This year marks Eileen’s 45 years in nursing within the field of women health. In September 2024, after 23 years as a senior lecturer at the University of South Wales Eileen took early retirement to focus on her business Menopause Education. Then this January she also secured a part time role as Menopause Specialist CNS at ABUHB. Eileen has an extensive career being an advocate for GPN having served on RCN PNA, RCGP to name a few. In 2022 Eileen, undertook consultancy work with NMC on the new SPQ standards and the QNI with their Voluntary SPQ standards. Both Standards are now published. In Oct 2019 Eileen received her Queens Nurse title. Eileen retired from the Royal Navy Reserves in 2019 after 36 years having served in Gibraltar, Iraq, and Afghanistan.