Pat Cullen

Pat Cullen (born 1965) is an Northern Irish nurse and trade unionist. Since July 2021, she has been General Secretary of the Royal College of Nursing.[1]

Early life

Cullen was born in Carrickmore, County Tyrone and was the youngest of seven children.[2]

Career

Cullen worked as a community nurse in west Belfast during the Troubles. She went on to hold roles at the Public Health Agency and the Health and Social Care Board, before joining the Royal College of Nursing in 2016.[3] In May 2019, she became director of the Northern Ireland Board of the RCN.[4] She started acting as General Secretary and Chief Executive in April 2021, and was appointed as interim General Secretary and Chief Executive of the national RCN in July 2021.[5]

In late 2022, she led the National Health Service strikes in which English and Welsh nurses went on strike for the first time in the nursing union's 106-year history.[6] In April 2023, her union announced a strike on May bank holiday weekend (30 April to 2 May) after RCN members rejected the pay offer.[7]

References
  1. "Pat Cullen: The Tyrone woman leading nurses' strike". 2022-12-20 – via RTÉ. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  2. Campbell, Denis (9 December 2022). "Nurses' union leader Pat Cullen: 'I follow through on what I believe in'". The Guardian. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
  3. Coyle, Conor (2022-12-15). "Meet the NI woman at the head of the Royal College of Nursing". BelfastLive. Retrieved 2022-12-26.
  4. Kirby, Jane (6 October 2022). "Nurses' strike ballot: Who is Pat Cullen?". Belfast Telegraph. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
  5. "Executive Team | Royal College of Nursing". The Royal College of Nursing. Retrieved 2021-10-14.
  6. "Pat Cullen: Who is the RCN nursing union boss leading strikes?". BBC News. 2022-12-22. Retrieved 2022-12-26.
  7. "RCN nurses to strike on May bank holiday in England as pay offer rejected". BBC News. 2023-04-14. Retrieved 2023-04-15.
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