Anne Poole

{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2020}}

{{Infobox person

| honorific_prefix = Dame

| name = Anne Poole

| honorific_suffix = DBE

| image =

| caption =

| imagesize =

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1934|04|11}}

| birth_place =

| nationality = British

| birth_name = Avril Anne Barker

| other_names =

| occupation = Chief Nursing Officer (CNO)

| years_active =

| spouse =

| children =

| relatives =

}}

Dame Avril Anne Barker Poole DBE, RGN, RM, RHV, CBIM (born 11 April 1934), known as Anne Poole, is a former British civil servant who was Chief Nursing Officer for England at the Department of Health, from 1982 to 1992.{{cite web|title=Birthday's today|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/archive/2012-4-11.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120411212108/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/archive/2012-4-11.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=11 April 2012|work=The Telegraph|accessdate=11 April 2014|date=11 April 2012|quote=Dame Anne Poole, Chief Nursing Officer, Department of Health, 1982–92, 78}}'POOLE, Dame (Avril) Anne (Barker)', Who's Who 2017, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2017; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2016; online edn, Nov 2016 [http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U31124 accessed 18 Oct 2017]

On 27 January 1997 she was named to serve on the Criminal Injuries Compensation Appeal Panel.{{cite web|title=Anne Poole Video - Interviews|url=http://www.ovguide.com/anne-poole-9202a8c04000641f80000000100729e0|publisher=Online Video Guide|accessdate=11 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140413154618/http://www.ovguide.com/anne-poole-9202a8c04000641f80000000100729e0|archive-date=13 April 2014|url-status=dead}}