I have worked at Prestige Nursing & Care since 2010 when I joined as a franchisee with my brother, Paul. Since joining we have developed the branch from the ground up and we now deliver over 4000 hours per week of care and employ over 180 people. In that time, I have achieved my Level-5 in the Leadership and Management of a Care service and I am on the board of Trustees as Treasurer for Headway Salford, a charity close to my heart because of the work we do in the field of Acquired Brain Injury.

I am passionate about delivering a service that makes other people’s lives easier, be that patients, commissioners, or families. I always strive to for us to be easy to deal with and provide a service that people want to keep on using or come back to for other clients they commission for time and time again. I firmly believe we are one of the most responsive and diverse care agencies you could work with and our customer experience is at the heart of everything we do.

I joined Prestige Nursing & Care In January 2022. I qualified as a Registered Nurse with a BA in Professional Studies in Nursing from Queen Margaret University in Edinburgh in 1988, and attained an MSc in Nursing from Manchester University in 2004. I spent 33 years working in the NHS, 31 years of which was as a District Nurse where I was also a qualified Community Practice Teacher/Assessor and nurse prescriber.

In 2017, after a short stint working with NHS 111, I started work in the social care sector, firstly as a Regional Nurse, before moving into an Operational Manager position.

I have a passion for learning and development and am keen to working with my colleagues across Prestige to further develop this function and support our teams with reaching their potential.

I joined Prestige in April 2018 where I have been given the opportunity to develop in my role. As the Paediatric Clinical Lead and Paediatric Safeguarding Lead for the company, I am particularly proud of the work we have done to further develop our paediatric training.