Barbara Monroe

Professor Dame
Barbara Monroe
DBE, FRSA, CQSW
Born 1951 (age 66–67)
Nationality United Kingdom
Employer St Christopher's Hospice (1987-2014)

Professor Dame Barbara Monroe DBE, FRSA, CQSW (born 1951) is a British social worker and hospital chief executive.

She began working at St Christopher's Hospice in 1987, rising to the position of Chief Executive in 2000 and retiring in 2014.[1][2]

She served as chair of the United Kingdom's national Childhood Bereavement Network for eight years.[1]

She is an Honorary Professor at Lancaster University's International Observatory on End of Life Care, and is an Honorary Senior Lecturer at the University of Auckland.[1]

She was made a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in the 2010 Birthday Honours.[1] She is also a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (FRSA).[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Caroline Overy; Tilli Tansey, eds. (2013), Palliative Medicine in the UK c.1970-2010, Wellcome Witnesses to Contemporary Medicine, History of Modern Biomedicine Research Group, ISBN 978-0-902238-82-4 , Wikidata Q29581795
  2. ↑ "Dame Barbara Monroe, from trousers to tutus". eHospice. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
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