Lucy Bray has worked within acute children’s nursing for over twenty years, specialising in children’s surgery. She works part of her time as a Reader in Children and Young People within the Children's Nursing Research Unit at Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust. Her research interests include the education, information needs and preparation of children, young people and their parents for surgery, procedures and interventions. Her work explores how children and young people can be provided with information in a meaningful and timely way. The majority of Lucy’s research is based on qualitative research approaches and uses innovative methods which aim to facilitate the involvement of children and young people. Lucy has published over 40 peer reviewed journal articles and has been shortlisted for national and local nursing research awards. Lucy is also the Post-graduate Research Student Tutor for the Faculty of Health and Social Care.