Jenny is a senior occupational therapist. She qualified in 1997 and completed her MSc in Neuro-rehabilitation in 2007.

She has worked in Neurological Rehabilitation at the Battle Hospital in Reading, and the Rivermead Rehabilitation Centre in Oxford which became part of the Oxford Centre for Enablement in 2000. She moved into the Specialist Disability Service at the OCE from where she joined the Oxford MND Centre in January 2007.

Since August 2009 Jenny has been funded full-time by the Motor Neurone Disease (MND) Association to develop NHS wheelchair services across the UK, to improve wheelchair provision for people living with MND.

Evonne’s infection control career began late in 1987. From 2006 until September 2015 she led the outbreak programme of work at Health Protection Scotland. She is now an independent nurse consultant for infection prevention and control.

Her key infection prevention interests include: outbreaks, quality improvement and safe IV therapy.  Evonne has nearly 80 publications, and has led three multi-centre research projects on reducing phlebitis, identifying norovirus index cases, and reducing MRSA using statistical process control charts.

Evonne’s doctorate focused on the safety issues associated with IV practice. She is a past co-ordinator of the Research and Development Group for the Infection Prevention Society, and writes the Outbreak Column in the Journal of Infection Prevention.

Trudy is a Chartered Member of the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH), a Member of International Institute of Risk and Safety Management, and also a Member of the Institute for Learning. Trudy has over 25 years experience in health and safety management, working in enforcement, private sectors, retail and warehouse, consultancy and health and social care. She is currently the Group Health & Safety Manager for Dimensions UK, who provide care and support to persons with learning disabilities, autism and complex needs.

Her previous experience in care within the health and social care sector involved providing health and safety advice for a private company with nine elderly care homes, a domiciliary care agency and a support home for alcohol and drug dependent residents. Her role involves all aspects of health and safety for the group along with managing training.