Emma Hughes

Emma Hughes is the Lead ICC Nurse at the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital. She has a background in critical care nursing and heart failure. She left her Heart Failure Nurse role in London back in 2020 to set up the ICC Nurse Service in Norwich. Over this time Emma has expanded the service to include nurse-led clinics for family screening, genetic testing and condition management.

Emma is also involved in the Sudden Unexpected Death (SUD) Pathway, co-ordinating coronial referrals from across Norfolk and Suffolk. This works involves ensuring timely access to ICC services for affected families and overseeing post-mortem genetic testings.

Emma’s clinical interests include supporting families affected by sudden cardiac death as well as hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and left ventricle outflow tract management.