Chief Nursing Officer (United Kingdom)
Most senior government adviser on nursing matters
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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[1]
- 1948–1958: Dame Elizabeth Cockayne[2]
- 1958–1972: Dame Kathleen Raven[3]
- 1972–1982: Dame Phyllis Friend[4]
- 1982–1992: Dame Anne Poole[5]
- 1992–1999: Dame Yvonne Moores[6]
- 1999–2004: Dame Sarah Mullally[7]
- 2004–2012: Dame Christine Beasley[8]
- 2012–2019: Dame Jane Cummings[9]
- 2019–2024: Dame Ruth May[10]
- 2024–present: Duncan Burton[11]
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 Marshall[12][13][14][15]
- 1944–1961: Mary Olivia Robinson[13][16]
- 1961–1969: Margaret Macnaughton[17][18][19]
- 1970–1976: Dame Muriel Powell[20]
- 1977–1988: Margaret Gibson Auld[21][22]
- 1988–1992: Dame Yvonne Moores[6]
- 1992–2004: Anne Jarvie
- 2004–2009: Paul Martin
- 2010–2014: Rosalyn Elaine Moore[23]
- 2015–2020: Fiona McQueen[24]
- 2020–2021: Prof Amanda Croft[25]
- 2022–2024: Prof Alex McMahon[26]
- 2024–2025: Anne Armstrong (interim)
- 2025–present: Prof Aisha Holloway[27]
Chief Nursing Officers for Wales
- 1972–1981: Edith Alice Bell[28]
- 1982–1988: Dame Yvonne Moores[6]
- 1999–2010: Rosemary Kennedy
- 2010–2021: Jean White[29]
- 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[30]
- 1995–2005: Judith Hill[31]
- 2005–2011: Martin Bradley[32]
- 2013–2021: Charlotte McArdle[33]
- 2022–present: Maria McIlgorm[34]