Louise is the Irish Hip Fracture Database and Major Trauma Audit Manager with the National Office of Clinical Audit. She worked in University Hospital Waterford in the South-East of Ireland for 12 years as an orthopaedic nurse, clinical nurse manager and orthopaedic nurse specialist and has a Masters in Nursing. She reviews for a number of peer reviewed international journals and has published on many topics including hip fractures, falls, fragility fracture nursing care, major trauma and clinical audit. She recently started a PhD in the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland. Louise is the current chair for the International Collaboration of Orthopaedic Nursing (ICON). She is also the general secretary of the Fragility Fracture Network (FFN).