Donna is a Lymphoedema Specialist Registered Nurse at Provide Health CIC, Mid Essex, where she leads the lymphoedema service and the Lower Limb Service. Previously, she worked for Accelerate CIC as a lymphoedema specialist and remains an established member of the Accelerate Academy Associate Educator Team.

Donna has over 10 years of experience as a lymphoedema specialist and a background in tissue viability and community nursing. She is particularly passionate about raising awareness of lymphoedema by sharing knowledge and fostering collaborative working relationships.

Lorraine is the Co-Chair of the British Lymphology Society (BLS), a voluntary Trustee role for the charity. She joined the BLS as a Trustee in 2018. In addition to her work with the society, Lorraine works in the NHS as the Clinical Lead for Lymphoedema and Tissue Viability community services at the Royal Surrey Foundation Trust.

Fran is the Clinical Lead in Podiatry and Biomechanics at Accelerate CIC, where she works within the clinical nursing teams and runs a specialist biomechanics clinic. This unique clinic provides musculoskeletal (MSK) podiatry treatment for individuals with lymphoedema, lipoedema and leg ulcers.

Fran's current focus is expanding knowledge of MSK care for people with lower extremity lymphoedema (LEL) through research and a multidisciplinary team (MDT) approach.

Fran has experience working in podiatry, surgical, MDT and research environments across the NHS, private practice and social enterprise sectors. She is currently the Vice Chair of the British Lymphology Society Scientific Committee and serves as a peer reviewer for the Journal of Foot and Ankle Research.

Fran holds an NIHR pre-doctoral fellowship award and is studying at King’s College London, where her research focuses on understanding the impact of MSK impairment in people with LEL.

Rebecca is the Macmillan Lymphoedema Advanced Nurse Practitioner at the University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust. She recently joined Accelerate as the Director of National Clinical Services after spending more than 20 years working in an acute NHS Trust. She completed an MSc in Lymphoedema in 2012 and is trained in both the Leduc and Casley-Smith methods.

Rebecca leads a paediatric lymphoedema clinic at Staffordshire Children’s Hospital, as well as a community-based service. In 2013, she opened the UK’s only Red Legs clinic, focused on patients with leg redness from causes other than acute cellulitis. This clinic has raised awareness of red legs and significantly reduced hospital admissions. The Red Legs pathway has since been adopted by the British Lymphology Society (BLS) and endorsed by the National Legs Matter campaign.

A proud trustee of the BLS, Rebecca also serves as the conference organiser for their annual event, which attracts over 400 delegates. She has authored, developed and published the Society’s first 2 position papers on compression application in the absence of ABPI, which have been used to inform the National Wound Care Strategy and the management of lymphoedema in the presence of Deep Vein Thrombosis.

Rebecca is a member of the BLS Scientific Committee, the Children with Lymphoedema Special Interest Group (BLSCLSIG), and serves on the editorial boards of the Journal of Lymphoedema and the British Journal of Community Nursing’s Chronic Oedema supplement.

Her work has earned her several awards, including Chronic Oedema Nurse of the Year, as well as BLS awards for innovation and raising awareness of lymphoedema among healthcare professionals.

Nicole Faccio, born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, now resides in London, UK, with a career in Digital Products. A passionate advocate for Lymphedema awareness, she shares her journey of living with the condition on social media as Facciolita. Born with WILD syndrome, Nicole has faced significant health challenges, yet she approaches life with a positive twist. Through her content creation, she empowers others, showcasing how to embrace life fully despite the chronic condition. From turning compression garments into chic accessories to sharing practical tips and daily rituals, Nicole reminds the community that they are not alone and that strength can emerge from shared experiences. 

Kate brings over 14 years of experience as a Charity Director and Trustee, combined with a professional background in Human Resources and business operations, primarily within medical devices and pharmaceutical research. She is a Chartered Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development.

In addition to her other Board roles, Kate has been a Trustee at Lipoedema UK since 2016 and was a founding member of the Lipedema World Alliance in 2022. Kate is also a qualified aqua exercise instructor, with training in a variety of techniques, including group classes, aqua stretch, aqua kriya yoga and aqua pilates.

Passionate about using her governance and business leadership skills, Kate works to raise awareness of lipoedema and collaborates with healthcare professionals and researchers in the field. She firmly believes that this collaboration is key to delivering improved outcomes, under the motto ‘Working Together We Can Make A Change’ or #TogetherWeCanBeatLipoedema.

