Wendy Osbourne

Clinical Lead

Wendy has worked within the field of gastro-intestinal and colorectal nursing for nearly 35 years. Having been a colorectal ward sister in Birmingham and Oxford, she specialised in Stoma Care in 1998 in Oxford and moved to Cheltenham as lead CNS in Colorectal and Stoma Care. In 2007, Wendy joined Coloplast to set up and manage the national nurse team. She is now the Clinical Lead for the company, primarily delivering training and clinical counsel to a large team of telephone advisors who support patients with a stoma and continence conditions.

Wendy held the post of Educational committee member for the Association of Stoma Care Nurses (ASCN UK) for 8 years where she was instrumental in developing and co-ordinating publication of the ASCN UK National Stoma Care standards and Clinical Guidelines. She continues to support two key projects with ASCN in peristomal skin terminology and parastomal herniation. Having been awarded ASCN UK Stoma Care Nurse of the year and the title of Queens Nurse in 2020 in recognition of her outstanding commitment to high standards of patient care and continually improving practice, Wendy remains passionate in raising the awareness and value of care to patients with a stoma.