Our Teams

Debbie qualified as an RGN in 1985. She has specialised for 18 years in fertility management and has been with the Herts & Essex Fertility Centre since 2007. As Director of Clinical Services, Debbie takes ownership of the day-to-day clinical management of the Centre, with direct responsibility for 30 members of staff. Her senior role has not changed her approach or her work ethos: she is as passionate about patient care as when she first joined the nursing profession.

She is the current Chair of SING (Senior Infertility Nurse Group) an organisation that strives to support nurses in the fertility industry by providing peer support, guidance and encouragement to its members. SING promotes education and training for all fertility nurses and is proactively involved in shaping the future of fertility treatment through stakeholders input with relevant authorities and organisations.

Sarah brings over twenty years of nursing experience to our team. Fully trained in Fertility Management, she was instrumental in setting up our Egg Sharing and Surrogacy Programmes. She helps with the day-to-day management of the clinic, conducts ultrasound scans, and ensures the smooth running of the Surrogacy and Egg Donation Programmes with Caroline Cayley. Sarah has been a member of the Herts & Essex Fertility Centre nursing team since 2005, but she has worked closely with us as a Ward Link nurse since 2003 when we were based at the Essex Fertility Centre at Holly House Hospital, in Buckhurst Hill.

Sarah trained at the Royal London Hospital and the National Heart Hospital and has accumulated over thirty years of experience in High Dependency and Critical Care nursing. She has proved herself to be an excellent fertility nurse since she joined our Theatre and Recovery team in 2009, providing the highest standards of care for our patients after Egg Collection, Embryo Transfers and other operational procedures. Sarah is qualified in Advance Life Support and is an assessor in the training of Health Care Assistants.

In the spring of 2014 we welcomed Sarah, a qualified Registered General Nurse since 1993, she had further specialised in Fertility Nursing since 2006. Sarah has broad fertility experience and knowledge which was gained in the role of Fertility Sister, in a nurse-led private clinic. With a keen interest in all donation programmes, Sarah is passionate about all aspects of Fertility Nursing, adopting a caring and sensitive approach.

Louise joined our team in September 2017. She’s been a qualified nurse for more than 15 years with experience of 2 years’ in A&E units and 10 years in intensive care nursing at UCLH University College in London.

Tina spent 20 years in the banking industry with Abbey National before joining our Centre in 2008. A very special member of our team, she was one of our successful IVF patients in 1999. Her 18-year-old son, Kian is a very talented footballer. Tina started initially in Administration however, her caring nature and love for patients saw a transfer to Theatre &Recovery in 2011 where she enjoys supporting and caring for our patients as they go through their treatment. Tina is a qualified Healthcare Assistant with QCF Level 3 Diploma in Perioperative Support.

Nicola has been with us since 2006, using her exceptional organisational skills as our IVF Laboratory Administrator. She feels that the highlight of her career has been this opportunity to work towards qualification as a Healthcare Assistant and Phlebotomist (taking blood), as it enables her to enjoy increased patient interaction.

Jackie qualified as a registered general nurse in 1995 from Glasgow Caledonian University with a BA (Hons) degree in Nursing Studies. Prior to working in the field of fertility she worked in both Glasgow and London in various specialities but mainly surgical areas and intensive care. Before joining us in November 2014 to work part time as a fertility nurse coordinator in both recovery and clinic areas, Jackie worked part time at Assisted Reproduction and Gynaecology Clinic in London.

In April 2019 we welcomed Sophie, a qualified nurse since 2012. Sophie started her career in a busy acute medical admissions unit, then moving to intensive care at a top teaching hospital in London. She has been working in women’s health for the last two years where she has been trained to perform early pregnancy scans. Always smiling, Sophie is an enthusiastic and caring individual who makes her patients feel comfortable and at ease.

Tracey completed her B. Nursing degree with distinction in South Africa in 1991. She has broad nursing experience since starting her career as a midwife in Johannesburg. With a special interest in Women’s Health, Tracey has worked in a variety of private and NHS roles, as well as spending six years working in the pharmaceutical industry. She gained her Fertility experience at St Barts in London and is happy to work in all aspects of Fertility care. She joined our unit in September 2015 and works part time.

Gerian qualified in 1988 as a Registered General Nurse at Morriston Hospital in Swansea. We have known Gerian since 1991 when she joined the nursing staff at Holly House Hospital and we were delighted when she became a member of our team in 2004. In 2007 she relocated with us to our brand new premises in Cheshunt. She works in all clinical spheres of the unit: so it is highly likely that you will meet her at your very first appointment, in theatre and in recovery following egg collection and embryo transfer.

Charlotte qualified as a nurse in 1994 at Whittington Hospital in London. She worked in various areas but mainly in Gynaecology where she developed a keen interest in fertility, which lead to her first role as a fertility nurse in 2003 at ARGC in London. Charlotte left this London clinic in 2007 when she moved to Essex where she started working at the Holly House fertility satellite unit until 2011, followed by Practice nursing for a couple of years. Charlotte returned to fertility in 2014 at the Holly as Lead Nurse for Essex covering both Buckhurst Hill and Brentwood, now in collaboration with London Women's Clinic. After they moved their services she joined Brentwood satellite in 2018 until 2020 and worked in Practice nursing before returning to fertility at Herts & Essex Fertility in October 2021.

Soriah joined Herts & Essex in January 2012. She has a Diploma in Women’s Health and 18+ years of experience in this field. She is responsible for a variety of duties but as the Deputy Nurse Manager, she oversees all nursing responsibilities with regards to patient care and supports the management of our nursing staff. As a Fertility Nurse Coordinator, she discusses and helps to plan your treatment, carries out pre-assessments and answers any queries. She assists the doctors with Saline Infusion Sonography (SIS) and Pipelle procedures, and other operations in theatre.

Jenny qualified as a registered nurse in 2006 and after gaining her qualification she spent two years working in a busy Emergency Assessment Unit.

She then decided to concentrate her career in critical care and joined a Theatre Recovery Team. Prior to joining Herts & Essex Fertility Centre, Jenny was using her skills to care for critically ill COVID patients.

Jenny originally joined Herts & Essex as a bank nurse working one day a week in the Theatre Recovery room but as she enjoyed caring for fertility patients, she decided to join the clinic full time in January 2021 as a fertility nurse.

Natalie graduated from The Barts school of Nursing in 2004, working in general medicine for a few years before going on to complete her Bsc in Midwifery. It was whilst talking to a mum-to-be about her IVF experience, that she developed an interest in fertility nursing. Natalie gained her fertility experience initially at The Lister Fertility Clinic in 2011 before gaining the role of deputy nurse manager at Care Fertility London.  Natalie later returned to The Lister Fertility Clinic, joining the  Ovum donation team. After a short break from fertility nursing, Natalie joined the team at Herts & Essex Fertility Centre as a Fertility Nurse in March 2021.

Paige gained her NVQ Level 3 Diploma in Health and Social care at Harlow college, then started her journey as a Healthcare assistant at the Rivers Hospital where she stayed for four years before joining the Herts & Essex team in January 2021. Whilst being at the clinic she has enjoyed learning new skills and gaining knowledge to help her in her role as an Assistant Nurse Practioner giving the best quality care to patients and support to staff in the clinic. Paige aspires to do her nurse training to become a Fertility Nurse.