Paula is Senior Adviser for Advanced Practice leading the NMCs review of advanced practice. Paula is a registered general nurse, having trained in Australia and moved to the UK in 1995. Paula remains clinically active as an Advanced Nurse Practitioner in general practice. Paula has worked in a variety of roles within acute, primary and community services, higher education and transformation, involved in the development of GP Federations and Training Hubs. Paula’s wider interests include population health and supporting equitable access to high quality services, as well as supporting high quality learning opportunities and supporting future workforce development across health and social care.