Emeritus Professor Sally Hardy has remained closely linked with clinical practice promoting practitioner led inquiry and applied transformational change research, alongside inclusive engagement of stakeholders through evaluation.

At the University of East Anglia, as a Professor of Mental Health and Practice Innovation and Dean School of Health Sciences September (2019 – 2023), Sally achieved major innovation funding to lead the Norfolk Initiative for Coastal and rural Health Equalities (NICHE),as an Anchor Institute for the incoming Norfolk and Waveney Integrated Care System (2022 – 2026).  She formed the Eastern Partnership for Innovation in Integrated Care (www.epiic.org.uk) across East of England with five other Higher Education Institutes, working to promote future health and care service developments.  Her latest book reflects lessons learned for achieving Workplace Wellbeing within health and social care settings. Sally’s research continues to focus on understanding what factors contribute to sustainable workplace cultures of effectiveness, across health and care systems partners. Her work overseas has focused on addressing health inequalities, arising from social and climate change across coastal, rural and isolated communities in Small Island States. In October 2025, international colleagues successfully achieved a vibrant and inspiring three day conference entitled, Shaping Our Futures through New Coalitions, SOFTN Conference in Colombo.

In collaboration with Norwich University of Arts, the Restoration Trust, and other local partners is a founding member of the Norfolk Arts and Health Collaborative. https://norfolkartsandhealth.com.

She is also a founding member of the annual Skellern Lecture series: http://www.skellern.info and manages the annual Worshipful Company of Barbers, Nursing Clinical Scholarships. Sally has been awarded the Freedom of the City of London for her contribution to nursing and achieved the Skellern/JPMHN Lifetime Achievement Award 2025 at the University of Manchester.