ASCNUK26 Speaker Profile
Wendy Osborne
Governance and Communication Officer, ASCN UK
Queens Nurse (2020); MSc Advanced Nursing Studies (2006), ENB 216 Stoma Care Nursing (1999) RGN (1987) Wendy has worked within the field of gastro-intestinal and colorectal nursing for nearly 40 years. Having been a colorectal ward sister in Birmingham and Oxford, she specialised in Stoma Care in 1998 in Oxford and moved to Cheltenham as lead CNS in Colorectal and Stoma Care. In 2007, Wendy joined Coloplast to set up and manage the national nurse team. She was then instrumental in the development and training of a Clinical Assistant team to support patients seeking product and lifestyle advice. Currently her role of Clinical Governance Lead for the company enables her to remain close to supporting patients and ensuring quality of care and standards are being met. Wendy held the post of Educational committee member for ASCN UK for 8 years, and has re-joined the committee as the Governance officer to help support and develop the ongoing success of the Association. Wendy was pivotal in the development and co-ordination of publication of National Stoma Care standards and Stoma related Clinical Guidelines. Having been awarded ASCN UK Stoma Care Nurse of the year and the title of Queens Nurse in 2020 in recognition of her outstanding commitment to high standards of patient care and continually improving practice, Wendy remains passionate in raising the awareness and value of care to patients with a stoma.