Christian Brailsford

Christian Brailsford is the Regional Head of Nursing and Midwifery for Health Education England in the South West of England.

Christian qualified at the University of Manchester in 1996. He then moved to Sheffield where he commenced his career in Critical Care before moving to a senior position with the North Trent Critical Care Network. He has over 15 years of experience working in organ and tissue donation with NHS Blood and Transplant before recently returning to Critical Care and the acute sector, with Sherwood Forest Hospitals.

Key achievements include, as Research and Novel Transplant Manager for NHSBT leading the implementation of a number of high profile programmes. Notably, the UK’s DCD heart transplant programme and the national QUOD research project.

Christian’s recent acute experience has seen him lead a transformational change programme within Critical Care, resulting in a CQC rating of Outstanding for care and contributing to Kings Mill’s overall rating of Outstanding. He also led the Trust’s Critical Care response to the COVID pandemic managing what, proportionately, became the busiest critical care unit in the East Midlands.

Christian is passionate about Nursing and has a keen interest in exploring the possibilities of where this amazing career pathway can be taken. He is currently the HEE SRO for the Patient Safety Syllabus and Chaired the recent HEE led national Critical Care skill mix meetings.