Gary Mitchell is the Director for Postgraduate Taught Education at the School of Nursing, Queen’s University Belfast (QUB), as well as Pathway Lead for the Specialist Practice in Older People’s Nursing Programme and Course Lead for the Post Graduate Certificate in Nursing Care of the Older Person in Care Home Settings.
Gary has significant clinical and academic expertise in the care of older people. He presently chairs the Royal College of Nursing’s Older People Forum, a group that represents more than 12,000 nurses and support staff providing care to older people in the United Kingdom. Gary holds the title of QN (Queen’s Nurse) and is an editorial board member with BMC Geriatrics, BMC Nursing and the Journal of Advanced Nursing. He is also a member of the NICE Clinical Guideline Committee for CG103: Delirium: Prevention, Diagnosis and Management.