Rachael is the chief nursing officer at Buckinghamshire, Oxofrdshire and Berkshire West Integrated Care Board and has been a registered general nurse for 28 years after completing her training at Kings College Hospital, London. Rachael has worked across complex health and care settings in acute, community, integrated and independent healthcare sectors. With a first degree in nursing practice and a masters degree in nursing research and innovation Rachael is now undertaking an MBA at Ashridge Business School. Rachael is passionate about delivering nursing, midwifery and allied health professional excellence at all levels, striving for international recognition of excellence in nursing practice. Nurturing and growing talent, enhancing the well-being of the workforce, and embedding excellence in practice with a personal commitment to research, transformation, innovation and improvement is what motivates and energises Rachael. Rachael is a Trustee for the Burdett Nursing Trust, is a Florence Nightingale Foundation Scholar and a Visiting Senior Clinical Fellow at the University of Hertfordshire and has published in the nursing literature.