A senior nurse with significant clinical, operational and strategic NHS experience Kelly has supported systems and providers to improve patient flow through programmes involving major service reconfiguration, the development of ICS clinical strategies and condition specific care pathways.
Kelly is a member of the Northwest Clinical Senate which affords the opportunity to offer her insight to reconfiguration programmes as well as learn about new models and guidance under development.
A champion of nurse leadership in transformation Kelly has presented at an international RCN research conference, been published in the Nurse Management Journal and RCN bulletin. A nurse innovator she was invited as an expert panel member and judge to the Nursing Times Patient Flow Forum and previously chaired the Patient Flow Conference South in November 2023.