Francesca Greaves
Care Home Nurse Expert Witness

Professional Profile
Francesca Greaves is a Registered General Nurse with over 15 years' experience across community nursing, district nursing, clinical governance, quality improvement, safeguarding, regulatory compliance and social care leadership.
She currently holds a senior governance position within the care sector, leading organisational quality, compliance, risk management and safeguarding functions. Throughout her career she has held senior leadership roles responsible for developing clinical strategy, implementing governance frameworks, overseeing quality assurance programmes, supporting regulatory compliance and driving service improvement across multiple healthcare and social care settings.
Her expertise includes clinical governance, safeguarding, quality assurance, regulatory compliance, incident investigation, root cause analysis, policy development, quality improvement and the evaluation of care standards within residential, nursing and community care services. She has extensive experience reviewing clinical records, investigating adverse events, assessing compliance with professional and organisational standards, and supporting services in achieving and maintaining regulatory requirements.
Francesca accepts instructions within her professional scope of practice relating to nursing care, clinical governance, safeguarding, quality assurance, regulatory compliance, care standards, policy implementation and social care service delivery.
Specialisms
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Nursing & Residential Homes
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Clinical Governance
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Nursing Standards
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Falls Prevention
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Falls Management
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Tissue Viability & Pressure Area Care
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Mental Capacity
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Medication Management
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Medication Compliance
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Regulatory Compliance (CQC)
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Digital Audit & eMAR Systems
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Palliative Care
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End-of-Life Care
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​Safeguarding
