Anna Young is a Queen’s Nurse, strategic nurse leader, advanced practitioner and independent prescriber with more than 20 years’ experience across primary care, community services, education and research. She provides professional leadership across practice, Integrated Care Board, regional and national systems, translating policy and evidence into practical improvements in governance, patient safety, workforce capability and person-centred care.
In her portfolio career, Anna works as a Primary Care Training Programme Director and regional learning and development lead for advancing practice, a non-medical prescribing development lead and embedded researcher, and an advanced practice nurse. Her work includes creating leadership and governance structures, developing supervision and assurance frameworks, supporting medicines governance, and leading multi-professional programmes that strengthen recruitment, retention, clinical competence and career development.
Anna is recognised for connecting frontline clinical experience with system leadership, research and innovation. She has co-created evidence-based support for non-medical prescribers, led a four-country advanced practice research repository, and worked with national partners to strengthen local nursing leadership and professional influence. She represents Yorkshire and Humber on the RCN Professional Nursing Committee and contributes as a stakeholder with the RCN Foundation.
A confident speaker and panellist at regional, national and international forums, Anna brings an engaging combination of evidence, lived professional experience and practical insight. Her keynote contributions focus on strategic nursing leadership, advanced practice, workforce transformation, research implementation and creating the conditions in which nurses can lead, innovate and improve care.