Welcome to Yvonne, our new Chief Nurse!

Welcome to our new Chief Nurse, Yvonne Millard MBE, who started working at Sheffield Children’s this week!

As Chief Nurse, Yvonne will be responsible for nursing, allied health professionals (AHP), quality standards, patient engagement and involvement, legal and governance, security, hotel services and risk management.

Yvonne said: “Day two in the job and gosh, what a wonderful place! Lots of smiling faces: colleagues, children and young people, and families (and of course my face too!). Each and every time I got lost in the hospital yesterday a kind stranger came to my rescue – the mark of a caring place! I very much look forward to becoming a part of the Sheffield Children’s family and hope to meet as many colleagues as I can over the coming weeks and months.”

Prior to joining us, Yvonne spent over 25 years at Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust in a variety of roles and most recently as Deputy Chief Nurse.

Yvonne was instrumental in leading Birmingham Children’s Hospital to become the first children’s hospital in the country to be rated Outstanding by the CQC and maintained this rating in 2019. We’re very excited she’s here!

Find out more about Yvonne in our news story.