Gary Mitchell is a registered nurse and senior lecturer at the School of Nursing and Midwifery, Queen's University Belfast. Gary has written more than 60 peer-reviewed articles in healthcare journals and presented at a range of international conferences. In his role as senior lecturer, he is responsible for teaching undergraduate/postgraduate nurses and is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. In his school, he is the academic lead for peer-mentorship. He is also a Council of Deans #150 Leaders coach and the chair of the RCN’s older people’s nursing forum. He holds the title of Queen’s Nurse.