Susanne Gray  Community Palliative Care Nurse Specialist   NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde Susanne’s journey to community nursing started when she was working on a hospital ward, and she began to question why a group of patients were constantly being admitted in the last year of their lives. “I realised there were around six women who…

Fran Nice  Health Visitor  NHS Grampian Fran has always felt privilege to be a health visitor and work with families in their own homes. “We get to know the whole family and are uniquely placed to support and empower them to maximise their health and wellbeing. The first 1001 days of a child’s life are…

Danielle McLeod   District Nursing Team Lead   NHS Grampian    Danielle always wanted to be a District Nurse, something she has known from a young age. “My great uncle used to have weekly visits for a leg ulcer and as I child I would get very excited to see the nurse at work. In my teens…

Jenny Rendall  Senior Charge Midwife for a Community Team  NHS Dumfries & Galloway   Jenny initially studied general nursing but after a placement with an inspiring midwife her mind was made up. “Working in a busy, acute admissions ward wasn’t for me. I was seeing up to twenty people admitted each day but only getting…

Heather Innes  Specialist Midwife for Vulnerable Women and Families   NHS Dumfries & Galloway   Heather began her career as a midwife in Peterborough. “I really honed my core skills during my first post as a community midwife. I was able to work with some extraordinary women who had faced significant adversity and I immediately found…

Lucia Condron  Senior Practice Nurse  Methilhaven Surgery   Lucia was an experienced surgical nurse before moving into general practice nursing which fitted better with the needs of her family. “I’ve always wanted to be a nurse, but my priorities shifted when I had my kids. As a surgical nurse I had been doing long shifts at…

Eilidh Wilson  Cancer Support Specialist   Maggie’s Highlands   Eilidh has been part of the Maggie’s Highlands team since October 2019, previously working as a breast care nurse at Raigmore Hospital in Inverness and before that in end-of-life care at the Highland Hospice. “I referred many people to the Maggie’s service, encouraging them to go for…

Andrea Wyllie  Chief Executive  Greenock Medical Aid Society (GMAS)   Andrea has worked in the community since her student days in Wales, first in a community home for people with brain injuries and then going on to qualify as a community mental health nurse, but she has always been drawn to older people’s nursing. “I…

Yvonne Manson  Care and Dementia Services Director  Abbotsford Care, Glenrothes   Yvonne has always been passionate about health equity. Starting her career as a nightshift Care Assistant when her children were young, she always knew that her end goal was to train as a community nurse. “I became a mother at a young age and…

Carol Cartwright  Community ADHD Nurse  NHS Ayrshire & Arran   Carol’s role has changed and developed many times over since she first started in 2000, specialising over the first ten years to become the first ADHD specialist nurse in her service. “I just can’t imagine not being a nurse, it was all I ever wanted…