Heather StuartClinician

Biography

Heather Stuart is Group Director of Nursing & Quality at Teesside Hospice Care Foundation, a registered charity based in Middlesbrough that provides specialist palliative and end-of-life care across South Tees and North Yorkshire. She brings over two decades of nursing leadership to the role, combining clinical oversight with responsibility for quality and governance across the organisation's services. The hospice, which she helps oversee, runs a 10-bed inpatient unit, a wellbeing centre, bereavement counselling, and a lymphoedema clinic. Stuart has publicly championed the commitment and professionalism of frontline hospice staff and was quoted in regional and national press following the CQC's 2026 decision to upgrade Teesside Hospice's rating from Good to Outstanding. Teesside Hospice has agreed in principle to merge with Butterwick Hospice to form a larger group serving the Tees Valley and County Durham.

References

1. 1.Teesside Hospice awarded 'Outstanding' in CQC inspection – Tees Business — Confirms Heather Stuart's role title, her quote on the CQC Outstanding rating, and details of the inspection outcome
2. 2.'Exceptional' Teesside Hospice celebrate being rated 'outstanding' by health bosses – Teesside Live — Corroborates role title, press quote, and the four-category Outstanding result
3. 3.'Kind and caring' hospice staff get highest rating – AOL/PA — National press attribution of Heather Stuart as Group Director of Nursing at Teesside Hospice with quoted comment
4. 4.Our Team – Teesside Hospice — Organisation's own staff page confirming Stuart brings over two decades of nursing leadership to her role
5. 5.Contact information – Teesside Hospice Care Foundation, Charity Commission

Expertise

Cited on

• Palliative & end of life care

Stated areas of expertise

• Palliative and end-of-life care
• Hospice nursing leadership
• Clinical quality and governance
• CQC inspection readiness
• Hospice service development

Notable achievements

• Teesside Hospice was awarded an Overall 'Outstanding' CQC rating in August 2026, improving from 'Good', with Stuart quoted as Group Director of Nursing & Quality overseeing the clinical services inspected. Source ↗
• The hospice achieved 'Outstanding' in four out of five CQC inspection categories — effective, caring, responsive, and well-led — following a June 2026 inspection. Source ↗

What they’ve said

• “This is an exceptional reflection of the commitment, professionalism, and compassion demonstrated across all teams.”

  group director of nursing and quality at Teesside Hospice · Palliative & end of life care · 27 Aug 2026 · Hospice celebrates Outstanding CQC rating ↗

• “This is an exceptional reflection of the commitment, professionalism and compassion demonstrated across all teams.”

  group director of nursing and quality at Teesside Hospice · Palliative & end of life care · 27 Aug 2026 · Teesside Hospice awarded ‘Outstanding’ in CQC inspection ↗

Source references

1. Hospice celebrates Outstanding CQC ratingbdaily.co.uk · 27 Aug 2026
2. Teesside Hospice awarded ‘Outstanding’ in CQC inspectionteesbusiness.co.uk · 27 Aug 2026

Contact & links

• Staff pagehttps://www.teessidehospice.org/meet-our-team/
• Websitehttps://www.teessidehospice.orgpublished here ↗

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