Major Trauma in Sport & Leisure:
‘They think it’s all over, it isn’t now!’
2025 WTN Conference
Speaker Information
Dr. Katharine Hartington
Emergency Medicine Consultant, Portsmouth Hospitals Trust
Dr. Clare Morden
Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine Consultant, Salisbury District Hospital
Dr Olivia Ferrie
Senior Clinical Psychologist
Olivia has over ten years’ experience as a psychologist, having started her career in forensics she has worked in brain injury rehab and physical health. She specialises in psychological aspects of acute medical care with an interest in trauma and compassion focussed approaches. She takes a special interest in equality and diversity and sport psychology. Currently she is working on a number of projects looking at adjustment and coping following amputation.
Dr Elizabeth Pink
Consultant Clinical Psychologist
Lizzy is a clinical psychologist with over 20 years’ experience working in acute hospital settings. She has developed new services in emergency medicine, critical care, major trauma and staff psychology. She is passionate about bringing a psychological approach to medical systems. She has developed expertise in trauma, organisational dynamics and psychological supervision of health care professionals.
LINDA MAGISTRIS OBE
CEO and FOUNDER – THE GOOD GRIEF TRUST
Linda first met her partner BAFTA winning Director Graham Theakston when she was a child actress in the original cast of Grange Hill, in the 70’s/80’s. They worked together on the iconic BBC Children’s programme, and by chance met again 30 years later.
She has run a portfolio of businesses from a Wedding Consultancy to Vintage Tea Rooms and was a presenter on live television for over 10 years. Graham and Linda were together for 8 years, until he was diagnosed with a rare soft tissue sarcoma in 2014 and died five and half months later.
Linda struggled to cope with her grief and could not find the right support and it was then that she realised health professionals had limited access or knowledge around the services that could help her individual needs. In 2014 the UK did not have a central national signposting resource to bring all bereavement services together under one national database, for both the bereaved and those working to support them.
In 2016 The Good Grief Trust website launched, and the charity is now the UK’s leading umbrella network, with 1000+ specialist charities and bereavement support services under one umbrella.
The Good Grief condolence and signposting card is used by NHS Trusts, GP practices, community services and those working with the bereaved, as an essential resource within a professional’s toolkit and the charity has developed a vast online community across their extensive social platforms.
The Trust is co-founder and Secretariat to the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Bereavement Support, working with Government to influence improvement to UK bereavement care.
In 2018 Linda received the Points of Light Award from Downing Street, for establishing the charity and in 2019, created the first National Grief Awareness Week campaign.
In 2023, their Sit with Hope campaign was born. A new national campaign to install plaques on benches and seats, with a QR code direct to the website. To date over 900 plaques have been pledged in communities across the UK, including benches on the Terrace at the House of Commons.
In 2025 Linda was appointed an OBE for service to the bereaved.
Linda is passionate to ensure that anyone grieving, under any circumstance knows they are not alone, and they have access to help and hope from day one.
‘Grief can be complicated, but access to support should never be’
Dr. Phil Hyde
Chief investigator, the Pre-hospital Research and Audit Network (PRANA)
Phil is a consultant in pre-hospital care with Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance and paediatric intensive care consultant with Southampton Children’s Hospital. He has an interest in enabling care pathway data to improve patient care and prevent disease.
PRANA Webpage
Survive to Thrive
