Valerie Thurtle

Programme Director
School of Health Sciences
City University London
United Kingdom

Academician Nursing
Biography

"Val is is qualified in adult nursing and health visiting. She commenced her career undertaking an integrated programme which led to a nurse and health visiting qualification with a degree in Sociology and Social Administration. She worked as a health visitor and practice teacher in Southampton and Suffolk. She went on to do an MA in Sociology and Health Studies at Essex University and Doctorate in Healthcare at King’s College London. Val has worked at a variety of universities most recently the University of Hertfordshire and she was previously Course Leader for school nursing and health visiting at the University of Reading."

Research Intrest

"Val completed her Doctorate in Healthcare looking at the Professional Identity of those on the third part of the Nursing and Midwifery Council Register. She is interested in career trajectories of nurses and midwives coming community practice."

List of Publications
Thurtle V, MacKenzie K (2015) School nursing and local authority commissioning. Br J Nurs 10: 514-515.