title: Chief nursing officer retires.
abstract: Chief nursing officer for England Dame Chris Beasley retires this month. She is known best for achieving cuts in healthcare-associated infection rates and reducing mixed-sex wards. But she has also worked to give nurses a higher profile in the NHS and most recently pioneered the development of the high impact actions for nursing and midwifery.
authors.forename: Ruth
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Williams
mesh_terms: D004739:England; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D009718:Nurse Administrators / Q000266:history*; D011637:Public Health Nursing / Q000266:history*