Michelle Caton-Richards, Registered Nurse

Professional Experience

I qualified as a Registered Nurse in 2003 and have specialised in emergency and urgent care throughout my clinical career. I have worked across multiple NHS Trusts in London, Surrey, Berkshire, and Lincolnshire, gaining broad experience in accident and emergency departments. In 2009, I qualified as an Emergency Nurse Practitioner and subsequently as an Advanced Nurse Practitioner (ANP). My ANP role involves autonomous clinical decision-making, including history taking, physical examination, diagnosis, treatment, and referral of both adult and paediatric patients presenting with minor injuries and illnesses. Since 2017, I have worked as a locum across various unscheduled care settings, including walk-in centres, urgent care centres, minor injury units, GP streaming services, and out-of-hours clinics. I continue to undertake regular clinical shifts to maintain current practice and credibility. During the COVID pandemic, I trained to be a COVID vaccinator, and worked at my local mass vaccination centre.

Professional Development

I completed my independent prescribing qualification in 2014 and was awarded a distinction in my Master’s degree in Advanced Clinical Practice in 2019. I remain committed to ongoing professional development through formal training, clinical updates, and engagement with current evidence-based practice. I have published articles in the Emergency Nurse Journal, Expert Witness Journal, and presented at the Royal College of Physicians in 2018 to an audience of medical negligence solicitors. I have also contributed to national service development, including the rollout of the Community Pharmacy Consultation Service, where I trained pharmacists in clinical history taking and examination skills to support safe patient triage and management.