Christine/Chris is currently an advanced practice supervisor and advisor for the Suffolk GP Federation. She has 46 years’ experience working within the NHS, initially training as a nurse and a midwife. In her early career, she gained experience in surgery, critical and coronary care. This was followed by leading a team of nurse specialists within an Integrated Pain Management Service.  The final phase of her career has been centred around developing and facilitating the potential of the multi-professional advancing roles agenda to meet the needs of the population and reduce health inequalities. As a carer she has navigated the complexity of our health and social care systems on behalf of older people, individuals experiencing cancer, mental health illnesses, and a younger person requiring intensive care. From a voluntary perspective Chris is currently an active member of a patient participation group for a GP Practice , a bereavement support worker for Cruse and has recently been appointed as a lay representative to the Centre for Perioperative Care.