Beverley Bostock

PCCS President, Advanced Nurse Practitioner, Mann Cottage Surgery and Editor in Chief, Practice Nurse Journal

Beverley is an Advanced Nurse Practitioner in long-term conditions. She is currently President of the Primary Care Cardiovascular Society.  She has a special interest in cardiovascular disease (CVD), diabetes, heart failure, chronic kidney disease and lipid management along with common comorbidities such as metabolic liver disease, asthma and COPD. She is Editor-in-Chief of Practice Nurse Journal and has been a Queen’s Nurse since 2015. In a previous role she developed and delivered accredited modules in cardiovascular disease, heart failure and diabetes in collaboration with the Open University. As well as holding an MA in Medical Ethics and Law and an MSc in Respiratory Care, Bev has a Postgraduate Diploma in Diabetes from the University of Warwick. Bev has had an extensive range of articles published in various journals on the management of long-term conditions and is a regular speaker at national conferences.

Dr Rosemary Clarke

Consultant Medical Biochemist, NHS Highland

Dr Rosemary Clarke is Consultant Medical Biochemist in NHS Highland, and is an Honorary Clinical Lecturer at University of Aberdeen. She trained in Chemical Pathology with Metabolic Medicine in London before moving to NHS Highland to lead the Lipid and Point Of Care services. She also works within the Blood Sciences Laboratory and is block lead for medical student diagnostics teaching.

She has an extensive academic research background having completed two Masters and a PhD, and an ongoing commitment to drive quality improvement on a local and national level. Through her role with Scottish Lipid Forum and NHS Highland, she aims to improve the care of individuals living with high cholesterol and triglycerides. This is through highly specialised care in secondary care lipid clinics, via the laboratory through the interpretation of lipid results, through education and guidelines for other healthcare professionals and via advocacy for patients.

Dr Jim Moore

Past President of the Primary Care Cardiovascular Society, GP, GPSI Cardiology, Gloucestershire

Dr Moore is a GP in Gloucestershire with a special interest in Cardiovascular Medicine and Past President of the Primary Care Cardiovascular Society, spearheading significant changes in this organisation. He lectures extensively across the UK.

He has been heavily involved in National CVD advisory groups, guidelines and working parties. He was a member of the NICE Chronic Heart Failure in Adults Guideline committee (2016-2018) and was a board member of British Society for Heart Failure.

Dr Moore has provided cardiovascular clinical support to local commissioning organisations for over two decades and to Cardiac Networks in the South-West. He is currently Clinical Co-Lead (Primary Care) for the West of England Integrated Cardiac Clinical Network.

Dr Moore is the National Clinical Co- Lead (Primary Care) for the National Cardiac Transformation Programme which has included working closely on NHSE initiatives such as Managing Heart Failure @Home and more recently chaired a group that developed the National (NHSE) guidance for the Virtual Ward care for people with heart failure.

He has been involved in the establishment and subsequent development of the community-based Gloucestershire Heart Failure service since its inception in 2003 where he continues to work as a GPSI.

Prof Lis Neubeck

Professor of Cardiovascular Health in the School of Health and Social Care and Head of the Centre for Cardiovascular Health at Edinburgh Napier University

Professor Lis Neubeck is Professor of Cardiovascular Nursing and Head of the Centre for Cardiovascular Health at Edinburgh Napier University, and leads the NHS Research Scotland Cardiovascular Research Network. Her research focuses on cardiovascular prevention, digital health, women’s heart health and translating evidence into practice. She recently completed her term as ESC Patient Forum Lead, and is an elected member of the EAPC Primary Care and Risk Factor Management Section Nucleus, and serves on the ESC Gender Diversity and Equity Task Force, and is Editorial Lead for the ESC Communication Committee. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.

Prof Catherine Ross

Chief Scientific Officer for Scotland

Professor Catherine Ross is Chief Scientific Officer for Scotland and Head of Profession for the scientific workforce across NHS Scotland, serving as the Scottish Government's most senior advisor on Health Science and leading national policy for the scientific workforce and clinical services.

International Leadership

Professor Ross’ influence extends well beyond Scotland and the UK. She is President of the Science Council, the awarding body for Chartered Scientist status, having previously served as Vice-Chair of the Board and Chair of the Policy Advisory Committee. Within the European Society of Cardiology (ESC), she sits on the Board of the Association of Cardiovascular Nursing and Allied Professions, chairs the Associations Advocacy Committee and the ESC Taskforce on Allied Professionals. She represents Scotland on the Board of the International Federation of Medical and Biological Engineering (IFMBE). She is a Past-President of the Professional Body for Cardiac Scientists, and in recognition of her work advancing women in leadership, she has been an invited delegate to the UK UN Women delegation at the UN Commission on the Status of Women.

National Strategic Leadership

In Scotland, she chairs several National Boards, including establishing and previously chairing the Scottish Strategic Network for Diagnostics, Scotland's largest strategic network, co-chairs the Scottish Government's Professional Advisory Group for Health, and co-chaired the Strategy Development Board for Genomics for Scotland. She holds senior external appointments as Non-Executive Director of the Belfast Health and Social Care Trust and as a Council Member and Trustee of Ulster University, and is a Visiting Professor at Edinburgh Napier University, Manchester Metropolitan University, and Ulster University.

Recognition

A Chartered Scientist and Chartered Biologist, Catherine is a Fellow of a number of organisation including the Royal Society of Biology, the National Institute of Prevention and Cardiovascular Health in Ireland, and the European Society of Cardiology, and holds Honorary Fellowships from a number of Learned Societies and Royal Colleges including the Royal College of Pathologists, the Academy for Healthcare Science, and The Physiological Society. She was named a Distinguished Graduate by her alma mater, Ulster University, and in 2025 received the Outstanding Women in Science award from HRH The Princess Royal at the Women in Science and Engineering Awards, and in 2026 was named the Most Inspiring Leader at the UK Advancing Healthcare Awards.

Advocacy and Mentorship

A sought-after speaker on leadership, diagnostics, and policy at national and international platforms, Professor Ross is deeply committed to developing future talent. She has been a mentor on a number of high-profile programmes including the 25@25 Leadership Programme at Ulster University and is a STEM Ambassador having volunteered with organisations including the Royal Institution, the Royal Society, and Girlguiding, with a particular focus on supporting girls and young people from lower socio-economic backgrounds into careers in science.