Chief Nursing Officer (United Kingdom) facts for kids
The Chief Nursing Officer (CNO) is the most senior advisor on nursing matters in a government. There are CNOs in the United Kingdom who are appointed to advise their respective governments: His Majesty's Government, the Northern Ireland Executive, the Scottish Government, and the Welsh Government. Each CNO is assisted by one or more Deputy Chief Nursing Officers, and are complemented by a Chief Medical Officer.
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Chief Nursing Officers for England
The Chief Nursing Officer is based at the Department of Health (and its predecessors).
- 1941 to 1948: Dame Katherine Watt
- 1948 to 1958: Dame Elizabeth Cockayne
- 1958 to 1972: Dame Kathleen Raven
- 1972 to 1982: Dame Phyllis Friend
- 1982 to 1992: Dame Anne Poole
- 1992 to 1999: Dame Yvonne Moores
- 1999 to 2004: Dame Sarah Mullally
- 2004 to 2012: Dame Christine Beasley
- 2012 to 2019: Jane Cummings
- 2019 to present: Dame Ruth May
Chief Nursing Officers for Scotland
Shirley-Anne Somerville, Nicola Sturgeon and Fiona McQueen briefing Scotland during the COVID-19 pandemic in September 2020
The Chief Nursing Officers for Scotland is based at the Scottish Government and previously at the Scottish Office.
- 1939 to 1944: Margaret Colville Marshall .
- 1944 to 1961: Mary Olivia Robinson.
- 1961 to 1969: Margaret Macnaughton.
- 1970 to 1976: Dame Muriel Powell
- 1977 to 1988: Margaret Gibson Auld
- 1988 to 1992: Dame Yvonne Moores
- 1992 to 2004: Anne Jarvie
- 2004 to 2009: Paul Martin
- 2010 to 2014: Rosalyn Elaine Moore
- 2015 to 2020: Fiona McQueen
- 2020 onwards: Prof Amanda Croft
Chief Nursing Officers for Wales
- 1972 to 1981: Edith Alice Bell
- 1982 to 1988: Dame Yvonne Moores
- 1999 to 2010: Rosemary Kennedy
- 2010 to 2021: Jean White
- 2021 to 2021: Gareth Howells (interim)
- 2021 to present: Sue Tranka
Chief Nursing Officers for Northern Ireland
The Chief Nursing Officer for Northern Ireland is based at the Department of Health (Northern Ireland) (and its processors).
- 1960 to 1975: Mona Grey
- 1995 to 2005: Judith Hill
- 2005 to 2011: Martin Bradley
- 2013 to present: Charlotte McArdle
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