Position: Non-Executive Director
Dame Elaine Inglesby joined the Trust as a Non-Executive Director in March 2023, appointed for a three year tenure.
Born in Orford, Elaine trained at Warrington General from 1977 to 1980 and qualified as a Registered Nurse.
Elaine worked at Warrington for 14 years before taking up various posts across Merseyside, including Director of Nursing at the Walton Centre in Liverpool.
Elaine was Director of Nursing and Midwifery at Stockport NHS Foundation Trust before taking up post at Salford Royal as Executive Nurse Director in 2004 and later held the positions of Executive Nurse Director and Deputy Chief Executive.
She became Chief Nursing Officer for the Northern Care Alliance in 2016 an integrated hospital and community organisation which incorporated Salford Royal Foundation Trust and Pennine Acute NHS Trust.
Elaine was a member of the Prime Ministers Nursing and Care Quality Forum and also the Berwick National Advisory Group on the Safety of Patients in England, following the Mid Staffordshire Report.
In 2016, she became a Non-Executive Director of the National Institute of Care and Excellence.
Elaine has been a strong advocate for both Safer Nurse Staffing and the quality and safety of patient care nationally.
In 2015, Elaine was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire for services to nursing. In 2019, Elaine became the first national recipient of NHS England’s Chief Nursing Officers Gold Award for excellence in nursing.
In October 2020, she was promoted to a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2020 Queen’s Birthday Honours.
She is also a Deputy Lieutenant for Merseyside.
Elaine retired from full time roles in August 2022 following a period as interim Chief Nurse at Liverpool University Hospitals Trust.