Lindsay Oliver qualified in 1989 with a degree in Nutrition and Dietetics and has had a varied career including working in primary and specialist care, becoming the first consultant dietitian in the UK in 2003. Lindsay has been involved in the development of patient education programmes including the research, development and roll out of the national DAFNE and DESMOND diabetes programmes. She has been National Director of Year of Care Partnerships since 2011 and her key passion is creating person centred ways of working that offer people much more involvement in their care and support them to understand and make decisions that are right for them.