Mrs Avey Bhatia OStJ RGN, MPA 

Avey Bhatia is Chief Nurse at Guy’s and St Thomas’ Trust. Avey qualified in 1991, and her clinical experience includes theatres, general intensive care, coronary care and cardiothoracic nursing. She held various staff nurse and sister posts at hospitals in London before becoming Chief Nurse and Director of Infection Prevention and Control at St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in 2017. Avey holds a postgraduate diploma in health services management and a master’s in public administration. She is also the Trust’s Director of Patient Experience, and the executive lead for adults and children’s safeguarding, and for infection, prevention and control. Beyond Guy’s and St Thomas’, Avey is President of the Florence Nightingale Foundation and Honorary Vice President of The Nightingale Fellowship. Avey joined the Board in January 2022.