Biography

Joanne Hodgins has been an NHS Specialist Nurse for over 25 years, specialising in endoscopy, capsule endoscopy and inflammatory bowel diseases. She has worked at all the large teaching hospitals in the North West including Royal Liverpool University NHS Trust, and Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust.

While working at these hospitals, Joanne has established herself as a leading knowledge in capsule endoscopy services, having worked closely with Dr Simon Campbell at Manchester Royal Infirmary in implementing capsule endoscopy as a main-stream clinical service.

Latterly, Joanne has worked as the lead inflammatory bowel disease nurse at Wythenshawe hospital over the last 6 years. There she has further developed the capsule endoscopy service there.

Joanne is an extremely experienced specialist nurse with a comprehensive knowledge base in luminal gut
problems and providing exemplary patient care.