Yvette qualified in Cardiff and then worked on several surgical wards in Swansea before becoming a Stoma Nurse Specialist covering 2 DGH's and the community. She subsequently moved back to Cardiff to establish a Colorectal Nursing service.She moved back to the Midlands in 2013 to her current post as a Functional Bowel CNS.She is involved in the charity MASIC which was founded 10 years ago to help women with sphincter injuries following childbirth.