Samantha graduated from Durham School of Podiatric medicine with an honours degree in Podiatric Medicine in 1998
She consequently started her career in Norwich Community Health Partnership as a Community Podiatrist for the NHS. For the following three years she consolidated her skills, carrying out routine podiatry treatment, diabetic and high risk assessment and nail surgery, and went on to audit all her diabetic caseload and its provision in the Norwich. When the opportunity to start a new role on the implementation of a tissue viability podiatrist came up she secured the specialist role. Through the uniqueness of her specialist podiatry role in Tissue Viability Samantha went on to have articles published on wound care achievements and the extended scope of Podiatrist. In 2003 Samantha won the regional finals of Health Professional of the Year in the Department of Health, Health and Social Care Awards. Samantha ran a successful specialist wound care service for lower limb wounds, worked within the Diabetic Foot Team, supervising Community Podiatry clinics and completing advanced scope of practice including compression bandaging. She enrolled on the MSc Wound healing course in Cardiff, completing her Postgraduate Diploma 2 years later. Founding member of the wound care formulary for the NHS Community Trust and was a co-author of community pressure care protocols, founding member of the wound care formulary and equipment guidelines. Presenting them at conferences and staff roadshows to aid implementation. Samantha now works independently seeing people in their own home.