The Chief Nursing Officer (CNO) is the most senior adviser on nursing matters in a government. The CNOs in the United Kingdom are appointed to advise their respective governments: His Majesty's Government, the Northern Ireland Executive, the Scottish Government and the Welsh Government. Each CNO is assisted by one or more Deputy Chief Nursing Officers, and is complemented by a Chief Medical Officer.
Chief Nursing Officers for England The Chief Nursing Officer is based at the Department of Health and Social Care (and its predecessors).
1941–1948: Dame Katherine Watt'WATT, Dame Katherine Christie', Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2016; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014; online edn, April 2014 accessed 18 Oct 2017 1948–1958: Dame Elizabeth Cockayne'COCKAYNE, Dame Elizabeth', Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2016; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014; online edn, April 2014 accessed 18 Oct 2017 1958–1972: Dame Kathleen RavenSheila Quinn, 'Raven, Dame Kathleen Annie (1910–1999)', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 18 Oct 2017 1972–1982: Dame Phyllis Friend'FRIEND, Dame Phyllis (Muriel)', Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2016; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2016; online edn, April 2016 accessed 18 Oct 2017 1982–1992: Dame Anne Poole'POOLE, Dame (Avril) Anne (Barker)', Who's Who 2017, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2017; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2016; online edn, Nov 2016 accessed 18 Oct 2017 1992–1999: Dame Yvonne Moores'MOORES, Dame Yvonne', Who's Who 2017, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2017; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2016; online edn, Nov 2016 accessed 18 Oct 2017 1999–2004: Dame Sarah Mullally'CREDITON, Bishop Suffragan of', Who's Who 2017, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2017; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2016; online edn, Nov 2016 accessed 18 Oct 2017 2004–2012: Dame Christine Beasley'BEASLEY, Dame Christine (Joan)', Who's Who 2017, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2017; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2016; online edn, Nov 2016 accessed 18 Oct 2017 2012–2019: Dame Jane Cummings 2019–2024: Dame Ruth May 2024–present: Duncan Burton
Chief Nursing Officers for Scotland
The Chief Nursing Officers for Scotland is based at the Scottish Government and previously at the Scottish Office. 1939–1944: Margaret Colville MarshallThe Scotsman, 9 August 1944, p. 4. The title was then "Principal Matron and Chief Nursing Sister of the Department of Health for Scotland".The Scotsman, 30 September 1944, p. 3. The office was then "Chief Nursing Sister".Post-basic Nursing Education: Report of a Conference Sponsored by the European Office of the World Health Organization in Collaboration with the Government of the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland and with the Assistance of the Dept. of Health for Scotland: Peebles, 12–26 June 1956 (1956), p. viii."Marshall, Margaret Colville", JISC: Archives Hub. Retrieved 20 January 2019. 1944–1961: Mary Olivia RobinsonHospital Health and Management, vol. 24 (1961), p. 305. 1961–1969: Margaret Macnaughton"Obituary", The Times (London, England), 3 January 1969, p.8.Nursing Mirror and Midwives Journal, vol. 128, issues 1-13, p. 6.Hospital Management, vol. 31 (1969), p. 32. 1970–1976: Dame Muriel Powell'POWELL, Dame Muriel', Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2016; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014; online edn, April 2014 accessed 18 Oct 2017 1977–1988: Margaret Gibson Auld'AULD, Margaret Gibson', Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2016; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014; online edn, April 2014 accessed 18 Oct 2017 1988–1992: Dame Yvonne Moores 1992–2004: Anne Jarvie 2004–2009: Paul Martin 2010–2014: Rosalyn Elaine Moore'MOORE, Rosalyn Elaine, (Mrs Stephen Littler)', Who's Who 2017, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2017; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2016; online edn, Nov 2016 accessed 18 Oct 2017 2015–2020: Fiona McQueen 2020–2021: Prof Amanda Croft 2022–2024: Prof Alex McMahon 2024–2025: Anne Armstrong (interim) 2025–present: Prof Aisha Holloway
Chief Nursing Officers for Wales
1972–1981: Edith Alice Bell'BELL, Edith Alice', Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2016; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014; online edn, April 2014 accessed 18 Oct 2017 1982–1988: Dame Yvonne Moores 1999–2010: Rosemary Kennedy 2010–2021: Jean White 2021–2021: Gareth Howells (interim) 2021–present: Sue Tranka
Chief Nursing Officers for Northern Ireland
The Chief Nursing Officer for Northern Ireland is based at the Department of Health (and its predecessors).
1960–1975: Mona Grey 1995–2005: Judith Hill'HILL, Dame Judith (Eileen)', Who's Who 2017, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2017; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2016; online edn, Nov 2016 accessed 18 Oct 2017 2005–2011: Martin Bradley 2013–2021: Charlotte McArdle 2022–present: Maria McIlgorm
See also Chief Dental Officers (United Kingdom) Chief Medical Officers (United Kingdom)
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