The Right Reverend Dame Sarah Mullally DBE |
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Bishop of Crediton | |
Church | Church of England |
Diocese | Diocese of Exeter |
In office | 2015 to present |
Other posts | Chief Nursing Officer, Department of Health (1999–2004) |
Orders | |
Ordination | 2001 (deacon) 2002 (priest) |
Consecration | 22 July 2015 by Justin Welby |
Personal details | |
Birth name | Sarah Elisabeth Bowser |
Born | 26 March 1962 |
Nationality | British |
Denomination | Anglican |
Parents | Michael & Ann Bowser |
Spouse | Eamonn Mullally (m. 1987) |
Children | Two |
Profession | Nurse |
Alma mater | Nightingale School of Nursing |
Dame Sarah Elisabeth Mullally, DBE (née Bowser; born 26 March 1962) is a British Anglican bishop and former nurse. From 1999 to 2004, she was Chief Nursing Officer and Director of Patient Experience for England. Since July 2015, she has been Bishop of Crediton, a suffragan bishop in the Diocese of Exeter.
In recognition of her work in nursing and midwifery, she was appointed a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE).
Mullally was educated at Winston Churchill Comprehensive School, Woking, Surrey and subsequently at Woking Sixth Form College. She began her nursing career in 1980 undertaking a nursing degree at South Bank Polytechnic undertaking clinical placements at St Thomas' Hospital, she was awarded a joint RGN and BSc (Hons) in 1984. She also completed an MSc in Inter-professional Health and Welfare Studies at London South Bank University in 1992.
Mullally held clinical nursing posts at St Thomas' Hospital, The Royal Marsden Hospital (where she completed their specialist nursing course) and a number of nursing leadership roles, firstly at the former Westminster Hospital (where she was a ward sister and head of practice development) and then as Director of Nursing at the Chelsea and Westminster later becoming Deputy and Acting Chief Executive Officer. In 1999 she was appointed as Chief Nursing Officer and Director of Patient Experience for England. She was the youngest person to hold these positions. She has also been a non-executive Director of the English Board of Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting.