Chris started working within the Ayrshire Hospice in June 2021 as an NHS employee to provide nursing leadership, before taking up the post of Clinical Manager for In-Patients, Care, and Quality before becoming the Director of Patient and Family Services in November 2022.

Chris completed her nurse training within NHS Fife before moving to Glasgow before moving to Ayrshire in 1992.  Chris has worked across many care settings within her nearly 40 years in nursing – from acute hospitals to district nursing.  Chris moved into an education and training role, supporting nurses to enhance their knowledge and competence to deliver the best possible patient care.

Chris has worked for the Scottish Government to support the implementation of non-medical prescribing – 20 years ago this was a very new concept.  Her professional qualifications include Post Graduate Certificate in Higher Education and a Master’s in Healthcare Law and Ethics. Chris is also an Improvement Advisor with the Institute of Healthcare and Improvement (IHI) and has taught/supported hundreds of staff within the NHS locally and nationally with the quality improvement project.  Chris retired from her permanent post as Quality Improvement Lead within NHS Ayrshire & Arran in 2020 before taking up a project working with Ayrshire Urgent Care Service (AUCs is the new ADOC) before moving to the Hospice.

Chris lives in Ayr with her husband (who works within NHS) and two sons, she admittedly spends too many hours a week traveling and watching her younger son training and playing rugby while her oldest son studies Mechanical Engineering at Glasgow Caledonian University.

Chris has never lost her passion for nursing and supporting all staff to deliver high-quality care that keeps our patients and their families at the centre of everything we do as healthcare professionals.