Scottish Government Social Care Team; Scotland

Diane Murray was Deputy Chief Nursing Officer (DCNO) at Scottish Government from 2016 until November 2021. Currently she is working on a part-time basis to support the Scottish Government Social Care Team with work in relation to the development of a new National Care Service.

Diane has nursing and midwifery experience in acute and community settings. In her DCNO role Diane had professional leadership responsibility across the many spectrums of Adult Nursing, and was also the nursing lead for quality, safety, and leadership development.

Believing that staff are our greatest asset in the pursuit of quality, Diane was proud to lead work on behalf of Scottish Government to enshrine both staff governance and health and care staffing in law in Scotland.

During the Covid Pandemic as one of the senior clinicians she worked with clinical colleagues and policy officers to support the many efforts required in relation to the pandemic.

From 2008 to 2016 Diane was an Assistant Nurse Director for Quality Improvement and Safety in a health system. In this role she led the quality and safety programme within the organisation. Key results in this role were demonstrable and sustained improvements in safety and quality and building organisational capacity and capability for improvement.