Margaret Anne is a Specialist Lymphoedema Practitioner based in an outpatient clinic at Strathcarron Hospice, NHS Forth Valley. Her diverse nursing background includes experience in burns care, prison nursing and palliative care. For the past 16 years, lymphoedema has been her professional passion.

Margaret Anne is dedicated to improving services for individuals with lymphoedema of any cause and enjoys the flexibility of her role, which encompasses clinical caseload management, education and health promotion. She is a member of the British Lymphology Society and currently serves as Chair of the National Lymphoedema Partnership. Her particular area of interest is the management of breast lymphoedema.

Dr Kristiana Gordon is a Consultant in Dermatology and Lymphovascular Medicine. She is the Clinical Lead of the Lymphoedema Service at St George’s Hospital in London, where her team cares for thousands of patients with lymphoedema and lipoedema. Dr Gordon is also a Foeldi-certified lymphoedema therapist.

She has completed her doctorate in the genetics of primary lymphoedema and imaging of the lymphatic system. Dr Gordon continues to pursue her research interests in the rapidly evolving fields of lymphovascular medicine and lipoedema.

Caitriona trained as a Registered General Nurse at Waterford Regional Hospital in the 1990s before moving to London to focus on a career in palliative care. Her passion for this field sparked a deep interest in lymphoedema, particularly in addressing gaps in service provision and inconsistencies in care.

In 2008, Caitriona joined the wound and lymphoedema team as the new Lymphoedema Service was being launched for Tower Hamlets, then part of the primary care trust. She is one of the founding members of the Accelerate CIC wound and lymphoedema team, a social enterprise (not-for-profit) that spun out of the NHS in 2011. A key aspect of her work with Accelerate CIC has been improving access to lymphoedema services in other boroughs across North East London, where services were previously unavailable.

From 2017 to 2023, Caitriona proudly served as a Trustee for the British Lymphology Society.

Natalie qualified as a registered nurse in 2005 after 13 years as a healthcare assistant. She developed a specialist interest in lymphoedema management during her time as a community nurse, where she trained in the Casley Smith method of Manual Lymphatic Drainage (MLD). In 2009, she joined a specialist Lymphoedema Clinic, further expanding her skills and passion for treating lymphoedema patients and delivering training to others interested in lymphoedema management. She later trained in the Leduc method of MLD to advance her expertise.

In 2012, Natalie joined Haddenham Healthcare as a Clinical Advisor, becoming Clinical Manager in 2016—the same year she completed her Master’s of Science in Lymphoedema Care. She now oversees all aspects of clinical training, publications and research while providing clinical support to healthcare professionals globally.

From 2015 to 2018, Natalie served as a Trustee for the British Lymphology Society. She is currently a member of the training team at the Lymphoedema Training Academy. Natalie is FG-MLD® trained and continues her clinical practice privately as Clinical Director at Lymphatic Therapy Solutions and Clinical Nurse Specialist at Oxford Lymphoedema Practice.

Alex Ramsden is a consultant plastic surgeon based in Oxford with a specialist interest in lymphoedema surgery and microsurgical limb reconstruction. He has worked at the NHS Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre and founded the Oxford Lymphoedema Practice. In 2012, alongside Professor Dominic Furniss, he introduced lymphovenous anastomosis to the UK. Alex has a busy lymphatic surgical practice and is highly experienced in lymphovenous anastomosis, lymph node transfer and liposuction for lymphoedema. He received his training in the UK, Australia and Japan.

Sarah has worked within the NHS for 27 years, with most of her career spent in Community Nursing, where her passion for lymphatics began. After training in lymphoedema care and working as part of the Airedale NHS Trust Lymphoedema Service, Sarah took on the role of Lead Lymphoedema Specialist Nurse at Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Trust.

In this role, she provided lymphoedema care for both cancer and non-cancer patients across Calderdale and Huddersfield, as well as out-of-area patients. Her responsibilities also included covering the Harrogate Lymphoedema Service for 18 months. Sarah successfully built a team of six specialist nurses, managing an active caseload of 2,000 patients.

Sarah is particularly passionate about lower leg healing, focusing on education and promoting self-management. Her efforts led to a significant improvement in lower leg healing rates—from 21% within 12 weeks to consistently over 90% by encouraging early compression across community nursing services.