Amanda Croft | |
|---|---|
 Croft in 2021 | |
| Chief Nursing Officer for Scotland | |
| Assumed office January 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Fiona McQueen |
| Chief Executive for NHS Grampian | |
| In office April 2019 –June 2020 | |
| Succeeded by | Caroline Hiscox |
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Croft trained at the Sheffield and North Trent School of Nursing (now part of the University of Sheffield),and qualified as a nurse in 1992. [3] She has a Master of Science (MSc) degree in nursing from the University of Aberdeen. [4]
Croft joined NHS Grampian in 2000,and became its Director of Nursing,Midwifery and Allied Healthcare Professionals in September 2015. [4] She was made a visiting professor at Robert Gordon University in August 2016. [5] She served as the Chief Executive of NHS Grampian from April 2019 to June 2020,having been acting CEO for the previous year. [5] [4] On 23 December 2020,she was announced as the next Chief Nursing Officer for Scotland:she took up the post in January 2021. [6]
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