Ali is a highly experienced NHS dietitian, with 29 years of clinical practice. She has developed extensive expertise in gastroenterology and nutrition support, working across a range of complex patient pathways, involving enteral and parenteral nutrition.

She is part of several multidisciplinary teams supporting both critical care and specialist nutrition services. She is deeply passionate about teamwork, valuing collaboration to achieve the best outcomes.

Known for her dedication and compassion, Ali prides herself on being a strong advocate for her patients, ensuring their needs remain central to care.

Alison began her career in Nutrition in 1998 as a Nutrition Specialist. She developed an enteral and parenteral nutrition service to support patients in the acute and primary care settings. In 2002 she became the first Consultant Nurse in Nutrition in the UK continuing to improve her knowledge and clinical skills in nutritional care and patient management. Alison has always enjoyed teaching and training other Healthcare professionals, so when she retired in 2025, her aim is to share her extensive knowledge and skills with other Healthcare professionals.

Charlotte Boddie is Head of Nursing and Clinical Governance for Calea and Fresenius Kabi across the UK and Ireland. She leads national nursing strategy, clinical governance, and patient experience, with a strong focus on delivering person‑centred homecare. Charlotte champions clinical excellence, workforce sustainability, and the integration of patient voice into service design. She works closely with multidisciplinary teams and healthcare partners to ensure safe discharge pathways, high‑quality training, and continuous improvement in homecare services that enable patients to live confidently and independently at home.

25 years plus experience in healthcare/CSO and management

Over 10 years' experience at Head of Operational and Leadership Level

Qualified coach, ILM 7 and accredited trainer

Development and implementation of clinical programmes and projects

Responsible for the creation and implementation of training and competency documentation in line with national guidelines

Collaborative working with colleagues, clients and patients to support, personalise and drive solutions and outcomes

Wide NHS and Industry knowledge to bring expertise & new ideas

Registered Nurse

National Clinical Homecare (NCHA) Deputy Lead

Caldicott Guardian

Freedom to Speak up Guardian

Fleur worked in colorectal surgery for 23 years, most recently as a ward manager, where she developed extensive experience caring for patients requiring complex nutritional support. Seeking a new challenge after the pandemic, she joined the Nutrition Team in 2021 and became Lead Nurse for Nutrition five months later. She has completed the Leeds Clinical Nutrition Course and contributes nationally through roles with NNNG and the BAPEN Patient Network Group. Fleur leads Trust‑wide nutritional strategy, education, and policy, and remains committed to improving standards and supporting colleagues in delivering high‑quality nutritional care.

Gillian is a specialist radiographer in GI radiology and has trained and worked in Leeds since 1998.

Gillian oversees the adult GI and GU fluoroscopy service and performs a range of diagnostic and interventional fluoroscopic procedures with a particular interest in enteral feeding tubes. Gillian has a special interest in NG tube safety with published peer reviewed papers on this subject. Gillian is part of a team working with professional bodies to implement a radiographer-led pathway for adoption across all four nations in the NHS as a system-wide preventative measure to reduce the number of NG tube related never events.

Ingrid has worked in mental health most of her career. Disordered eating and eating disorders have always part of Ingrid's caseload mainly manged in mental health units, but she has always tried to provided support in acute settings. In last 5 years, Ingrid moved solely to community eating disorders but then the opportunity arose to extend this role in in patient acute settings looking mainly at those diagnosed with an eating disorder but also looking at those with disordered eating - treatment plans are different (she enjoys the challenges of those with mental health). Mental health and physical health should always be dovetailed and Ingrid has been a strong advocate of physical health in mental health units. With her extended experience within mental health units she has been involved in supporting those with GI issues/diabetes/other long term conditions. Ingrid would and advocate for trauma informed training for all professionals involved in patient care. Over the last decade support for eating disorders has improved but there is still a fear of those being admitted with an eating disordered onto acute settings. Ingrid actively encourages the use of the MDT to support this group of patients - the outcomes are very positive. Developing this model supports all involved. As a dietitian Ingrid does review the diet but as a mental health practitioner she looks at the whole picture and support teams with this. Bringing the patient with you on the journey and having all staff support this leads to good outcomes (not just fixing but getting them ready for the next step).

Izzie Gibson is a Consultant Nurse in Complex Nutrition with a specialist interest in Neuro‑Gastroenterology and Dysmotility at The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust. She qualified in 2006 and has worked across a range of gastroenterology settings since then, moving into specialist nutrition in 2015. She leads nurse‑led service innovation, including the UK’s first Complex Nutrition Virtual Ward, for which she received the GUTS UK Dr Faulks Nurse Award. Her work focuses on nutritional interventions for people with severe DGBI, patient advocacy, and improving safety and consistency in artificial nutrition care. She is developing a co‑produced programme of research focused on patient‑defined priorities in foregut disorders requiring artificial nutrition.

Jessy is a registered nurse of 14 years in the London region covering a range of roles and now currently working as an enteral sales consultant for Kebomed. Jessy uses her specialist knowledge to support health care professionals with clinical education and product training across the AMT range of bridles and enteral devices.

