Jane Salvage is well known in the UK and overseas as a nursing and midwifery leader, policy activist and award-winning journalist. Her best-known book, The Politics of Nursing (Heinemann 1985), was a bestseller and wake-up call to the professions. She has worked for the World Health Organization, the International Council of Nurses, the UK Department of Health and the UK Royal College of Nursing. She is a visiting professor at Kingston University, UK.