Nichola Ashby
Associate professor, UK deputy chief nurse
Royal College of Nursing
Nichola Ashby is the deputy chief nurse at the Royal College of Nursing. She strategically leads organisational delivery of the RCN education, learning and development offer, research, international diaspora and student membership across the UK. Dr Ashby influences through the development of global health policy and representing nursing and nurses from across the entire health and social care provision. She is also an associate professor at the University of Nottingham.
The representation of the nursing voice is essential to embedding nurse leadership across UK health and social care delivery and she represents the RCN’s 450,000-plus members’ voices working closely with regulators, professional bodies, UK senior stakeholder groups and governments. She sits on the steering and advisory groups leading care audit and strategic planning, such as the National Clinical Enquiry of Outcome and Clinical Death.
As an active researcher, Dr Ashby’s PhD explored the stigmatising attitudes, values and beliefs of healthcare workers towards iatrogenic infections, and she has developed a longitudinal educational model. She is a senior fellow of the Higher Education Academy. She continues to actively support research into student experiences of learning during Covid 19 pandemic.
Nichola Ashby is chairing the following sessions on Thursday 24 October:
Senior Leaders Panel - Personal stories of how and why we are in this job
Managing the menopause both in and out of work
Reflective practice: understanding the evidence and practicalities
Type 2 diabetes prevention in nursing professionals: overcoming barriers to not following our own advice