Chief Nursing Officer (United Kingdom)

The Chief Nursing Officer (CNO) is the most senior advisor on nursing matters in a government. There are CNOs in the United Kingdom who are appointed to advise their respective governments: His Majesty's Government, the Northern Ireland Executive, the Scottish Government, and the Welsh Government. Each CNO is assisted by one or more Deputy Chief Nursing Officers, and are complemented by a Chief Medical Officer.

1941 to 1948: Dame ^[1]

Katherine Watt

1948 to 1958: Dame ^[2]

Elizabeth Cockayne

1958 to 1972: Dame ^[3]

Kathleen Raven

1972 to 1982: Dame ^[4]

Phyllis Friend

1982 to 1992: Dame ^[5]

Anne Poole

1992 to 1999: Dame ^[6]

Yvonne Moores

1999 to 2004: Dame ^[7]

Sarah Mullally

2004 to 2012: Dame ^[8]

Christine Beasley

2012 to 2019: ^[9]

Jane Cummings

2019 to present: ^[10]

Dame Ruth May

The Chief Nursing Officer is based at the Department of Health (and its predecessors).

1939 to 1944: .^[11]^[12]^[13]^[14]

Margaret Colville Marshall

1944 to 1961: .^[12]^[15]

Mary Olivia Robinson

1961 to 1969: .^[16]^[17]^[18]

Margaret Macnaughton

1970 to 1976: Dame ^[19]

Muriel Powell

1977 to 1988: ^[20]^[21]

Margaret Gibson Auld

1988 to 1992: Dame ^[6]

Yvonne Moores

1992 to 2004:

Anne Jarvie

2004 to 2009:

Paul Martin

2010 to 2014: ^[22]

Rosalyn Elaine Moore

2015 to 2020: ^[23]

Fiona McQueen

2020 to 2021: Prof ^[24]

Amanda Croft

2022 onwards Prof Alex McMahon

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The Chief Nursing Officers for Scotland is based at the Scottish Government and previously at the Scottish Office.

1972 to 1981: Edith Alice Bell

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1982 to 1988: Dame ^[6]

Yvonne Moores

1999 to 2010: Rosemary Kennedy

2010 to 2021: Jean White

[27]

2021 to 2021: Gareth Howells (interim)

2021 to present: Sue Tranka

1960 to 1975: ^[28]

Mona Grey

1995 to 2005: Judith Hill

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2005 to 2011: Martin Bradley

[30]

2013 to 2021: ^[31]

Charlotte McArdle

2021 to present: Maria McIlgorm

[32]

The Chief Nursing Officer for Northern Ireland is based at the Department of Health (Northern Ireland) (and its processors).