I have been a qualified nurse for over 38 years, the last 23 years working as a Senior Specialist Nurse within the Stoma/Colorectal Nursing Team at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. My role is multi-faceted, having my own clinical caseload of patients undergoing stoma formation, providing pre- and post-operative information, teaching and support, and collaboratively caring for patients with abdominal laparostomy and fistulae, and have participated in several research trials and audits. I jointly facilitate the specialist nurse led Ileo-anal pouch follow up clinic, helping and supporting the patient support group The Kangaroo Club. I have a particular interest in those patients undergoing Small Bowel Transplantation, publishing an article in 2013, presenting nationally and internationally on several occasions. I supervise and support junior team colleagues and student nurses on placement with the team, provide formal and informal educational support to other healthcare professionals at the trust and undertake lectures at Oxford Brookes University on stoma care. I’ve had the honour of presenting at 4 UK & 5 International conferences on behalf of the team. I wrote a team PGD protocol and co-wrote the competency framework, as well as the national guideline for Association of Stoma Care Nurses UK on the management of Pyoderma Gangrenosum. I am a reviewer for the British Journal of Nursing and World Council of Enteral-stomal Therapy International congress abstracts. Between 2014-2017 I was Honorary Secretary on the committee of The Association of Stoma Care Nurses UK (ASCN UK), representing the association on many occasions and collaboratively organising the yearly conference and various educational events, instigating the thrice yearly meeting of the ASCN regional area representatives. In September 2018 I was voted ASCN UK Stoma Nurse of the Year. In Autumn 2023, I became a Trustee of ASCN UK.

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