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Public Contributor, Member of the Research Advisory Panel, Joined 2014

EXPERTISE AND INTERESTS

Nira is a retired Social Worker with 30 years' experience in both children and adult social care. She has been a RAP member for 9 years. Nira is grandmother to three grandchildren. She has a sensory disability, and is also a carer for two relatives who have several long-term health conditions and mental health care needs.

Nira has always taken an interest in improving people’s lives, more so since she became hearing impaired in 1995, after a minor medical procedure, and visually impaired in 2002, following an injury. Nira enjoys the RAP as a space to voice her experiences and expertise from both personal and professional perspectives.