EIGHT experienced nurses at East Lancashire Hospitals Trust (ELHT) have graduated from the University of Central Lancashire (UCLAN) with their masters’ degrees in advanced clinical practice.

The trust’s new Advanced Clinical Practitioners (ACP) are Alexandra McKay (Accident and Emergency), Joanne Watson (Accident and Emergency - Paediatrics), Olga Byrne (Community Nursing), Stacey Brown (Paediatric Emergency Dept.), David Simpson (Gastroenterology), Barbara Earnshaw (Orthopaedics), Gillian Woods (Colorectal) and Fran Bamford (Virtual Ward).

Advanced Clinical Practitioners are qualified, highly experienced nurses.