Patrons of the ACA

The ACA is privedged to have the following patrons to help and support the association and its objectives in the wider health and political arenas.

Dame Yvonne Moores

A Pro Chancellor of Bournemouth University and a Non-Executive Director at Poole General Hospital

Rosemary Kennedy

Chief Nursing Officer for the Welsh Assembly

Rosemary Kennedy joined the Civil Service as Chief Nursing Officer to the then Welsh Office at the end of January 1999. This post is one of the four UK Chief Nursing Officer posts supporting Government administration. After completion of her state registration nurse training at St George’s Hospital, London, on the 2+1 experimental course, Rosemary went on to gain further qualifications including midwifery, neurosurgical nursing, district nursing, MSc in research and evaluation and Diploma in Nursing from the University of London, specialising in gerontology.

She has held a variety of senior management posts including Director of Nursing Services for both community services and acute services and general management posts. Her previous post was that of Executive Nurse Director at Addenbrookes

Professor Roger Feneley

Emeritus Consultant Urologist.

Roger is a retired urologist who worked for many years at Southmead Hospital, Bristol. He was one of the instigators of urodynamics, and first consultant to back the appointment of a continence advisor (Janet Blannin). Since retirement he has been working to raise money to set up the Biomed centre – a partnership of research & industry aimed at improving catheter management/finding alternatives.