Chief Nursing Officer (United Kingdom)

The Chief Nursing Officer is based at the Department of Health (and its predecessors). • 1941–1948: Dame Katherine Watt • 1948–1958: Dame Elizabeth Cockayne • 1958–1972: Dame Kathleen Raven • 1972–1982: Dame Phyllis Friend • 1982–1992: Dame Anne Poole • 1992–1999: Dame Yvonne Moores • 1999–2004: Dame Sarah Mullally • 2004–2012: Dame Christine Beasley • 2012–2019: Dame Jane Cummings • 2019–2024: Dame Ruth May • 2024–present: Duncan Burton ==Chief Nursing Officers for Scotland==

, Nicola Sturgeon and Fiona McQueen briefing Scotland during the COVID-19 pandemic in September 2020 The Chief Nursing Officers for Scotland is based at the Scottish Government and previously at the Scottish Office. • 1939–1944: Margaret Colville Marshall • 1944–1961: Mary Olivia Robinson • 1961–1969: Margaret Macnaughton • 1970–1976: Dame Muriel Powell • 1977–1988: Margaret Gibson Auld • 1988–1992: Dame Yvonne Moores • 2015–2020: Fiona McQueen • 2020–2021: Prof Amanda Croft • 2022–2024: Prof Alex McMahon • 2024–2025: Anne Armstrong (interim) • 2025–present: Prof Aisha Holloway ==Chief Nursing Officers for Wales==

• 1972–1981: Edith Alice Bell • 1982–1988: Dame Yvonne Moores • 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 • 1995–2005: Judith Hill • 2005–2011: Martin Bradley • 2013–2021: Charlotte McArdle • 2022–present: Maria McIlgorm ==See also==