Christopher Piercy

Term: 2011 - 2015

Email: christopher.piercy@rcn.org.uk

Positions held on Council:

• Council Member - Northern
• Chair of the Diversity Committee 
• Member of the Governance Support Committee

Previous RCN appointments:

• Steward
• Health and Safety representative
• Treasurer
• Secretary
• Chair of the Student Nurse Section in Hartlepool
• Member of the Nursing Practice and Policy Committee

Chris began his nursing career as a cadet nurse in Hartlepool in 1972, and has been a member of the RCN since 1974.   He has been an active member for many years, holding branch officer roles in a number of branches across the North East such as Treasurer and Secretary, and has also previously been a Steward and Health and Safety Representative.  Chris has been a member of the Northern Board, and was once the Chair of the Student Nurse Section in Hartlepool.

Chris has strong generalist nursing expertise, and excels putting this to use developing new roles and services which are nurse led. He is currently employed to oversee the integration of community services from the Newcastle Primary Care Trust with the Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.