Emma is a clinically active mental health nurse with over 27 years of extensive strategic and technical knowledge and experience across a wide range of health settings.
Enthusiastic about the provision and transformation of effective and recovery based mental health services she has led the development of new and innovative services for the most vulnerable in our society.
During COVID, she was the clinical lead for the National Mental Health, response cell, providing expert clinical oversight during the pandemic.
Emma is committed to social justice and improving patient care especially those from marginalised groups and is particularly skilled in the development of national policy and translating research into practice. During her career she has specialised in the prevention of suicide and promotion of health and wellbeing, developing national suicide prevention toolkits and the implementation of professional Nurse advocates to all healthcare settings.
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