Lucy currently leads the national strategic nursing portfolio at Skills for Care, a national charity and the workforce planning body for adult social care in England.  The current portfolio, contracted by the DHSC, champions the profile of nursing in social care; developing and sharing narratives and opportunities to recruit, retain and value the social care nursing workforce.

Lucy advocates for nursing for in social care through representation on regulatory advisory and steering groups, in systems working, on prevention, and on nursing education as well as chairing national forums, networks and communities of practice.

Lucy began her career in social care, working with older people and with people with a learning disability. She has worked in a variety of nursing roles in health, before moving into workforce, strategy, recruitment and retention and education across health and social care.  Lucy was the John Burdett Fellow joining the national nursing team at HEE in 2021-2022 working on projects across the nursing work programme.

In addition to her role at Skills for Care, Lucy is a Visiting Fellow at Nottingham Trent University’s School of Social Sciences. She has also worked as an Associate Facilitator for the Foundation of Nursing Studies’ Resilience-Based Clinical Supervision Programme and recently completed a Master of Public Administration (MPA) in Social and Public Policy.