Lisa Plotkin

Lisa Plotkin joined the Florence Nightingale Foundation in June 2023 as its first ever Head of Policy and Influence.

Lisa is passionate about the transformative power of good health policy to change and improve people's lives. She has over 10 years' experience working in a variety of health policy development and workforce policy roles, including at the Royal College of Anaesthetists and the Faculty of Public Health. Over her two years leading policy at FNF, Lisa has worked to establish the FNF Academy as the 'go to' think tank for nursing and midwifery workforce related policy, raising the voices of nurses and midwives at a time when their leadership has never been more needed. She holds a PhD in the History of Medicine.