Christina Lange Ferreira

Christina is a Nurse Consultant in Diabetes at Wye Valley NHS Trust with over 15 years of nursing experience. After completing her nursing degree at the Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal, in 2009, she joined the NHS in 2010 and moved into Diabetes Specialist Nursing in 2013. Since then, she has worked across inpatient and outpatient diabetes services, leading quality improvement initiatives to enhance patient care and safety. 

In 2018, Christina was awarded an NIHR Pre-doctoral Silver Scholar Award at the University of Nottingham. She subsequently received a Foundation of European Nurses in Diabetes (FEND) Doctoral Fellowship at King's College London, completing her PhD in 2026. Her research focused on older adults' experiences of managing insulin during surgical admissions and the co-design of interventions to improve insulin safety in hospital settings. Christina's research interests include inpatient safety, patient empowerment and engagement, co-design, diabetes and kidney care, and older adult care. She is a committee member of the Diabetes Inpatient Specialist Nurse (DISN) UK Group, a member of the Diabetes UK Research Steering Group for Acute Care (DRSG-4 Acute Care), and a DSN Forum Affiliate.