Meet the Team

Welcome to our Prehab team, we are a small but friendly bunch our team includes,

Chris – Lead Cancer Nurse

My name is Chris and I am the Lead Cancer Nurse for Somerset NHS Foundation Trust, I have responsibility for Cancer strategy, workforce and the Personalised Care and Support agenda.  I have overall responsibility for the delivery of the Prehab for Cancer Service across Somerset. I am based at Musgrove Park Hospital.  I have been working as a nurse for over 20 years the majority within Cancer, specifically research.

Outside of work my two year old Labrador keeps me busy, I enjoy 80s music and gardening.

Carrie – Prehab Exercise Specialist

My name is Carrie, I am an Exercise Rehab Specialist in Physiotherapy at Dene Barton. I qualified as Personal Trainer/Advanced instructor in 2003 and joined the Trust in 2009 as its first Technical Gym Instructor. I was awarded a MAFTA in 2012 for Personal Achievement when I qualified as BACPR Cardiac Rehab Specialist. In the intervening years, I’ve gained other Level 4 Specialist Instructor qualifications in Postural Stability (Falls Prevention), Chronic Respiratory Disease and Cancer Rehabilitation.

I started at Cancer Rehabilitation in January 2019 at Dene Barton and since August 2021, I’ve been the Cancer Navigator Lead/ Prehabilitation Physiotherapy Assistant for the PrePare Project, Beacon Prehabilitation before Prostate Cancer Radiotherapy.

My interests include walking (particularly coastal paths) and going to live music.