Dr Denise Chaffer

An Executive Clinical Nursing/ Maternity Patient Safety leader with over 15 years Executive Director Board level Experience, including providers, commissioning, two Acute Trusts a London Teaching hospital, higher education and recent National role for Patient Safety , published a range of learning resources for maternity, just and learning culture and Emergency care. Previous Director lead for Early notification in maternity and CNST maternity incentive scheme. President of Royal College of Nursing (RCN) July 21 – Dec 22. Significant experience at working at international, national and regional level within acute and community settings, nursing, midwifery, education, governance, clinical risk and also on major change and reconfiguration initiatives. Awarded CBE 2023 and RCN Fellow 2024. Holding a PhD, Master’s degree in Management and Social Care, BA degree, plus a Higher Education Teaching qualification. Published book 2016 ‘Effective Leadership – A Cure for the NHS ?’ Contributed chapter on Patient Safety for ‘Clinical Negligence 6 th Edition’ published 2023 (Powers & Barton