“My work is my passion, but my colleagues are my strength.”

Throughout her career stretching more than 2 decades working as a midwife in Bulgaria; Greece and England, Gergana has always been passionate about leadership. “Competent; compassionate and a visible leader is the one who will inspire and lead the teams even in the most difficult times.”

She is passionate about patient safety and believes that the route to ensuring safe, compassionate and equitable maternity care is to have a valued and respected workforce in place.

Gergana has been selected as a RCM fellow with the first cohort of fellows in 2017. She has published numerous academic papers; has been a columnist for more than 6 years for the Bulgarian journal ‘9 Months’. She has lead on many national and international Quality Improvement Projects and was awarded the‘Mary Seacole’ for her work of antenatal education programme tailed for mothers with Indian and Pakistani family origin.

Serving as a member of the scientific committee for the 7th European Congress on Intrapartum Care, she has also been a Board member for the European Midwives Association for 2 years.

Gergana is currently a Director of Midwifery, and  Florence Nightingale Scholarship Fellow.

Describing her current role as ‘an honour, a commitment and a responsibility,’ she adds: ‘It is a platform for me to inspire the next generation of midwives, to promote and better our services, and to be an ambassador for a profession which changes the World.”

Contact details: gergana.nikolova@nhs.net