Louise Parker MSc

Ms. Louise works at the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust and has held nursing and research related posts in the department of rheumatology and connective tissue disease since 2005. Louise has been the overarching nursing lead for the rheumatology service since 2009. Her area of expertise is in the field of connective tissue disease where she runs a number of independent and cross-speciality clinics. She is an independent nurse prescriber.

Louise co-ordinates a national advice line for patients with scleroderma and liaises with a number of other hospitals which link with the Royal Free National outreach programme. Appointed as forum chair in 2016, Louise is an active member of the forum. She has also recently been appointed as nurse advisor to the Arthritis Research UK USER committee and she advises on a number of other local, national and international committees.