Since leaving the Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps (QARANC) as a Full Colonel in June 2017, Andrea Lewis RRC has had a career within the NHS. She was Chief Nurse at Ashford and St Peters NHS Foundation Trust and since August 2023 has been the Regional Chief Nurse for South East England, NHS England.

Andrea joined the QARANC in January 1994 as a newly qualified Nurse and Private Soldier. She then commissioned in Oct 1996 and during her Army career has undertaken various Clinical and Command and Staff roles. She has deployed with Field Hospitals to Bosnia, Iraq and latterly was Commanding Officer of the UK Military Hospital in Camp Bastion, Afghanistan. It was from her tour in Afghanistan that she was awarded the Royal Red Cross for inspirational leadership.

Andrea now lives in Camberley and is married to Russell Lewis MC (Grenadier Guards). Russell is an Ex-Regular Officer and now a Reservist.

Andrea has a BSc in Infection Control and MSc in Healthcare Management and Policy and completed the NHS Leadership Academy Director’s Programme on leaving the Army.