Marilyn has a career spanning over 40 years having worked much of this time in unscheduled care.

Over the last 15 years she has developed a specific interest in the care of patients with a diagnosis of venous thrombosis as well as prevention of hospital acquired thrombosis. She set up the DVT Clinic 10 years ago working with Dr Raza Alikhan (Consultant Haematologist), to improve and streamline the assessment, management and follow up of patients diagnosed with deep vein thrombosis. She is the Nurse Lead for Thromboprophylaxis for Cardiff & Vale UHB and is a founding member of the All Wales Hospital Acquired Thrombosis Steering Group.