Emma is the Chief Nursing officer at Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust and was formerly the National Deputy Director for Mental Health Nursing at NHSE England. She is a visiting Professor at the University of Surrey and has  over 26 years of extensive strategic and technical knowledge and experience across a wide range of health settings. Enthusiastic about the provision and transformation of effective and recovery based mental health services she has led the development of new and innovative services for the most vulnerable in our society. During COVID, she was the clinical lead for the National Mental Health, response cell, and technical advisor to WHO, providing expert clinical oversight during the pandemic. Emma is committed to social justice and improving patient mental health care especially those from marginalised groups and is particularly skilled in the development of national policy and translating research into practice. During her career she has specialised in the prevention of suicide and promotion of health and wellbeing, for both communities and healthcare staff, including the development of national suicide prevention toolkits and the implementation of professional Nurse advocates to all healthcare settings. Most recently she has contributed to the ICN Guidelines on Mental Health nursing and is committed to increasing the visibility and impact of those working within mental health services.