Professor Michelle Bateman is a Registered Nurse and Deputy Chief Nursing Officer at NHS England, with over 40 years working for the NHS.

In her role, Michelle provides national nursing leadership for the delivery of programmes across safety, improvement and quality, helping to build and maintain a quality culture across the profession. Michelle is responsible for infection prevention and control (IPC), leads for children and young people (CYP), and provides nursing leadership for incidents, emergency preparedness, resilience and response (EPRR). She also leads the nursing and midwifery professions’ response to sustainability and climate change.

Michelle was appointed as Executive Director of Nursing, AHPs and Quality at Derbyshire Community Health Services NHS Foundation Trust in February 2019, where she worked until her most recent appointment.

Michelle is passionate about the contribution of community services to successful system working and achieving the best outcome for patients and communities. During her time at Derbyshire Community Health Services NHS FT, Michelle led the development of a newly qualified nurse rotation programme to raise the profile of community and primary care nursing.

Michelle is a proud Queens Nurse and became the recipient of the inaugural QNI William Rathbone Award for Executive Nurse Leadership in 2023.

In 2024, Michelle was honoured to be conferred the title of Visiting Professor of Healthcare Improvement, Leadership and Policy Development at University of Derby, in recognition for her work in healthcare, specifically in community services.