Hazel has been nursing in the NHS across the NW of England for almost 33 years, with a background in ED from staff nurse to senior manager, she then moved on to trust wide operations management and business planning. Hazel currently work as Head of Safeguarding for an acute and community trust at AD level, and is the health lead across that county on the violence reduction unit (VRU). She has worked with central government leaders on many emerging and challenging issues including exploitation and serious violence, and am specialist advisor to the CQC. Hazel has volunteered in her local community, mainly with children who are vulnerable, for over 30 years.