes University. 

In his current role as Director of Clinical and Service Development at Resuscitation Council UK, Adam leads on clinical guideline development, quality standards, and course design, driving improvements in resuscitation education and clinical practice. 

Resuscitation Council UK Executive Committee member; Chair Elect of the European Resuscitation Council (ERC); Consultant in Emergency Medicine at Calderdale & Huddersfield NHS Trust; Visiting Professor in Emergency Medicine at the University of Huddersfield

Professor Andy Lockey is a member of RCUK's Executive Committee, President Elect of ERC and former President of RCUK. He is a Consultant in Emergency Medicine at Calderdale & Huddersfield NHS Trust and a Visiting Professor in Emergency Medicine at the University of Huddersfield. He is also an Associate Dean for NHS England. He first became involved with Resuscitation Council UK in 1993, when he became an ALS Instructor and he was awarded an MBE in the King’s inaugural New Year’s Honours list in 2023 for services to resuscitation training.

President of Resuscitation Council UK; Dean of Medicine at Warwick Medical School

Prof Gavin Perkins MBE is President of the Resuscitation Council UK.  He is Dean of Medicine at Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick and Honorary Consultant Physician at University Hospitals Birmingham.  He serves as Clinical Director to Central England Health Partners and is a Non-executive Director at University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire.

Vice President of Resuscitation Council UK; Consultant Neonatologist at University Hospitals Of Leicester NHS Trust; Chair of RCUK Newborn Subcommittee; Head of School of Paediatrics; ILCOR NLS Task Member

Dr Joe Fawke is a Consultant Neonatologist at University Hospitals Leicester NHS Trust. He is RCUK Vice-President and Chairs the RCUK Newborn Subcommittee which oversees the NLS, ARNI, OHNLS and NLS recertification courses. He has been an ILCOR NLS taskforce member, is on the ILCOR content expert group, and he is a member of the ERC Science and Education committee. Joe is also the East Midlands Head of School of Paediatrics and a member of the RCPCH Training and Quality Board. He has previously been a member and a chair of NICE guideline development groups. Joe is lead for clinical research for the Leicester Neonatal Service, and his clinical interests include resuscitation, simulation-based training and neonatal neurodevelopmental follow-up.

Consultant in Intensive Care at University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust; Professor in Anaesthesia and Critical Care at University of Warwick.

Joyce Yeung is a Consultant in Intensive Care at University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust and a Professor in Anaesthesia and Critical Care at University of Warwick. She chairs the Immediate Life Support Committee and led the development of e-ILS as well as e-ALS update. Joyce is also a member of the RCUK ALS Subcommittee, a Fellow of European Resuscitation Council, and is Honorary Secretary and a Scientific Advisory Committee member for International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation (ILCOR).

Deputy Lead Educator at Resuscitation Council UK; Assistant Director of Education Planning - NHS England Midlands

Mandy Brailsford is a senior NHS Leader, Educator and Registered Nurse with extensive experience spanning clinical practice, higher education and national workforce strategy. She currently works within NHS England in a senior education role, leading multi professional education strategy, commissioning and investment across complex systems.
A long standing member of the Resuscitation Council UK Educator community, Mandy has a strong clinical academic background and currently supports RCUK as one of two Lead Educators, with a particular focus on the organisation’s educational approach. She has held senior leadership and academic roles across both NHS England and higher education institutions.
She has presented nationally and internationally on workforce design, educational strategy and clinical education, and is committed to high quality, values driven teaching and faculty development.

Consultant Paediatric Intensivist and ScotSTAR retrieval doctor; Chair of RCUK EPALS Subcommittee

Mark is a Paediatric intensivist and anaesthetist at Royal Hospital for Children in Glasgow and a consultant in Paediatric Critical Care Transport at ScotSTAR.

His interests include the management of critically unwell children anywhere and delivering education to allow the non-specialist to manage seriously and critically unwell patients.

Mark is now Chair of the RCUK EPALS Subcommittee having been a member for many years.

Clinical Lead at Resuscitation Council UK

Naomi Reeves is a Clinical Lead at Resuscitation Council UK (RCUK) and a registered adult nurse with over 25 years’ experience in emergency care and resuscitation practice in the Midlands. At RCUK, she led the development of the Out-of-Hospital Advanced Life Support (ALS) course, and also oversees the European Paediatric Life Support (EPALS) course and the Community and Ambulance Response (CARe) subcommittee.

Consultant Anaesthetist at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust; Senior Clinical Research Fellow, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences at University of Oxford, Deputy Lead Educator at Resuscitation Council UK

Paul is a Consultant Anaesthetist and is his directorate’s clinical governance lead. He is an award-winning clinical innovator with an interest in human factors. Paul is a senior clinical research fellow with the Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford. His academic interests are around situation awareness and decision making. 

Paul is also Deputy Lead Educator for RCUK, sits on the RCUK ALS and Education committees and is a GIC Educator.

Clinical Lead at Resuscitation Council UK

Victoria joined Resuscitation Council UK (RCUK) as a Clinical Lead in 2023. A registered adult nurse of over 20 years, her clinical experience is predominantly within cardiology and resuscitation practice. At RCUK, she leads the organisational and strategic development of the Resuscitation Practitioner Forum (RPF) and clinical leadership of RCUK's cardiac arrest survivor care. Victoria also oversees both the Advanced Life Support (ALS) and Immediate Life Support (ILS) Subcommittees and has a special interest in equality, equity, diversity, and inclusion.

Clinical Lead at Resuscitation Council UK

Ellie joined RCUK as a clinical lead in 2025. As a Critical Care Paramedic with over 13 years’ experience, her clinical expertise includes the resuscitation of patients across all age groups in the pre- hospital setting, where she maintains professional registration and continues to undertake frontline shifts. Ellie overseas the Newborn subcommittee, the out-of-hospital courses and supports  the European Paediatric Advanced life support (EPALS) Subcommittee.

Resuscitation Practitioner at New Cross Hospital; member of the RCUK Early Careers Forum

Emmeline Venn is a Resuscitation Practitioner at New Cross Hospital, with a background of Acute Medicine, Critical Care and a specialist nursing role in intravenous fluid management. She is a member of the Early Careers Forum and is leading on a project that seeks to promote an inclusive and supportive learning environment for neurodivergent candidates on RCUK courses by bridging the gap between policy, practice and lived experience

CEO at Resuscitation Council UK

Dr James Cant joined RCUK as CEO in September 2019. Prior to that, he was Director of Devolved Nations at the British Heart Foundation, was Head of Scotland and Northern Ireland at British Lung Foundation and previously held civil servant roles within the Ministry of Defence and Scottish Government.
 
With a specific interest in driving strategy and improving cardiac arrest survival rates, James is steering RCUK into a new chapter of development