Christine Hancock

Christine Hancock (born 12 Feb 1943) [1] was the General Secretary of the Royal College of Nursing, 1989–2001

She attended Orpington Girls Grammar School (now Newstead Wood School for Girls) , and then began her nursing career at King's College Hospital in London. After various clinical nursing posts she became a ward sister or head nurse at the National Heart Hospital in London in a cardiac and coronary care unit doing advanced research.

She undertook graduated from the London School of Economics and also worked as a midwife and a mental health nurse. A career in nursing management led to her becoming Chief Executive of the NHS in Waltham Forest in north-east London. In 1989 she began a twelve year period as General Secretary/Chief Executive of the Royal College of Nursing www.rcn.org.uk She was elected unopposed as the 24th President of the International Council of Nurses in 2001.[2] In 2009, she established C3 Collaborating for Health, a London-based charity with a global vision of stemming the epidemic of chronic disease through prevention.[3] She was a governor of De Montfort University in Leicester from 2006 - 2015 and since 2007 has been a Trustee of the House of St Barnabas, a London charity helping homeless people get work www.hob.org.uk

References

  1. ↑ "Birthdays", The Guardian, 12 Feb 2014, p. 41
  2. ↑ "Christine Hancock Elected As New ICN President". International Council for Nurses. 2001-06-11. Archived from the original on September 27, 2006. Retrieved 8 January 2010.
  3. ↑ http://www.c3health.org
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