Executive Director of Nursing, Quality and Integrated Governance

Claire was appointed to role of interim Executive Director of Quality, Nursing and Allied Health Professionals in Public Health Wales in September 2023 and permanently appointed as Executive Director of Nursing, Quality and Integrated Governance in August 2024. This is a critical leadership role with responsibility for strategically leading the professions across the Organisation and supporting and influencing the public health agenda for the population of Wales. Claire joined from the NHS Executive where she led the Wales Cancer Network and was also the Professional Lead Nurse for the NHS Collaborative.

Claire has worked in healthcare for more than 34 years and is a graduate of Nottingham and Swansea Universities. Claire has worked her entire career in Wales undertaking specialist nursing, senior nursing, leadership, general management and director positions in three of the largest Health Boards in Wales, including key leadership and Gold positions during COVID.

Claire moved to Public Health Wales to support the leadership of the Long-Term Vision and Strategy for public and population health in Wales, at a time of such challenge and hardship for our population. Having spent most of her career in the secondary and tertiary end of health provision, she is keen to be able to influence the prevention, health promotion and early intervention agenda, focusing on those critical long-term changes which will influence health and well-being now, and for our future generation.

Claire has a particular interest in supportive and compassionate leadership, and the opportunity that offers to our colleagues, our effectiveness, and the population we serve. A key champion for equity and justice, Claire is honored to lead her own profession in this challenging agenda.

Claire is a proud Registered Nurse and describes herself as being “as passionate and dedicated to person-centered care, outcomes and experience as the day I started my nursing training.”