2020 is the first ever global Year of the Nurse and Midwife

Chief Nurse Angela Hansen talks to Your Call about the role of nursing within the ambulance service.

Chief Nurse Angela Hansen

Nurses and midwives make up the largest numbers of the NHS workforce. They are highly skilled, multi-faceted professionals and 2020 is our time to reflect on these skills, the commitment and expert clinical care they bring, and the impact they make on the lives of so many.

Catching up with our Chief Nurse Angela Hansen, we talk all things nursing.

We’re taking strides in bringing care closer to home for our patients and one really important aspect to this is working together with other healthcare professionals, in particular nurses.

Having set up a nursing forum and implementing a Nursing and Midwifery Strategy for 2019/20, the role of nurses across the organisation is growing. Working within NHS 111, emergency operations centres and out on the road, they bring additional knowledge and skills which complement the service and help give our patients the right care for their needs.

Joining NWAS in 2018, Angela has more than 30 years nursing experience, having worked in a number of senior positions across different areas of the profession. Angela has a passion for nursing believing that it’s the best job in the world.

“There is a big place for nurses within the ambulance service and it’s really important that they are given a voice, which is why we set up

the nursing and midwifery forum allowing our nurses to come together, exchange ideas and get professional support from each other.

“We’ve had some huge achievements including two of our nursing staff being commended by Chief Nursing Officer (CNO) for England, Ruth May who visited us in 2019 to present two CNO Silver Awards for Excellence in Nursing.

“Aligning our nursing strategy with the national commitments, we have been able to offer additional development opportunities for NWAS and looking to the future, we are hoping to expand on this further and offer even more innovative roles within the service for nursing staff.”