Sandra is a dermatology nurse consultant with 38 years experience .. She developed the role of dermatology liaison sister in 1990, the first post of this kind in the UK . Her interests include paediatric dermatology, care of children and their families with atopic eczema , nurse led services in primary care, teledermatology and vulval skin conditions . She has published widely (>300 papers), presented nationally and internationally and been involved in research, policy and guideline development nationally. She was awarded Public Servant of the Year in 2003 and the title of Queen’s Nurse in 2007, Fellow of Queen’s Nursing Institute in 2012 and OBE in 2014.