Professor Laura Serrant OBE is Regional Lead Nurse for Health Education England (North East and Yorkshire) and Professor of Community and Public Health Nursing at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK. Professor Serrant has an extensive experience in national and international health policy development with particular specialist input on racial and ethnic inequalities and cultural safety.

It was her work in this area which led to her being awarded an OBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list 2018 for services to Health Policy. She is listed 8th in the top 100 most influential Black people in the UK by the Powerlist UK. In 2021 she received the Nursing Times Lifetime achievement award for services to Nursing by the 4 UK countries Chief Nursing Officers.