RCN Fellows
You can find out more about our RCN fellows – their careers, their areas of interest and their hopes and inspirations – by using the A-Z listing below (entries are arranged alphabetically by surname).
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Professor Justus A Akinsanya
Justus Akinsanya was known to nurses worldwide for his work as a human biologist, nurse educator and researcher. After retiring, he held a number of “new wave” posts at the frontline of nursing development during his career in the UK and Africa.
Professor Elizabeth Anionwu
Elizabeth Anionwu is Head of the Mary Seacole Centre for Nursing Practice, and Honorary Professor of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. She is also Treasurer of the Mary Seacole Memorial Statue Appeal.
Cynthia Atwell
An outstanding leader and champion of occupational health nursing, Cynthia Atwell’s contribution to occupational health has garnered her widespread recognition.
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Professor Sue Bale
Professor Sue Bale was part of the original team that established a unique wound healing service in Cardiff that has rightly earned an international reputation. The Wound Healing Research Unit was one of the first centres in the world dedicated to the advancement of wound care.
Dr Hattie Bessent
Dr Hattie Bessent is director of the Leadership, Enhancement and Development (LEAD) Project at the American Nurses Foundation.
Pat Bottrill
Patricia Bottrill was awarded Fellowship of the Royal College of Nursing in 2004 for her outstanding contribution to the establishment and development of endoscopy and gastroenterology nursing in the UK and internationally.
Mary Brydon
Mary Brydon was awarded Fellowship of the Royal College of Nursing in 1998 for her contribution to managing allergy care and development of advanced nursing practice.
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Rev Anthony Carr
Anthony Carr entered general nurse training at Selly Oak Hospital Birmingham in 1951 when 18 years old and successively held posts of Staff Nurse and Charge Nurse at that hospital.
Professor Dame June Clark
June Clark has been an RCN activist since her student days and has held many leadership roles in the RCN, including serving as President 1990–1994. She was awarded the RCN Award of Merit in 1996. In 1995 she was invested as Dame Commander of the British Empire for services to nursing.
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Jane Denton
Jane Denton was awarded Fellowship of the Royal College of Nursing in 2006 for her outstanding contribution to fertility nursing and genetics, and promotion of the nursing voice in these ethical debates.
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Claire M Fagin
Claire Fagin has blended an interest in consumer health with professional health and nursing issues, and is known for her efforts to create a new paradigm for access and quality.
Liz Fradd
Liz Fradd’s work has focused on the care of sick children throughout her nursing career. As well as being a registered nurse, midwife and health visitor, she is a trained children’s nurse who has also managed children’s units in Nottingham.
Sister Frances Dominica Ritchie
Sister Frances was awarded an RCN Fellowship in recognition of her pioneering work in the provision of care for gravely ill and dying children and their families.
Professor Dawn Freshwater
In 2002 Professor Freshwater was awarded Fellowship of the Royal College of Nursing for her outstanding contribution to nursing through research, reflective practice, clinical supervision and practice development in mental health.
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Dr Faith Gibson
Dr Faith Gibson is the senior lecturer in Children’s Cancer Nursing Research at UCL Institute of Child Health and Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children.
Professor Kevin Gournay
Kevin Gournay was awarded Fellowship of the Royal College of Nursing in 1998 for his important contribution to education, research, policy and practice development in mental health nursing.
Dr Mona Grey
Dr Mona Grey has devoted her life to developing nursing in Northern Ireland, advancing the art and science of nursing and increasing positive advocacy rights for older people.
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Helen Hamilton
Helen Hamilton is an expert in critical care, vascular access and parenteral nutrition. As a senior critical care nurse in Oxford she made the important breakthrough of developing the first nurse-led vascular access service.
Pamela J. Hibbs
For the last 20 years Pam Hibbs has used her management skills to lead nursing, encouraging the nurses in her charge to advance their own practice. She has developed multidisciplinary and collaborative quality assurance and clinical audit programmes for health care.
Dr Jackie Hill
Dr Jackie Hill is an expert in rheumatology nursing; she was one of the first rheumatology nurse practitioners in the country and is now a leader in the field of rheumatology research.
Professor Jennifer Hunt
Jennifer has excelled in the clinical application of research findings, and in demonstrating to nurse practitioners the relevance and usefulness of nursing research to their role as clinicians.
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Majda Slajmer Japelj
A unique leader and champion of nursing in the Countries of Central and Eastern Europe (CCEE) for more than 30 years, Majda Slajmer Japelj has worked tirelessly to raise the profile of nursing, especially primary health care nursing, across the region.
Elizabeth A Jenner
Dr Elizabeth Jenner is an expert in infection control nursing. Over the last 35 years she has been instrumental in developing the clinical specialty, both through advancing the role in practice and devising and delivering education and training programmes for infection control nurses.
Professor David Jones
David Jones is a registered nurse who retired as Dean of the School of Nursing and Midwifery at the University of Sheffield in 1998 and has subsequently been made Emeritus Professor of Nursing.
Gary Jones
Gary Jones was awarded Fellowship of the Royal College of Nursing in 2002 for his outstanding contribution to the development of emergency nursing practice. Gary is currently Convenor of RCN Fellows.
