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Long-term ventilation

Clinical nurse specialists

  • Jemma Bridger
  • Jade Wrightman

Jemma and Jade work in the Children's Long-Term Ventilation (LTV) Service, a multidisciplinary team with expertise in paediatric intensive care, advanced respiratory and ventilatory management, and complex discharge planning.

Services include:

  • Supporting the discharge home of children dependent on ventilatory support
  • Advising on complex care packages
  • Establishing patients on portable ventilators
  • Producing ventilator weaning plans
  • Providing training to community-based health professionals involved with children on LTV

The LTV team works with a network of neonatal and paediatric intensive care units, high dependency units, paediatric wards, local hospitals, children's centres and hospices throughout London and the South East region.

Important: Inpatient paediatric services have moved to Evelina London Children’s Hospital 

Children’s heart and lung inpatient services moved to Evelina London Children’s Hospital in May 2026. Find out more about the changes we are making to children’s heart and lung services


Contact details

Telephone: 020 7352 8121 extension 4411