East of England
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Co Chair
Caron Sanders-Crook
Operations Manager Canford Healthcare
Caron has worked as a nurse in health and social care for over 30 years in operational, quality and governance roles and is currently an operations manager for Canford Healthcare.
She is a distinguished leader in social care nursing with a focus on trauma-informed practice, mental health advocacy, and policy development. She served as a panel speaker for the Social Care Nursing Advisory Council at the 2023 Chief Nursing Officers Summit and is on the Advisory Panel for Restorative Based Clinical Supervision, a new initiative supporting social care nurses through the Foundation of Nursing Studies.
As a former Chair of Trustees for a mental health charity and former Chair of the Social Care Nursing Advisory Council for MSE, she is passionate about social care and the people we care for. She collaborates with the Norfolk and Suffolk Foundation Trust to enhance veteran and family services and has contributed to national policy as part of the Chief Nurse Adult Social Care Advisory Panel, the NMC Post Registration Standards Assimilation Process and the Field Specific Standards Reference Group with the Queens Nursing Institute, developing and mapping Standards of Education and Practice for Nurses, for Community Nursing Specialist Practice Qualification.
Her dedication has earned her the prestigious title of Queen's Nurse, the Chief Nursing Officer Gold Award, and the Cavell Star. As an accredited Somatic Trauma-Informed Coach and military veteran, she has authored a best-selling book on living with CPTSD, providing guidance for families. A Fellow of the Chartered Management Institute, she also mentors rising leaders in social care and the NHS, bringing compassion and expertise to her support for peers, veterans, and their families.
Co Chair
Victoria Hulstrom
Clinical Director Nouvita Healthcare
I am a Registered Learning Disabilities Nurse and Queens Nurse and have worked in Social care and for Lifeways for 25 years. My current role sees me having responsibility for all health and well-being related policies, providing advice and guidance to colleagues, supporting people to ensure they receive any reasonable adjustments they may need, providing clinical supervision, working with our Learning and Development team to ensure colleagues are suitably trained to carry out their roles, clinical governance, ensuring we are always working towards best practice guidelines and initiatives. I love working in social care and seeing the people we support grow and develop and reach their full potential through the fantastic support they receive.
Interim Joint Chief Nurse(s)
Interim Joint Chief Nurse(s)
Council Members
East of England
| Name | Bio | Role | Organisation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caron Sanders-Crook | Chair & Operations Manager | Canford Healthcare | |
| Victoria Hulstrom | Co-Chair and Clinical Director | Nouvita Healthcare | |
| Catherine Morgan | Regional Chief Nurse | East of England | |
| Natalie Hammond | Director of Nursing & Quality | Hertfordshire & West Essex ICB | |
| Karen Watts | Director of Nursing & Quality | Norfolk & Waveney ICB | |
| Tricia D'Orsi | Chief Nursing Officier | Norfolk & Waveney ICB | |
| Carol Anderson | Chief Nursing Officier | Cambridge & Bedford ICB | |
| Sarah Stanley | Chief Nursing Officier | Bedfordshire, Luton & Milton Keynes ICB | |
| Giles Thorpe | Chief Nursing Officier | Mid & South Essex ICB | |
| Lisa Nobes | Chief Nursing Officier | Suffolk & NE Essex ICB | |
| Sara Harris | Locality Manager, Eastern Region | Skills for Care | |
| Kate Lettin | Regional Advisor | NMC | |
| Loucia Kyprianou | Regulation Advisor for Independent Health & Care | NMC | |
| Zena Aldridge | Social Care Nurse Fellow | NIHR Nursing and Midwifery Office | |
| April Akerman | HSC Director of Practice Education | University of East Anglia | |
| Tyn (Antonia) Williams | Student Nurse | University of Hertfordshire | |
| Kathy Davies | Director of Care & Support | Outlook Care | |
| Charlene Waldron | Clinical Lead | Holmwood House Care | |
| Sam Westbrook | Lead Nurse for Independent Health and Social Care, Eastern Region | RCN | |
| Hayley Cooper | Lead Admiral Nurse | Carers in Herts. | |
| Helen Hill | Head of Care and Compliance | Stow Healthcare | |
| Liana Dordai | Excel Care | ||
| Helen Wright | Norfolk Care Careers Team | Norfolk County Council | |
| Philip Tilney | Social Care Careers Ambassador | Norfolk & Suffolk Care Support | |
| Louise Harper | Clinical Educator | Norfolk & Waveney ICB | |
| Cheryl Hicks | Quality Improvement Nurse | Norfolk & Waveney ICB | |
| Mike Slator | Pharmacist | Working with The Outstanding Society | |
| Maria Whelan | Senior Operations Manager | NHS Mid & South Essex ICB | |
| Amy Star | Senior Carer / Assistant Deputy Manager | Holmwood House Care | |
| Helen Jackson | Care Home Manager | Carebase | |
| Louise Jenkins | Strategic Liaison Nurse | Hertfordshire NHS | |
| Sharon Crowle | Head of Professional Education, Training & Development | Norfolk & Waveney ICB | |
| Mary Edmonds | Deputy Dean: Practice Learning & Simulation Faculty of Health, Medicine & Social Care | Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge Campus | |
| Alison Gray | Head of Nursing & Clinical Quality | Farleigh Hospice, Chelmsford |
East of England Regional Meetings
Meeting Date
Documents
15th January 2025
27th September 2024
12th July 2024