Sue Thomas

Sue Thomas is a Registered General Nurse and Midwife and worked within primary care until 1991. Since that time she has worked as a national policy and practice adviser mainly for the Royal College of Nursing contributing to and supporting policy development for a wide range of issues. Over the last ten years she has been increasingly involved with Parkinson’s disease Society managing implementation of Parkinson’s disease nurse specialists in the UK. Sue’s particular interests are commissioning and she has strong links with multi-professional groups and patient organisations in these areas. She has written over 120 publications and 10 book chapters and is a Florence Nightingale Scholar, a Winston Churchill Fellow and past Mali Jenkins Award winner from Parkinson’s disease Society. She has worked as a nurse representative for numerous national policy developments the most recent involving advising the Department of Health on implementation of the National Service Framework for Long Term Conditions. She is a member of the international PD Non Motor Group.