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

Amanda Croft
Croft in 2021
Chief Nursing Officer for Scotland
Assumed office
January 2021
Preceded byFiona McQueen
Chief Executive for NHS Grampian
In office
April 2019 – June 2020
Succeeded byCaroline Hiscox

Nursing career edit

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 edit

  1. ^ Mitchell, Gemma (23 December 2020). "Scotland announces appointment of new chief nursing officer". Nursing Times. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
  2. ^ Mitchell, Gemma (8 April 2021). "Nurses urged to have say as NMC launches controversial post-reg consultation".
  3. ^ "NHS Grampian chief executive Amanda Croft to retire". BBC News. 10 June 2020. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
  4. ^ a b c "Amanda Croft". NHS Scotland Events. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
  5. ^ a b "Professor Amanda Croft - NHS Grampian Chief Executive" (pdf). NHS Grampian. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
  6. ^ "Senior health and social care appointments". gov.scot. 23 December 2020. Retrieved 10 April 2021.