Helen trained and worked in the Queen Alexandra’s Royal Naval Nursing Service from 1980-1985 when she left to start a family. During her service she supported the care of casualties flown back during the Falklands conflict and was awarded a Royal Humane Society Award for bravery for care of casualties during a London Underground fire. Helen started in Endoscopy in 1990 and progressed to sister of the unit and following completion of her master’s degree became a specialist nurse and clinical endoscopist in 1999. She advanced to the role of Nurse consultant and completed her doctorate in 2010. During this time she had a part time secondment as National Nurse Advisor to the Bowel Cancer Screening Programme in England, helping to set up the programme. Helen was also the decontamination and TSE advisor for the British Society of Gastroenterology (BSG) for 13 years. She has been a member of several working groups producing guidelines for the BSG and National institute for clinical excellence (NICE) and has published widely including a book on the care and management of coeliac disease. She had had the privilege of speaking at many conferences across Europe and the world including South Africa the Middle East, New Zealand and of course Australia. Helen has worked for JAG for twenty-seven years as a Lead Assessor and is currently the Lead Nurse for JAG. Now semi-retired (supposedly) she still works as a clinical endoscopist and supports nurses and services maintain safe and high-quality services.