Lauren is a dedicated and experienced nurse, qualified in 2013, with a strong foundation in gastroenterology before specialising in clinical nutrition. Over the past decade, she has developed extensive expertise as a Nutrition Clinical Nurse Specialist, supporting patients with complex GI disorders. In 2021, she led the first and only complex nutrition virtual ward, delivering acute specialist care at home for patients with conditions such as intestinal failure. Due to this in 2024, she was awarded the joint Nurse Recognition Award from Dr Falk and Guts UK, acknowledging her contribution to innovation and excellence in clinical nutrition care.

Linda has worked as a nurse for over 25 years gaining experience in several fields including general surgery and started her career in the Royal Air Force before moving into the NHS. Now working as an Advanced Clinical Practitioner Nutrition Support, she has developed and implemented several policies, clinical pathways and guidelines to support enteral and parenteral nutrition delivery to patients. Currently she is co-Chair of the Nasogastric Special Interest Group (NGSIG) for BAPEN.

Madeleine's nursing career started in the 80's working within the upper GI speciality in Newcastle. This was where she became one of the first upper GI Macmillan Nurses, developing patient cancer pathways, working with both acute and community services.

The interest in enteral feeding developed and saw Madeleine setting up and developing Nutrition nurse services across Trusts in the Northeast of England, in a variety roles . Following retirement at the end of 2020, she returned to work at a local Trust develop their Nutrition Nurse service and enteral pathways.

Natalie Welsh started her nursing career as a nursing auxiliary, and once qualified she worked on a colorectal surgical ward. A short spell as a prison nurse followed, then she began working for a homecare company as a community nutrition support nurse, where her passion for nutrition support was born. Following a secondment with the nutrition support & IFU team at St Marks in Harrow, Natalie returned to the NHS. Natalie was part of the team that achieved Tameside Hospital NHS trust moving out of special measures and then moved to take up her current post as a lead nutrition specialist nurse/matron at Manchester University Foundation NHS Trust. Natalie has been an NNNG committee member since 2017 and has held roles such as conference lead and vice chair. She moved into the role of Chair at the beginning of 2023; she is delighted to have had this opportunity and continues to strive to raise the profile of the Nurses voice in nutritional care.

Qualified in 2003, she began her career as a ward nurse then a sister before progressing into specialist roles, first as a Clinical Nurse Specialist in alcohol services and later as a Clinical Nurse Specialist in nutrition, she has always remained firmly rooted in the field of gastroenterology, building 20 years of specialist expertise. Her practice blends advanced clinical knowledge , leading by example and striving for better care all with a strong interest in nutrition nursing, supporting complex nutrition patients . She is proud to work alongside a wonderful, values‑ driven team whose vision aligns with her commitment to holistic, patient‑ centred care. A natural mentor and advocate for service improvement, she continues to expand her skills to elevate outcomes for patients and the service she works within.

Sharlene is the Nurse Consultant in Nutrition at Kingston & Richmond NHS Foundation Trust. She is a Professional Nurse Advocate, serving as a subject specialist reviewer for the RCN's university accredited courses. She co developed the NNNG’s ‘Reflect, Restore and Regain’ clinical supervision programme. In 2023, she completed her MSc, joined the BJN – Nutrition Supplements editorial board, and was a Nursing Times Awards finalist. She was awarded BJN Nutrition Nurse of the Year in 2025. Sharlene is Treasurer of the NNNG. In 2026 she became a Mohn Research Fellow, she has a keen interest in wellbeing and competency development.

Suzy Cole had 25 years acute NHS experience, before moving 5 years ago into community healthcare. Formerly Clinical Practice Manager for Nutricia, she is now Clinical Policy Lead with a strong background in enteral feeding governance. As a Lead Nutrition Nurse in the acute Trust, she implemented nurse led PEG removal and NG tube risk reduction policies for elevated pH. She continues to collaborates with the NHS, focusing on reducing A&E admissions related to enteral feeding tube complications, and is co-chair of NGSIG, part of BAPEN, and former committee member of NNNG.

Thomas Welbank: is an Advanced Clinical Practitioner who leads the Acute Enteral Nutrition Service at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, in South Yorkshire. Over the last 10 years Thomas has developed a wrap-around service which operates through a single point of access, where Advanced Practitioners are required to assess, diagnose, and treat patients who present through elective and emergency pathways. During this period, Thomas has performed over 800 de novo percutaneous gastrostomy procedures within an Interventional Radiology setting. Thomas has presented at various national meetings including The British Society of Gastroenterology (BSG), The British Association for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (BAPEN) and the National Nurses Nutrition Group (NNNG). Publications include the Mistakes in gastrostomy insertion and how to avoid them. UEG Education 2024; 24: 8-11. 2024. He is also Chair of the Advanced Practice Specialist Group, at the British Dietetic Association, where he contributes to the development of standards and the advancement of practice.