Secretarial: Nursing the Profession I Work For.; Glenn Gathercole Is PA to Christine Hancock, General Secretary of the Royal College of Nursing

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Keeping up with Christine Hancock is one of the most exhausting jobs imaginable. Her day is so full that she has three PAs, plus a diary administrator. Her responsibilities go far wider than a normal chief executive for not only is she a powerful female figurehead in a very male- dominated health industry but she is also a key decision- maker who is heavily involved in every level of nursing from the grass roots upwards. Her role requires her to be multi-faceted and hands on, spending time with our 315,000 members and proving to them why they pay her to be their representative. As a nurse herself, she's passionate about nursing; her primary concern is to champion the cause of …