Constipation in older people

Editorial Manager, Primary Care Team

Gerri is a Registered General Nurse with over 39 years of experience spanning both acute medical and surgical nursing in the acute setting, within the UK and abroad. For the last 6 years Gerri has worked in a part time academic role as a senior lecturer in Advanced Practice, teaching advanced practice skills to allied health professionals. Prior to this, she worked as the Lead Hepatology Nurse Specialist. Her expert knowledge of liver disease, has enabled her to publish widely in many nursing, prescribing and medical journals. Moreover, Gerri has a national profile and has been involved as expert advisor on x 2 Quality Standards, x 3 NICE Guidelines. In recognition of this, she was awarded the title of NICE Nurse Expert Advisor in 2015. In January 2020, Gerri and her co-author Yvonne Francis published a venesection guide for the UK, endorsed by the RCN. This guidance benefits thousands of patients who undergo venesection for haemochromatosis and polycythaemia in the UK and abroad. This recognition resulted in being awarded the prestigious Nurse of the Year 2021 accolade from the British Journal of Nursing, nominated by the Nursing and Midwifery Council. Gerri successfully completed her PhD in June 2021, titled “Advancing health professionals’ knowledge of liver disease.”