Becky is an independent Travel Health Specialist Nurse with over 24 years of experience in the field. Her passion for travel health began through her own extensive travels, where she personally experienced various tropical diseases like suspected dengue, giardia, dysentery, bed bugs, and tropical ulcers due to her naivety and lack of pre-travel health consultations.
Becky spent 16 years with Nomad Travel Clinics, where she worked as a clinic nurse and later became the head nurse for all Nomad clinics, managing all aspects of clinic operations. Additionally, she worked as a practice nurse at Bristol University Student Health, where she helped develop their in-house travel services.
She completed the Diploma in Travel Medicine in 2006 and the Royal College Advanced Certificate in Clinical Education course in November 2023. She was Editor of the BGTHA Journal, associate member of the Faculty of Travel Medicine and is currently Module Lead on the Post Graduate Diploma in Travel Medicine (RCSPG).
Since 2016, Becky has been with Boots Travel Service, supporting the delivery of travel services across their pharmacies and providing CPD for all pharmacists. Becky continues to collaborate with Nomad/MASTA clinics, reviewing and writing their clinical PGDs, and is a member of the Takeda expert steering committee (Dengue Coalition).
She has written numerous articles and blogs over the years for travel magazines and journals. Her primary passion is education. As the former education lead for Nomad, she developed both e-learning and face-to-face training programmes and worked with local CCGs to create Train the Trainer programmes. Currently, she continues to develop and deliver Travel Health training to health professionals through online platforms, face-to-face lectures / study days, and conferences.
She also continues to travel as much and as often as possible with her two daughters.