Overview
Carrie-Anne Ridsdale (Carrie), who presents publicly as Jayne Price claims multiple nursing and health qualifications including a Cardiff University nursing degree and NMC registration, but official records and credible sources confirm no such qualifications or registration exist.
Carrie-Anne Ridsdale, publicly known as Jayne Price, has consistently claimed to hold nursing qualifications, including a degree from Cardiff University and registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC). Early claims from 2022 and 2023 include assertions of training in midwifery, adult and children's nursing, and health visiting, alongside statements of having received training from the NMC and local health boards. She also claimed to have completed placements with health visitors and to have studied nursing at Cardiff University, sometimes specifying a BA Hons or BSc Hons Adult Nursing degree. These claims were repeated across multiple posts and videos through 2024 and 2025, including statements about completing nursing training, placements on cancer and hematology wards, and knowledge of clinical skills such as defibrillator use.
However, these claims are contradicted by authoritative sources. Cardiff University has confirmed no record of her enrollment or graduation with a nursing degree, and the NMC register contains no record of her registration as a nurse under any known name. Confidential education-sector testimony supports that she attended a Level 3 Health and Social Care course starting around 2014, which is a further-education qualification distinct from a university nursing degree or professional registration. This testimony also indicates she was refused a university reference in 2016 due to concerns about her conduct and suitability to work with vulnerable people.
A significant contradiction arises from her own timeline: she claimed to have obtained a nursing degree in 2016 but also described herself as a student nurse prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, which is inconsistent with the expected completion date of a degree. This timeline discrepancy undermines the credibility of her nursing qualification claims.
Alongside nursing claims, Carrie asserts multiple health and social care qualifications, including being a qualified health and social care practitioner and having accredited safeguarding and children’s training from Cardiff University and Caerphilly Council. These claims lack independent verification and are not supported by professional registrations or documented qualifications.
Carrie also claims extensive experience working with neurodivergent children and in special educational needs settings, including 12 years as a teaching assistant in an Autistic Spectrum Disorder resource base. Witness testimony partially corroborates her involvement in such settings but disputes the claimed duration and nature of employment, suggesting shorter periods and possibly unpaid placements rather than formal employment.
Regarding neurodivergence, Carrie identifies herself as autistic, dyslexic, dyspraxic, and having learning difficulties, supported by multiple self-statements and some corroboration from educational psychologist diagnoses. She discusses how these conditions affect her personally and informs her operational approach. These identity claims are consistent and uncontested by authoritative sources.
Carrie-Anne Ridsdale’s claims of currently pursuing a PhD and holding a diploma in biochemistry alongside nursing qualifications are ambiguous. She publicly denies ever claiming a PhD in biochemistry, framing such attributions as fabrications by critics, though she admits to having a diploma and pursuing a PhD in an unspecified subject. This pattern of denial and ambiguous phrasing complicates the assessment of her academic credentials beyond nursing.
In summary, while Carrie asserts multiple nursing and health-related qualifications and professional registrations, these are refuted by official records and credible testimonies. Her self-identification as neurodivergent is consistent and supported by diagnosis claims. The contradictions and lack of verifiable credentials raise significant concerns about the accuracy and legitimacy of her professional claims, which have implications for safeguarding and public trust.
