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Debbie Hall

West Lothian dementia nurse scoops top honour at awards ceremony

A West Lothian-based dementia nurse has been honoured at a glittering awards ceremony.

Melissa Rowlands was announced as the winner of the Learning in Practice Award at the glittering RCN Scotland Nurse of the Year Awards ceremony.

A Dementia Advanced Nurse Practitioner (ANP) at St John’s Hospital, NHS Lothian, Melissa developed the role of the ANP in dementia care to enhance patient care support the diagnosis, designing a service which seeks to prevent admission and reduce readmission to hospital for people with dementia in care homes.

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