Dr Lynne Wigens OBE
Registrant member and Vice Chair
Current position and background
Lynne's portfolio of work includes being Visiting Professor of Nursing at the University of Suffolk, and a member of Tristone Healthcare Independent Safeguarding Board. Lynne is also a Trustee of Versus Arthritis and an Independent Review Panel Chair for Continuing Healthcare.
Lynne held executive roles as East of England Regional Chief Nurse, Director of Nursing and Quality at The Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust and Director of Patient Safety and Clinical Quality at NHS Suffolk. Lynne is a Florence Nightingale Scholar, studying the nursing contribution to integrated care in Canterbury, New Zealand and Norrtälje, Sweden. Her career of over 40 years within healthcare led to her being awarded an OBE in 2020 for services to nursing.
Appointed 1 October 2020
