Career
She served as Head of the Manchester College of Midwifery and the Director of Nursing Education at the Stockport, Tameside and Glossop College of Nursing. Kershaw received an honorary doctorate from Manchester University in 1995 in recognition of her contribution to nursing education. Professor Kershaw was created Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1998 for services to nursing education.
Her recent international consultancy work includes projects in Colombia and China on the modernization agenda for nursing
She has ongoing commitments to the Department of Health Leadership Project including advising on how the program develops black nurses for leadership positions. She is a fellow of the Royal College of Nursing and one of its former presidents.
She was also Street John Ambulance"s chief nursing and social care officer
