Maggi is proud to have been a nurse for more than 35 years. Initially training in Stafford and Liverpool, she began work in cardiothoracic medicine before qualifying as a midwife and leading the care of women and babies affected by substance abuse at the Christiana Hartley Hospital in Southport, UK. Qualifying as a Specialist Practitioner in 2000, Maggi began working as a General Practice Nurse, a role which she continues to this day.
In 2016 she was nominated by her patients to become a Queens Nurse. In 2018 she was asked to take the role of Clinical Nurse Lead for Sefton Training Hub in North West UK. Here she works alongside universities and nursing students to promote General Practice Nursing as an exciting and dynamic career option which is central to the Government’s 10-year forward view and critical to forward thinking patient care. She also works with General Practice surgeries to open up new opportunities for students.
In the 2021 General Practice Awards Maggi was named ‘Practice Nurse of the Year’. She was also a 2021 finalist for the HRH The Prince of Wales Award for Integrated Approaches to Care at the annual Nursing Times Awards. Also in 2021 Maggi was awarded a fellowship with the NHS HEE Topol Digital Programe for her work with Video Group Clinics. In 2023 she received the ‘Partnership of the year’ award from the Student Nursing Times for her work advancing the importance of learning disability student nurses in Primary Care. She also accepted a position as honorary lecturer at Edge Hill University. In 2024 Maggi won the Student Nursing Times, Student Placement of the Year Award (Community) for her work in empowering the student voice in Primary Care.
She is a regular contributor to nursing publications and broadcast media. She is a wife, a mother to a teenage boy and two puggles, a yoga practitioner and an avid supporter of Liverpool Football Club.