Liz Foote, MSc, NMP, RGN, started her career in HIV in 1996 at Addenbrookes hospital, Cambridge, on their Infectious diseases unit and then later at Mildmay Hospital in London. At this time much of her work was palliative. For Ms. Foote it was an honour and a privilege to look after her patients. She worked as an HIV nurse in Phnom Penh, Cambodia for three years between 2002-2005 and helped support a team of Cambodian nurses. She was involved in a HIV community home care project in the slums where they had approximately 350 HIV positive patients on their list at any one time. The three years were incredibly hard for her, witnessing people die in the most inhumane and raw ways, but extremely rewarding too. She worked as a Macmillan nurse for four years then worked as the clinical team leader for the community HIV nurse specialist team in Liverpool where they looked after complex patients with HIV. Ms. Foote has a Masters in Drug Use and Addiction and is a Non-Medical prescriber. She is the clinical services manager for the Community HIV Specialist service, the Carers Health team and the Chronic fatigue syndrome service. She believes in equity for all people and is passionate about working with vulnerable and stigmatized groups.
