Caroline Porter Caroline Porter works for Children’s Hospices Across Scotland – better known as CHAS – as a Diana Children’s Nurse, named in honour of Princess Diana to commemorate her life and work. Caroline brings palliative care nursing expertise to babies, children and young people and their families. My Journey Nursing wasn’t always something I…
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Coleen Mcleod
Coleen Mcleod Coleen Mcleod works as a Substance Misuse/Mental Health Liaison Nurse for NHS Western Isles and is persistent in her approach to providing and enhancing recovery care across Lewis and Harris. My Journey I didn’t start off wanting to be a nurse. My family are all nurses and I thought I wanted to do…
Lorraine Haining
Lorraine Haining Specialist Nurse Practitioner Lorraine Haining has been leading a multidisciplinary dementia team from her base in Dumfries since 2012. My Journey As a small child, I attended nursery at a very early age. The nursery nurses wore very traditional nurses’ uniforms with aprons, cuffs and hats. The matron in charge wore a very…
Lyndsey Forsyth
Lyndsey Forsyth Lyndsey Forsyth works within NHS Fife as an Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Nurse Specialist. Lyndsey’s unwavering passion and enthusiasm to ensure children and young people with ADHD are understood and listened to, drives her to continually keep expert ADHD Nursing high on the agenda. My Journey I started working as a care…
Moira Flett
Moira Flett Moira Flett has been working as the Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Advisor for Orkney for almost ten years. Recently, Motor Neurone Disease (MND) was added to her role in providing a specialist service to patients across the isles. My Journey I grew up on the island of Westray, one of the smaller Orkney islands,…
Tracey Clusker
Tracey Clusker Tracey Clusker has worked within substance misuse teams for the last 12 years. In her current role as a Team Manager with NHS Lothian based in Dalkeith, she is focused on reducing health inequalities while delivering a high-quality service to the recovery community. My Journey I have always worked with people – as…
Pauline Buchanan
Pauline Buchanan Pauline Buchanan was appointed to a new Community Dermatology Nurse Practitioner post with NHS Fife in January 2017. An enthusiastic learner, she is committed to educating health professionals and patients about managing skin conditions. My Journey I always wanted to be a nurse and it’s what I set off to do starting my…
Rachel McReady
Rachel McReady Rachel in the news Rachel launches recovery road map in Dundee To Cheryl Ferguson, Dundee’s Steeple Church Parish Nurses are “my wee adopted mammies”. To others, they are problem-solvers, shoulders to cry on, and even life-savers. “They’ve done a lot for me and every single person who comes through this door,” says Cheryl.…
Michelle Duffy
Michelle Duffy Michelle Duffy has one objective – to ensure that people living with disabling breathing problems in some of the most far-flung parts of North West Scotland can receive the same high quality evidence-based care as their counterparts in towns and cities. It may sound simple but Michelle, an Advanced Practice Respiratory Nurse with…
Ian Hall
Ian Hall Ian in the news Ian receives Long Service Award at ceremony in Orkney Ian Hall says he is drawn to extreme remote and rural nursing practice. His last big job saw him help establish the first-ever healthcare and community development project for nomadic Tuareg people, deep in the North Niger desert. These days,…