Anita qualified as a registered nurse in 1984 and specialised in burns & plastic surgery nursing before leaving the NHS to manage and lead the care in her family’s nursing home, which is rated outstanding by CQC in all 5 areas inspected. Anita has 35 years’ experience of working in the social care sector. Throughout this time Anita has collaborated at a strategic level with both health and social care bodies.

Anita has held positions as a non-executive director for a primary care trust and at a healthcare trust governor. Anita has been a board member and fellow for Skills for Care (SfC). She is currently a trustee for My Homelife and board member for the National Care Association. More recently, Anita has been appointed as the Midlands Social Care Nursing Advisory Council chair.

Anita is passionate about:

• workforce development and securing meaningful career development in social care

• delivery of high quality service

• raising the profile of social care and particularly social care nursing

• securing continuous improvement by embracing research initiatives, wide collaboration, and wide customer engagement