The Chief Nursing Officer (CNO) is the most senior advisor on nursing matters in a government. There are CNOs in the United Kingdom who are appointed to advise their respective governments:

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, the

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, the Scottish Government, and the

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. Each CNO is assisted by one or more Deputy Chief Nursing Officers, and are complemented by a Chief Medical Officer.

Chief Nursing Officers for England

The Chief Nursing Officer is based at the

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(and its predecessors). * 1941 to 1948: Dame Katherine Watt * 1948 to 1958: Dame Elizabeth Cockayne * 1958 to 1972: Dame

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* 1972 to 1982: Dame Phyllis Friend * 1982 to 1992: Dame Anne Poole * 1992 to 1999: Dame

Yvonne Moores Dame Yvonne Moores, DBE, FRSH, CIMgt (born 14 June 1941) is a retired British nurse. She is a former Chief Nursing Officer for Wales, for Scotland and for England. As a Director of the NHS, she played a key role as advisor to the Prime Min ...

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* 2004 to 2012: Dame

Christine Beasley Dame Christine Joan Beasley, (born 13 June 1944, in Essex, England) is a British nurse and NHS healthcare administrator. Career Beasley was educated at Westcliff High School for Girls, Southend-on-Sea, Essex. She began training in 1962 at the R ...

* 2012 to 2019:

Jane Cummings Jane Frances Cummings is a former Chief Nursing Officer for England, formerly at the Department of Health and subsequently at NHS England. In November 2013 she was interviewed about the demand for safe staffing levels in NHS hospitals and told ' ...

* 2019 to present: Dame Ruth May

Chief Nursing Officers for Scotland

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. * 1939 to 1944:

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(later OBE, ARRC).''The Scotsman'', 30 September 1944, p. 3. The office was then "Chief Nursing Sister". *1944 to 1961:

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, CBE. *1961 to 1969:

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, OBE. * 1970 to 1976: Dame Muriel Powell * 1977 to 1988: Margaret Gibson Auld * 1988 to 1992: Dame

* 1992 to 2004:

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* 2004 to 2009:

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* 2010 to 2014:

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* 2015 to 2020:

Fiona McQueen Fiona Catherine McQueen is a Scottish nurse, who was Chief Nursing Officer for Scotland from 2015 to 2021. Early life and education McQueen was born in about 1962. Career Her nursing career began in 1982. She was promoted to be an execut ...

* 2020 onwards: Prof

Amanda Croft Amanda Croft is a British nurse, who has served as the Chief Nursing Officer for Scotland since January 2021. Nursing career Croft trained at the Sheffield and North Trent School of Nursing (now part of the University of Sheffield), and qualifi ...

Chief Nursing Officers for Wales

* 1972 to 1981: Edith Alice Bell * 1982 to 1988: Dame

* 1999 to 2010: Rosemary Kennedy * 2010 to 2021: Jean White * 2021 to 2021: Gareth Howells (interim) * 2021 to present: Sue Tranka

Chief Nursing Officers for Northern Ireland

The Chief Nursing Officer for Northern Ireland is based at the

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(and its processors). * 1960 to 1975: Mona Grey * 1995 to 2005: Judith Hill * 2005 to 2011: Martin Bradley * 2013 to present: Charlotte McArdle

References

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