A registered nurse, ANP and clinical lead with over 30 years’ experience working across the NHS, primary care, the independent sector, and academia. Previous roles include General Practice Nurse; Professional Development Lead at Mental Health, Learning disability and community NHS Trust.  Senior Lecturer in a local HEI; Primary Care Lead Nurse; Clinical lead/ ANP and Quality Lead Nurse. She has a keen interest in primary care, education, leadership, medicines management and non-medical prescribing and is passionate about general practice nursing, advanced practice, physical and mental health, preceptorship, and portfolio careers. Her goal- Development of portfolio careers, support of aspiring leaders in practice  and Fair pay terms and conditions for all nurses.  

As Head of Education at the RCN, Heather supports the continuing development of new ways of working and her interests include Leadership development, IPC and Quality Assurance.

Advanced practice and RCN forums on projects, consultations and education events that support advances in practice and ensure quality service provision.

Heather also has experience as a Quality Lead Nurse and ANP in the Midlands, working with general practice and urgent care centres, all with a variety of population needs. She provides support to ANPs, GPNs, HCAs, AHP’s and GPs within primary and urgent care providing clinical leadership, governance, and clinical supervision.

Although Heather has held various local, regional, and national roles she has always maintained a foot in practice working initially as one of the first practice nurses and now as a national leader and National Quality Lead Nurse.

Heather has seen primary care transform its ways of working during one of the most challenging times in healthcare, the Covid-19 pandemic. She is passionate about safe and effective care, improving terms and conditions for nurses in primary care and the role of primary care in the wider workforce.