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Reverend Tom Keighley
Reverend Tom Keighley is an inspirational nurse leader whose main interests are the politics of health care and the challenge of change.
Professor Dame Betty Kershaw
Dame Betty Kershaw is Professor of Nursing and Dean at the School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Sheffield.
Alison Kitson
Dr Alison Kitson was Executive Director of Nursing at the Royal College of Nursing. She has enjoyed a highly successful career in nursing, operating at a national and international level for the past 20 years. Alison was awarded Fellowship of the RCN in 1991.
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Vanessa Martin
Vanessa Martin’s distinguished career in the field of children and young people’s nursing is characterised by a strong commitment to improve patient care in the field of cleft lip and palate care.
Professor Kathleen McCourt
An outstanding academic and professional nurse, Professor Kath McCourt has been instrumental in making radical shifts in curriculum development to drive cultural, health and social care reform in the UK.
Professor Hugh McKenna
Professor Hugh McKenna was awarded Fellowship of the Royal College of Nursing in 2003 for his outstanding contribution to nursing scholarship and research.
Afaf Meleis
Professor Afaf Meleis was awarded Honorary Fellowship of the Royal College of Nursing in 2006 for her outstanding contribution to academic achievement in the fields of nursing theory, women’s health and global health.
Christine Moffat
Professor Christine Moffatt was awarded Fellowship of the Royal College of Nursing in 2006 for her outstanding contribution to nursing research, practice and education which has transformed leg ulcer management and the lives of countless patients.
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Linda Nazarko
Linda Nazarko was awarded Fellowship of the Royal College of Nursing in 2001 for her outstanding contribution to raising the profile of nurses working in nursing homes.
Dorothy Ngoma
Acknowledged as an extraordinary leader in nursing, education and social development, Dorothy Ngoma has played a significant role in shaping the stature and organisation of nursing in Malawi.
Ruth Northway
Learning disability nursing and disability issues, community nursing and research are Ruth Northway’s particular skills. Her interests developed because she enjoys working with people with learning disabilities and wanted to make a positive difference.
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Dame Gillian Oliver
Gill Oliver is an expert in cancer nursing and palliative care and has been instrumental in developing cancer services, policy and strategy in the UK and beyond.
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Dame Sheila Quinn
Dame Sheila Quinn is a specialist in management issues, with a focus on international work relating to nursing and health. She is Life Vice President of the RCN.
Tom Quinn
Professor Tom Quinn was awarded Fellowship of the Royal College of Nursing in 2006 for his outstanding contribution to research and practice of cardiac nursing, particularly in relation to nurses, treatment and the care of patients suffering from heart attack.
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Elizabeth Raybould
Elizabeth Raybould is an eminent nurse educationalist who played a pioneering role in implementing a new organisational structure for nursing education in Northern Ireland.
Professor Susan Read
Susan Read became Professor of Nursing Research at the University of Sheffield’s School of Nursing in Midwifery in October 2003. She was awarded an MBE in January 2003 for services to innovation in health care, having been made an RCN Fellow in 2001.
Dr Jane Robinson
Jane Robinson practised as a nurse and health visitor for more than 15 years before entering academic work, where in the 1980s and 1990s she became a leading expert in nursing and health policy research.
David Rye
David Rye was awarded Fellowship of the Royal College of Nursing in 1998 for his contribution to nurse education and practice development and his outstanding nursing leadership.
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Barbara Saunders
Barbara Saunders was an expert in palliative care and the care of older people. She retired from her position as director of nursing at St Christopher’s Hospice in 1991 and currently works as a volunteer bereavement visitor in Kent.
Dame Cicely Saunders
Dame Cicely Saunders, a Fellow of the Royal College of Nursing, died on 14 July, aged 87, in St Christopher's Hospice, the ground-breaking London hospice she founded in 1967.
Gloria R Smith
Gloria Smith was awarded Honorary Fellowship of the Royal College of Nursing in 2003 for her outstanding contribution to leadership, community partnerships and empowerment of nursing.
Dr Barbara Stilwell
Barbara Stilwell is a Senior Scientist in the Human Resource for Health Department at the World Health Organization in Geneva. Her current area of interest is the impact of global issues on the health workforce, specialising in education and the supply and demand factors that affect performance.
Les Storey
Les Storey has had a very varied and successful career that includes clinical experience at senior levels, and work with national bodies as project manager for a number of national and regional projects – these currently include prison health care, palliative care, emergency care, dysphagia and substance misuse.
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Roderick Peter MacGregor Thomson
Roderick Thomson was awarded Fellowship of the Royal College of Nursing in 2002 for his outstanding contribution to the development and delivery of public health nursing in partnership with client groups and other agencies.
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Neslyn Watson Druée
Neslyn Watson Druée was awarded Fellowship of the Royal College of Nursing in 2001 for her outstanding contribution to promoting diversity in nursing.
Professor Christine Webb
Christine Webb has been involved in nurse education for many years since qualifying as a registered nurse tutor in 1975. She is currently Professor of Health Studies at the University of Plymouth.