Leadership and structure
We're an independent member led charity run by a team of expert Trustees from within the field of tissue viability. Trustees are elected from the fields of healthcare, research, education and industry
Member Journey
There are lots of different roles in the Society of Tissue Viability. We’ve pulled together a little Member Journey flow chart which explains what each role entails. You can see details of all our current Trustees below 😃
Sarah Gardner
Chair
Cumbria
Sarah spent 40 years working within the NHS with much of this time in the community. Read more…
Sharon Neill
Vice Chair
Belfast
Sharon is a Lecturer in Adult Nursing and PhD researcher at Ulster University in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Read more…
David Hibbitt
Treasurer
UK
David is passionate about wounds, clinicians and patient outcomes. Read more…
Sarah Bradbury
Trustee
Wales
Sarah has been specialising in the field of wound healing and research since 2004 within the NHS, academic and industry sectors. Read more…
Luxmi Dhoonmoon
Trustee
London
Luxmi is a Nurse Consultant Tissue Viability working for London North West University Healthcare NHS trust. Read more…
Ina Farrelly
Trustee
Transformation Partners in Health and Care, London
Ina is a Podiatrist specialising in biomechanics as it relates to wound care and lymphoedema Read more…
Madeleine Flanagan
Trustee
Hertfordshire
Madeleine has a nursing career that spans over 30 years, during which time she has held specialist nursing posts in both primary and secondary care. Read more…
Clare Greenwood
Trustee
Leeds
Clare is a Post-Doctoral Clinical Academic Researcher Leeds Teaching Hospitals (LTHT), working in Tissue Viability for over 15 years. Read more…
Julie Hewish
Trustee
Oxford
Julie has specialised in the field of tissue viability since 2011. Read more…
Ayesha Marshall
Trustee
North East
Ayesha is a Nurse Consultant in an integrated trust in the North East of England. Read more…
Victoria Murray
Trustee
UK
Victoria works across the North Europe Region as Scientific Affairs and Education Specialist Read more…
Samantha Rooney
Trustee
Birmingham
Samantha is a Senior Physiotherapist working in Neuro Critical Care at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham. Read more…
Sharon Scattergood
Trustee
Barnsley
Sharon worked in the nurse-led leg ulcer clinic once a week in her first job as a newly qualified nurse on a general surgical ward Read more…
Joanna Swan
Trustee
Birmingham
Joanna qualified as an RGN in 1994 and worked on a liver unit where her interest in tissue viability (TV) began. Read more…
Kate Williams
Trustee
Leeds
Kate joined the team at Accelerate CIC in November 2024 after her academic role as a Senior Lecturer in Tissue Viability at the University of Huddersfield and an Honorary Tissue Viability Nurse for Leeds Community Healthcare Trust. Read more…
Peter Worsley
Trustee
Southampton
Peter is a Professor of Assistive Technology and Tissue Health in the School of Health Sciences, at the University of Southampton. Read more…
Deborah Chester Bessell
Co-opted Trustee
Salford
Deborah qualified as an adult nurse in 2015, and began her career as a community staff nurse, quickly transitioning to a caseload holder role. Read more…
Heather Hodgson
Co-opted Trustee
Glasgow
Heather is the Lead TVN for Greater Glasgow and Clyde (the biggest health board in Europe) Read more…
Stephanie Brown
Co-opted Trustee
Stoke
Stephanie qualified in 2007 and whilst over the past 18 years her career has taken her down many paths, Read more…
Become a Society Trustee
If you’re an expert in skin health and wound care, join us as Trustee and help us do even more to solve skin and wound challenges.
Being a Trustee of the Society of Tissue Viability is an invaluable opportunity to steer our organisation and make sure we’re working as effectively as we can to achieve our core mission of solving skin and wound challenges together.
