Trustees and management

Mike Williams

Mike joined Hospiscare in January 2022. His career started as an officer in the Royal Marines, then a general manager and later a Director and CEO and non executive in the NHS. He has been an academic with an interest in patient safety and leadership. He is a self-supporting priest in the Diocese of Exeter and has just finished a five year stint as Canon Treasurer of Exeter Cathedral.

Helen Enright

Helen served the Exmouth community for 30 years as a GP, from 1984 until her retirement in 2014. She became the vice chair of the Hospiscare Board of Trustees in 2019, having having been Chairman of the Exmouth and Lympstone Hospiscare Board of Trustees prior to the merger of the two charities.
Helen has lived in East Devon for nearly 40 years and is married with grown up daughters and grandchildren

Nicholas Frost

Nick grew up in Mid Devon and lives locally. He became a Hospiscare trustee in 2023, his late wife having been cared for by Hospiscare. He brings extensive accountancy and financial knowledge, having worked in practice for a ‘Big 4’ accountancy firm and within commerce as a Group Treasurer for multiple FTSE350 multinational groups.

In addition to being our trustee treasurer, Nick is also our Freedom to Speak Up lead trustee.

Martin Briggs

Martin became a trustee of Hospiscare in November 2024 on the merger of Hospiscare with Budleigh Salterton & District Hospiscare, where he was the Chairman and a trustee for nine years. He spent his professional career as a solicitor, first as a commercial law partner in London before moving into business as a Legal & Corporate Affairs Director. After retiring, he moved to Budleigh Salterton in 2013. He is married, with three grown-up children.

Sarah Dodd

Sarah joined Hospiscare as a trustee in September 2025. She has lived in Devon for most of her life. With a successful career as an executive in Retail IT, Sarah brings a wealth of experience from working with both national retailers and charity retail organisations across the UK.

Sarah was drawn to the role of trustee by a strong belief in the importance of compassionate end-of-life care and the vital role Hospiscare plays in the region. She is particularly interested in how technology and innovation can support the charity’s mission and long-term sustainability.

Tim Harlow

Tim qualified as a doctor in Birmingham in 1982 then worked as a GP in Cullompton from 1987-2002. He then moved into Palliative Care at Hospiscare for 14 years until he retired in 2016. Since then he has volunteered at Searle House. He is interested in ethics, mountains, cycling and painting amongst other things. Tim is our senior independent trustee, which means he provides support to the chair, leads succession planning, and leads the evaluation of the chair of trustees on behalf of the executive team.

Sue Hudson

Sue was born and raised in Exeter. After leaving school she trained as a nurse in Salisbury and, following qualification, took up a post in the Intensive Care Unit at the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital. Sue worked alongside Hospiscare founder Dr John Searle and has been a supporter of Hospiscare since the very beginning.

Sue retired as Senior Matron on the Intensive Care Unit in 2010 and became a trustee of Budleigh and District Hospiscare in 2019, representing the charity on the Quality and Assurance Improvement Committee. Sue became a trustee of Hospiscare in November 2024.

Sarah Hughes

Sarah is a senior NHS leader with over 20 years’ experience in operational and strategic management, service transformation, and commissioning. Currently Associate Director of Operations at Torbay & South Devon NHS Trust, she oversees multiple services, driving performance and system-wide collaboration.

Sarah has held senior roles across multiple NHS Provider organisations in the South West & Wales, following an earlier career in marketing at the BBC. With an MBA and postgraduate qualifications in business and marketing, Sarah is known for her integrity, collaborative leadership, and commitment to improving services and patient care.

Rebecca Harper

Rebecca joined Hospiscare as a trustee in 2026. She brings over 12 years of cross-sector leadership experience spanning retail operations and NHS research. As Chief Operating Officer of the NIHR HealthTech Research Centre in Sustainable Innovation, Rebecca leads the strategic and operational delivery of programmes that accelerate the development and adoption of health technologies across industry, academia and the NHS.

