I am a Registered Nurse, qualified Specialist Practitioner in the home, DistrictNnurse, Queen's Nurse and Nurse Prescriber. I spent ten years in the national leadership team with the Chief Nursing Officer for the National Health Service (NHS) England. In 2023, for the 75th birthday of the NHS, I was listed among the 75 nurses whose work has had a significant impact on the NHS between 1948 and 2023. The Queen's Nursing Institute has awarded me a prestigious fellowship.

My Fellowship explores palliative and end-of-life care (PEOLC), compassionate communities and community nursing for people and families receiving PEOLC, to enable people to be cared for in their chosen place of death. We are still getting this wrong in England and need to harness our communities' kindness and compassion.

As a district nurse and national leader for the NHS, I have a direct professional interest and experience with PEOLC at home and I understand the current and future challenges of operating as a system. I hope to explore compassionate communities as a model of care that views the community as an integral part of the care delivery with community nurses.