RCN Foundation appoints first Chair of Adult Social Care Nursing 

ByJDCteam

The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) Foundation, in collaboration with the University of Salford, has created the position of the first Chair of Adult Social Care Nursing. 

Dr Claire Pryor has been appointed to the role. Dr Pryor currently works as an Assistant Professor of adult nursing at Northumbria University, specialising in frailty, social care nursing and non-medical prescribing, and was previously a nurse practitioner for older people within mental health settings.  

You can find out more here: https://rcnfoundation.rcn.org.uk/Grants-and-funding/Chair-in-Adult-Social-Care-Nursing 

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