Cecilia Anim
{{Short description|Ghanaian nurse}}
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| order = 39th President of the Royal College of Nursing
| term_start = 2015
| term_end = 2018
| predecessor = Andrea Spyropoulos
| successor = Professor Annemarie Rafferty
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Cecilia Akrisie Anim {{post-nominals|country=GBR|CBE|}} former president of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) (2015 – 2018), and a clinical nurse specialist in sexual and reproductive health at the Margaret Pyke Centre in London.{{Cite web|url=https://www2.rcn.org.uk/aboutus/our_structure/council,_committees_and_boards/rcn_council/council_members/cecilia_anim|title=Cecilia Anim|date=2015-01-05|website=www2.rcn.org.uk|access-date=2017-02-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170217142913/https://www2.rcn.org.uk/aboutus/our_structure/council,_committees_and_boards/rcn_council/council_members/cecilia_anim|archive-date=2017-02-17|url-status=dead}}
Early life and education
Born in Ghana, Anim attended school there and completed her midwifery training at Komfo Anokye Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana in 1968. Anim moved to the UK in the 1970s and completed the UK general nursing course at Hull Royal Infirmary. She later completed her clinical nurse specialist training in advanced family planning at the Bloomsbury School of Nursing.{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2015/jan/14/royal-college-nursing-president-sticking-plaster-not-mend-nhs-cecilia-amin|title=Nursing union head: ‘sticking plaster solutions’ will not heal the NHS|last=Murray|first=Kate|date=2015-01-14|newspaper=The Guardian|access-date=2017-02-16|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}
Career
Anim started her nursing career in her native Ghana where she worked as a midwife from 1968-1972. In 1977, having completed her UK general nursing course at Hull Royal Infirmary she took up post there as a staff nurse in paediatrics. In 1979 she began working at London's Margaret Pyke Centre,{{Cite web|url=http://www.cnwl.nhs.uk/news/the-colour-of-your-skin-isnt-your-problem-its-someone-elses-says-cecilia-anim-on-her-fall-and-rise-to-the-presidency-of-the-royal-college-of-nursing/|title="The colour of your skin isn’t your problem, it’s someone else’s" - says Cecilia Anim on her fall and rise to the Presidency of the Royal College of Nursing - CNWL NHS|website=www.cnwl.nhs.uk|language=en|access-date=2017-02-16}} where she continues to work as a clinical nurse specialist in sexual and reproductive health, alongside her RCN presidency.
A member of the RCN for over 30 years, Anim served as deputy president (2010 – 2014){{Cite news|url=https://www.nursingtimes.net/archive/rcn-elects-deputy-president-19-10-2010/|title=RCN elects deputy president|newspaper=Nursing Times|access-date=2017-02-16|language=en}} before being elected president in 2015.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nursingtimes.net/archive/anim-elected-as-royal-college-of-nursings-first-black-president-06-11-2014/|title=Anim elected as Royal College of Nursing’s first black president|newspaper=Nursing Times|access-date=2017-02-16|language=en}} She served her second term as RCN President having been re-elected in 2017.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nursingtimes.net/news/workforce/cecilia-anim-to-be-president-of-rcn-for-further-two-years-21-11-2016/|title=Cecilia Anim to be president of RCN for further two years|newspaper=Nursing Times|access-date=2017-02-16|language=en}} Anim was the first BME president of the RCN.
Community
Anim is also active in her local community, being particularly involved with St Augustine's, Kilburn and the parish schools. She is Chair of Governors at St Augustine's CE Primary School.{{cite web |title=Meet the Governors |url=http://www.st-augustines-primary.co.uk/mrs-cecilia-anim-our-chair-of-governors-was-made-a/ |website=St Augustine's CE Primary |accessdate=2 August 2019 |archive-date=2 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190802142416/http://www.st-augustines-primary.co.uk/mrs-cecilia-anim-our-chair-of-governors-was-made-a/ |url-status=dead }}
Awards
Anim was awarded the Bevan award for Health and Wellbeing in 2013.{{Cite news|url=https://www.bevanfoundation.org/current-projects/bevan-prize-for-health-and-well-being-2013/|title=Bevan Prize for Health and Well-being 2013 {{!}} Bevan Foundation|newspaper=Bevan Foundation|access-date=2017-02-16|language=en-US}} 2016 saw Anim receive an honorary Doctor of Health degree from the University of Bradford.{{Cite web|url=http://www.bradford.ac.uk/news/2016/honorary-grads-july-16.php|title=University honours seven at graduations - 2016 - University of Bradford|website=www.bradford.ac.uk|language=en|access-date=2017-02-16}} In the Queen's 2017 New Year's Honours list Anim was appointed a CBE in recognition of her role as a nurse, RCN president and contribution to her community.{{Cite news|url=https://www.rcn.org.uk/news-and-events/news/rcn-president-honoured-with-cbe|title=RCN President honoured with CBE {{!}} News {{!}} Royal College of Nursing|newspaper=The Royal College of Nursing|access-date=2017-02-16|language=en}}{{Dead link|date=November 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Anim was awarded Fellowship of the Royal College of Nursing in 2021.{{Cite web |title=RCN Fellows and Honorary Fellows {{!}} Royal College of Nursing |url=https://www.rcn.org.uk/About-us/RCN-Fellows-and-Honorary-Fellows |access-date=2024-10-29 |website=The Royal College of Nursing |language=en}}
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