Since qualifying as a registered nurse in 2001, Katy has worked in a variety of posts across both primary and secondary care. After completing her Specialist Practitioner General Practice Nurse course, she became a practice teacher and avid promoter of educational opportunities within practice nursing, focusing her MSc dissertation on the subject area. Katy taught as an ad hoc lecturer on the general practice nurse foundation course, before taking up a full-time teaching post at the University of Central Lancashire in 2016. She currently works as an Academy teacher at Accelerate CIC, regularly works in clinical practice and is passionate about early intervention. Katy is a V300 non-medical prescriber, Queen’s Nurse and Chair of the RCN GPN Forum.