Her career began with seven years in multi-site retail operations, where she focused on performance, service quality and growth. Over the past five years within the NHS, she has specialised in research and operations management, helping ensure innovations are clinically validated, regulatory ready and primed for real world implementation.

Rebecca was drawn to trusteeship by a belief in compassionate, high-quality end-of-life care and the vital role Hospiscare plays for local people. She is particularly interested in how technology, evidence and sustainable innovation can strengthen the charity’s services and long-term resilience.

Beth Reynolds

Beth has a wide range of cross-sector HR experience in the private, not for profit, and public sector through voluntary and paid roles, and she is a Chartered Fellow of the Chartered Institute for Personnel and Development (CIPD).

Beth currently works as Chief People Officer for Libraries Unlimited, the charity that runs the libraries in Devon and Torbay, and has previously worked at a large law firm in Bristol and for Alzheimer’s Society. She has been a trustee for various different organisations, a school governor, and an Independent Custody Visitor for the police service.

Beth lives in Sandford near Crediton with a husband, two young kids, a greyhound and a leopard gecko!

Sandra Sampson

Sandra has lived in Devon since early childhood. She became a trustee in 2025, after her late husband had been cared for by Hospiscare. She brings extensive experience in people development, strategy, leadership, organisational development and change management. A licenced psychometric profiler, coach, counsellor and bereavement counsellor, a combination of skills and experience, used to help people and organisations reach their full potential.

Sandra has three grown children and two stepsons, she enjoys nothing more than spending time with family and walking her three dogs.

Wayne Gale

Wayne has worked at Hospiscare since 2010. Previously, he was the National Contracts Director for SGP, managing several contracts throughout the country.

His current role encompasses all Hospiscare sites and includes the management of all building and fabric works, the Catering and Housekeeping departments, as well as IT. Wayne is also the lead for Health and Safety within the organisation.

Wayne has acted as Deputy CEO of Hospiscare since 2022 and he is currently our Interim CEO.

Wayne says, “The maintenance and progress of the Hospiscare environment is incredibly important for patient welfare and I am proud to be part of such an important and indispensable local charity”.

Ann Rhys

Ann qualified as a registered nurse in 2000 and her career has primarily been in the fields of oncology and palliative care across acute, community and charity settings.

Ann joined Hospiscare in 2012 as the team leader of our community palliative care nursing team, later becoming our Assistant Director of Care and then Chief Nurse and Deputy Clinical Director.

As well as being passionate about ensuring patients and those important to them receive excellent end-of-life care that meets their needs, Ann has particular interest in education and career development for all, for service development and for developing links with communities who may otherwise feel excluded from our services.

In 2022, Ann was appointed as Hospiscare's Clinical Director. In this role Ann oversees the delivery of all Hospiscare care services and leads on developing new models and services to ensure our patients and their families receive the best possible end-of-life care.

Lynne Hyland

Lynne is a Chartered Certified Accountant who has worked predominantly in not-for-profit organisations over the last 25 years. During her seven-year tenure as Chief Finance Officer for Ventrus Multi-Academy Trust, Lynne streamlined the financial operations of 24 schools across Devon, enhancing the trust’s financial sustainability and growth. She also spent a decade as Finance Director at the Westcountry Rivers Trust and spent six years as Head of Finance for the University of Plymouth’s Enterprise department.
Lynne is passionate about using her expertise and experience to support organisations that make a meaningful difference – a commitment she continues with her role at Hospiscare.

Rhodri Morgan

Rhodri joined Hospiscare in August 2022. He has over 20 years of senior management experience and has an extensive knowledge of creating great customer experience environments, along with developing customer service excellence and driving teams to deliver exceptionally high standards.

Rhodri is a strong and energetic leader with experience in developing, managing and motivating teams.

Rhodri says, “The store performance and team progression is incredibly important for the individuals and the charity which and I am proud to be part of”.