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Kathryn Smyth, QN

Forum Chair

Since qualifying as a registered nurse, Kathryn has worked in a variety of posts across both primary and secondary care. Kathryn's professional interests lie in the community setting, particularly general practice where she worked as a practice nurse for many years. After completing her specialist practitioner General Practice Nurse postgraduate diploma in 2007, she became a practice teacher and avid promoter of educational opportunities within practice nursing, focusing her master's dissertation on the subject area.

Kathryn taught as an ad hoc lecturer on the general practice nurse foundation course before taking up a full-time teaching post at the University of Central Lancashire in 2016. Kathryn currently works as an Academy Teacher at , a social enterprise providing specialist wound and lymphoedema care. 

Kathryn joined the 快猫视频 as a student nurse and became a member of the GPN forum committee in January 2017. She is a Queen's Nurse and an active member of her local GPN forum. Kathryn has contributed to a chapter in the 3rd edition of The Textbook of Non-Medical Prescribing (Nuttall & Rutt-Howard, 2020) and has been published in several nursing journals. She is a member of the Association of General Practice Nurse Educators and a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. 

Sarah Hall, QN

Vice Chair

General Practice Nurse Strategic Lead

Sarah has had a long and varied career within a broad range of specialities such as Care of the Elderly, Haematology, Neonatal and Adult Intensive Care, undertaken in hospitals in London, Kent, Australia and Devon. She also has 22 years’ experience of working in primary care as a General Practice Nurse. 

Sarah has been an 快猫视频 Branch vice-chair, seconded to work on several NHSE projects relating to general practice nursing, as well as contributing to journal articles and reviews of national standards. Sarah leads an active GPN Leads Virtual Network across Devon and is an active member of the SW GPN Leads Group.

Sarah’s current role is General Practice Nurse Strategic Lead, Devon Integrated Care System (ICS). This role is embedded within the Integrated Care Board (ICB) and brings responsibility for ensuring the delivery of the Devon General Practice Nurse Strategy, as well as ensuring that there is visible nurse leadership and senior support for Practice Nursing and its ongoing development as a profession across Devon ICS.

Sarah is a Queens Nurse and has been a member of the 快猫视频 GPN Steering Committee member of the 快猫视频 GPN Forum since 2018. 

Frances Baverstock

Frances qualified as a nurse in London in 2001 and took up her first position within a surgical ward. On moving to Milton Keynes in 2003 she started her career in General Practice Nursing. She now has 23 years of experience of nursing within primary care, specialising within respiratory care. 

Frances has led on placing student nurses into general practice and her team won the Student Nursing Times Community placement of the year in 2018. Frances was the Lead Nurse f