Amanda Croft Explained

Amanda Croft
Honorific Prefix:Professor
Office:Chief Nursing Officer for Scotland
Termstart:January 2021
Office2:Chief Executive for NHS Grampian
Termstart2:April 2019
Termend2:June 2020
Preceded:Fiona McQueen
Succeeded2:Caroline Hiscox

Amanda Croft is a British nurse, who has served as the Chief Nursing Officer for Scotland since January 2021.[1] [2]

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.

Croft joined NHS Grampian in 2000, and became its Director of Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Healthcare Professionals in September 2015. She was made a visiting professor at Robert Gordon University in August 2016.[4] She served as the Chief Executive of NHS Grampian from April 2019 to June 2020, having been acting CEO for the previous year.[5] On 23 December 2020, she was announced as the next Chief Nursing Officer for Scotland: she took up the post in January 2021.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Mitchell. Gemma. 2020-12-23. Scotland announces appointment of new chief nursing officer. 2021-04-09. Nursing Times. en.
  2. Web site: Nurses urged to have say as NMC launches controversial post-reg consultation. Gemma. Mitchell. 8 April 2021.
  3. Web site: NHS Grampian chief executive Amanda Croft to retire . BBC News . 10 April 2021 . 10 June 2020.
  4. Web site: Professor Amanda Croft - NHS Grampian Chief Executive . NHS Grampian . 10 April 2021 . pdf.
  5. Web site: Amanda Croft . 2021-04-09. NHS Scotland Events.
  6. Web site: Senior health and social care appointments . gov.scot . 10 April 2021 . 23 December 2020.

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