Emily Burch is the Chief Nursing Information Officer for the North London Mental Health Partnership, with over 14 years of nursing experience. Emily has a BSc in adult nursing and is a Substance Misuse Specialist. She has worked across acute, mental health and forensics care settings. Emily is an accredited Certified Digital Health Leader with the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHiME) University and is currently working towards an MA in medical anthropology and mental health. Emily is a Topol Digital Fellow, Florence Nightingale Digital Leadership Scholar, Founder of the Mental Health and Learning Disability CNIO Network, Advisory Board member for FutureNurse, and currently serving a second two-year term elected as Digital Health CNIO Advisory Panellist.

Emily is passionate about parity of esteem and reducing health inequality ensuring that we not only advocate for those impacted by health inequalities but ensure we create the room for those more vulnerable to use their own voice to communicate their need for change