Kate Sanders joined the Foundation of Nursing Studies (FoNS) as a Practice Development Facilitator about 10 years ago.

Prior to this she worked clinically in a variety of acute and community settings where she became increasingly interested and involved in activities and initiatives to improve practice. At FoNS, Kate has led a number of improvement programmes. This involves working with nurses and healthcare teams to develop and share innovative ways of improving practice; thereby enabling them to provide care that is high quality; evidence based and meets the needs of patients.

Over the last 18 months, Kate has led on the re-development of the virtual FoNS Centre for Nursing Innovation and is the Managing Editor of the new International Practice Development Journal, a collaborative initiative between FoNS and the International Practice Development Collaborative.

Kate actively represents FoNS on a range of national and international initiatives and boards and is an Honorary Senior Lecturer with Canterbury Christ Church University, England.