Amanda Croft
Amanda Croft is a British nurse, who has served as the Chief Nursing Officer for Scotland since January 2021.[1][2]
Amanda Croft | |
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![]() Croft in 2021 | |
Chief Nursing Officer for Scotland | |
Assumed office January 2021 | |
Preceded by | Fiona McQueen |
Chief Executive for NHS Grampian | |
In office April 2019 – June 2020 | |
Succeeded by | Caroline Hiscox |
Nursing career
Croft trained at the Sheffield and North Trent School of Nursing (now part of the University of Sheffield), and qualified as a nurse in 1992.[3] She has a Master of Science (MSc) degree in nursing from the University of Aberdeen.[4]
Croft joined NHS Grampian in 2000, and became its Director of Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Healthcare Professionals in September 2015.[4] She was made a visiting professor at Robert Gordon University in August 2016.[5] She served as the Chief Executive of NHS Grampian from April 2019 to June 2020, having been acting CEO for the previous year.[5][4] On 23 December 2020, she was announced as the next Chief Nursing Officer for Scotland: she took up the post in January 2021.[6]
References
- Mitchell, Gemma (23 December 2020). "Scotland announces appointment of new chief nursing officer". Nursing Times. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
- Mitchell, Gemma (8 April 2021). "Nurses urged to have say as NMC launches controversial post-reg consultation".
- "NHS Grampian chief executive Amanda Croft to retire". BBC News. 10 June 2020. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
- "Amanda Croft". NHS Scotland Events. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
- "Professor Amanda Croft - NHS Grampian Chief Executive" (pdf). NHS Grampian. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
- "Senior health and social care appointments". gov.scot. 23 December 2020. Retrieved 10 April 2021.