Joan has over 35 years’ experience as a nurse consultant and educator in CCNs settings across London. She was an advisor to the CNO for England for over 10 years. 

Joan is a 2018 Florence Nightingale Foundation (FNF) Leadership Scholar and a Trustee & Director with the FNF since 2019. 

Joan is the London representative of the RCN Council. she was voted in the HSJ 2020 top 50 Power list of the most influential leaders in NHS. 

Joan has an OBE for services to children and nursing, she is a Queen’s nurse & has a honorary doctorate from Middlesex University.