James Joanna
Nurs Stand. 2017 Aug 2;31(49):39. doi: 10.7748/ns.31.49.39.s44.
After qualifying as a nurse at St Mary's Hospital in London in 1988, Joanna James spent 20 years working in emergency departments. She co-developed and ran a successful education programme around the needs of refugees and survivors of torture. In 2008 she changed direction and started working on improving services for people with dementia in hospital. She is now lead nurse for dementia at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust in London.