NHS Lanarkshire colleagues are mourning the loss of a valued member of staff, who sadly passed away on 28 June.
Rosemary O’Brien was a well-loved and respected member of staff who was a health visiting community practice teacher (CPT) and laterally a health visitor with the Shotts health visiting team.
Rosemary trained in NHS Lanarkshire and qualified as a registered nurse in 1977. She worked in ward eight at Law Hospital as a staff nurse and held various posts in the community prior to beginning her health visiting training and qualifying in 1996.
Rosemary was passionate about ensuring the best outcomes for children and helped lead the Getting It Right For Every Child (GIRFEC) agenda as a CPT.
Liz Kearney, general manager, North East sector, said: “Rosemary’s legacy within health visiting in Lanarkshire are her many, now qualified, health visiting students. Everyone in the team will miss her flair, fashion sense and overall courage and determination – always with a smile.”
“Rosemary will be so fondly remembered and greatly missed by all who had the pleasure of knowing her.”
Rosemary is photographed receiving her Queen’s Nursing Institute Long Service Award in May 2019.
