Ann qualified in 1989 and has recently retired from her role as the Director of Continence for Cardiff & Vale UHB which she held for over 25 years. In this role she was the strategic lead of an integrated continence service which has been highlighted as one of the most innovative in Wales winning and shortlisted for numerous awards locally and nationally. Ann was a finalist in the RCN Wales Nurse of the Year Awards 2017 and has recently been awarded the Chief Nursing Office Wales Excellence Award for her contribution to continence services.

Past positions include Chair of the Association for Continence Advice (Wales) committee member of their National Executive and the Education Committee for 6 years. Prior to retiring she chaired the All Wales Continence Forum and All Wales Bowel Forum which develops national policies / guidelines for Wales and acts as an advisory group to the Welsh Government. She is still the current Chair of the National Unplanned Admission Consensus Committee and remains sitting on numerous national committees and advisory groups. She has completed two secondments to Welsh Government for continence care and has advised on many national guidelines related to continence including as a NICE reviewer.

She has published over 60 articles in national journals in recent years. She has also contributed and supported a number of research articles and remains sitting on many consensus working groups. She has presented many of these innovative projects at national conferences. Her work prior to retirement included all Wales e learning programmes (catheter insertion and care and bowel management including DRE, DRF and DRS), All Wales guidance on trial without catheters and bladder scanning. She was a contributor to the MS Consensus document and pathway and member of the BE Bladder Aware working party. Her collaborative working with her local MS team 15 years ago meant they have established the only MS Bladder and Bowel Nurse in the UK.

Her hobbies now include wildlife travel and photography and recently taken up art.