🧵Today, after five years as CNO for England and a career in the NHS for almost 40 years, I have announced that I will be retiring later this year. My role as CNO has, undoubtedly, been the highlight of my career in the NHS and has been a privilege.
Throughout this time, I have had the honour of caring for patients and worked alongside fantastic colleagues. Although recent years have been the most challenging for the NHS, nurses, midwives, nursing associates and health and care support staff have together achieved so much.
I am and will always be proud to be a nurse. #teamCNO
@CNOEngland Enjoyed working with you Ruth - thank you for your service and good luck with next steps.
@CNOEngland Ruth @CNOEngland thank you for all you have done to raise the profile of nursing and especially learning disability nursing @wlvuni_LD Yours are large shoe to fill Ruth Thank you
@CNOEngland Tough decisions & you’ll be missed Good luck with your next phase
@CNOEngland Thank you for all your support and visible leadership Ruth. I am sorry to hear you are stepping down later this year.
@CNOEngland Thank you for your outstanding leadership Ruth & particularly for community nursing practice & especially your support of parish nursing. I am sorry to see you go but equally glad for you & wish you well for the next steps. There will always be a welcome for you @ParishNursingUK
@CNOEngland Thank you Ruth for your thoughtful, kind and compassionate leadership
@CNOEngland Enjoy your retirement Ruth. Thank you for standing up for the things that matter, when it mattered 💙
@CNOEngland 1/ On behalf of my team and Trustees at @FoNScharity we thank you and #TeamCNO for your unwavering commitment & support for our work. I will especially remember your address at my first FoNS annual celebration event in 2019 where you secured match funding for us to launch
@CNOEngland As an inspirational nurse and leader you will certainly be missed. Thank you.