Dr Frances Hughes Chief Nursing and Midwifery Officer Execuve Director Office and Data Integrity and Paent Safety Dr Frances Hughes was appointed as Chief Nursing and Midwifery Officer, Department of Health, Queensland in March 2012. In late 2014, the Queensland Health Director-General appointed Frances in the additional role of Executive Director to establish the Office of Data Integrity and Patient Safety (ODIPS). Frances is a valued addition to the Department Management Team and is accountable directly to the Director-General for all matters pertaining to the Office of Chief Nursing and Midwifery Officer and ODIPS. Frances has extensive knowledge and networks in relation to health policy, particularly in the field of nursing and mental health, research, and global health issues. For eight years, Frances held the position of Chief Nurse for New Zealand. During this time, she played a major leadership role in nursing, and was instrumental in the development of government policy around nurse prescribing, primary health care, health line and rural schemes, mental health and nurse practitioners. Frances was the first nurse to be awarded the Harkness Fellowship in Health Care Policy from the Commonwealth Fund in New York. She spent a year in 2001 studying at the Centre for Hospital and Patient Outcomes, University of Pennsylvania with Professor Linda Aitken. During this time she was involved in research relating to nurse practitioners, costing nursing turnover and the effects of nursing on patient outcomes. For seven years Frances served as the Commandant Colonel for the Royal New Zealand Nursing Corp, providing strategic nursing leadership to the New Zealand Army. In 2004, Frances was appointed as the first Professor of Nursing at Auckland University, Chair of Mental Health Nursing and established the Centre for Mental Health Policy, Research and Service Development. From 2005 through to 2011, Frances worked for the World Health Organisation (WHO) as the Facilitator for the Pacific Island Mental Health Network (PIMHNet). During this time she worked with 16 governments, supporting them to develop policy and plans to improve mental health. Frances also established her own consultancy firm and worked for non-government organisations (NGOs) in the areas of disability and service evaluation and mental health. She held the part-time position as Executive Officer in a national disability group and established an NGO providing community residential support to those with complex mental illness. Prior to commencing with the Department of Health, she was the Acting Deputy-Director of Mental Health for New Zealand. Frances is an established scholar and has an extensive publication record, publishing her first book in 2007 “Have your Say - How to Influence Public Policy”. Her scholarship and research interests are mental health, health policy and nursing. Dr Frances Hughes has a BA, MA and Doctorate in Nursing and was awarded the New Zealand Order of Merit in 2005 for her Services to Mental Health. In 2011, Frances received a Fulbright Senior Scholarship, followed by a Distinguished Alumni Service Award from Massey University in New Zealand in 2013. A collaboraon between CheckUP and the Office of the Chief Nursing & Midwifery Officer