Jacqueline Docherty
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Dame Jacqueline Docherty, DBE
Order of the British Empire
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is an order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by George V of the United Kingdom. The Order comprises five classes in civil and military divisions...

 is a British nursing administrator and medical professional, who was Director of Nursing
Director of nursing
A director of nursing is a registered nurse who supervises the care of all the patients at a health care facility. The director of nursing has special training beyond that of any clinical nurse for the position that pertains to health care management, and in some places, a director of nursing must...

 at King's College Hospital, London
King's College Hospital
King's College Hospital is an acute care facility in the London Borough of Lambeth, referred to locally and by staff simply as "King's" or abbreviated internally to "KCH"...

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She was appointed Deputy Director of Nursing at West Lothian NHS Trust prior to becoming a member of the Management Executive at the Department of Health, the Scottish Office for four years. Jacqueline's main areas of responsibility in the Scottish Office were in relation to Quality and Clinical Effectiveness and Audit.

King's College

In 1996 Jacqueline Doherty joined King's College as Executive Director of Nursing. She was also employed as an independent consultant to the Mexican Department of Health to support their Evidence Based Medicine programme, 1997– 2000.

She joined King's College Hospital
King's College Hospital
King's College Hospital is an acute care facility in the London Borough of Lambeth, referred to locally and by staff simply as "King's" or abbreviated internally to "KCH"...

 as executive director of nursing in 1996, assuming a similar role for operations in 2001, and has also been employed as an independent consultant to the Mexican department of health. In September 1999 Docherty was appointed as London Regional Champion to help support and implement the "Improving Working Lives" campaign. In 2001 she became the Director of Operations at King's.

Honours

Docherty was created a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in recognition of her long career, during which she has nursed in Scotland, Bath and London and for her services to the NHS.

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